The Federal Government has filed a six-count charge against nine defendants over allegations bordering on disseminating a false information on the recent rumour about the impeachment of Senate President Godwil Akpabio. The charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/555/2024, was filed at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Oct. 21 by the...
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s application for adjournment in a fresh charge against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, and two others until Nov. 14 Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, who appeared for the EFCC, made the oral...
A High Court in Kaduna State on Thursday, ordered the forfeiture of a Samsung S20, 3 Hp laptops, three exotic cars and N9.5million cash belonging to a convict, Stephen James, to the Federal Government. Delivering Judgment, Justice Dairus Khobo, sentenced James after he pleaded guilty to internet related fraud...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the release of Mr Tigran Gambaryan, the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, from Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s counsel, R. U. Adagba, informed the court of the decision...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, withdrew the money laundering charge filed against the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, due to his ill-health and diplomatic intervention. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gambaryan was the 2nd defendant in the charge preferred against the cryptocurrency platform (1st...
A Kano State High Court on Wednesday,fixed Nov.20, for hearing in pending applications in the ongoing case of alleged bribery and misappropriation against the National Chairman All Progressive Congress(APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and seven others. NAN reports that the state government instituted an eight-count charge bordering on bribery allegations,...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday sacked the Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission(KANSIEC), Prof. Sani Malumfashi for being card-carrying member of the Ruling New Nigeria People’s Party(NNPP). The case was filed by Aminu Tiga and the All Progressive Congress (APC), The defendants in...
A former member of the House of Representatives Farouk Lawan has regained freedom after serving a five-year jail term for asking and taking a $500,000 bribe. “Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life as I step out of Kuje Custodial Centre, with a heart full...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday remanded a 70-year-old man, Micheal Afolabi, in Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl. Chief Magistrate E. Kubeinje, who did not take the plea of the defendant, remanded him on a one-count charge of defilement. Kubeinje also...
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify import licences issued to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) and five other companies for the purpose of importing refined petroleum products. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara High Court on Monday in Ilorin fixed Dec. 3 for commencement of trial of the immediate-past governor of Kwara, Abdulfatah Ahmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ahmed is to be tried on a 15-count charge bordering on alleged diversion of...
A former minister of power, Dr Olu Agunloye, on Monday challenged the amended charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an FCT High Court. He is standing trial on allegations of some infractions in the award of the six billion dollars Mambila Hydropower...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has instituted a N5.5 billion defamatory suit against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) . The department said SERAP made false claim that its operatives invaded SERAP’s Abuja office. The DSS, in the suit filed in the names of two of its...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday, adjourned further hearing in the leadership crisis suit rocking the Staff Multipurpose Cooperative society of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited until Nov. 8. Justice Charles Agbaza in a ruling said he would hear a motion filed by the 15 defendants,...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court on Tuesday issued an interim order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), from arresting former defence minister Lawal Batagarawa over a land dispute. Justice Yusuf Halilu, who issued the order, also barred the EFCC from inviting, harassing, intimidating or threatening...
An Ikeja High Court has ordered an online activist, Vincent Otse (alias Very Dark Man) to remove defamatory posts against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana and his son, Folarin, also called Falz. Justice Matthias Dawodu also ordered VDM to bring down the alleged defamatory video which he...
National Industrial Court in Ibadan on Tuesday awarded a N10 million compensation against Nestle Nigeria PLC for negligence, leading to an injury sustained by an employee of the company, Ilesanmi Temokun. Temokun had, through his counsel, Mr Tope Temokun, instituted a negligence suit against the company and Mary Bolajoko...
The former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has entered a plea bargain agreement with the EFCC over the alleged N1.6 billion fraud. EFCC’s Counsel, Ogechi Ujam, informed Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja upon resumed hearing on Monday. When the matter was...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national leadership from removing Mr Umar Damagum as the acting national chairman of the party. Justice Peter Lifu, in a virtual proceeding and monitored by newsmen in Abuja, delivered the judgment on Friday. Justice Lifu...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a fresh bail application filed by the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, dismissed the application on the.ground that it constituted an abuse of court process. Justice Nwite held that Gambaryan’s request cannot...