Following the nationwide protest that turned violent in Kano State, the state government has confirmed that thugs stormed and severely damaged the premises of the Kano State High Court, carting away crucial documents related to corruption charges against the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Kano...
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By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A human rights lawyer, Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) has charged the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu to heed to advice of the state Solicitor General on the contentious cocoa allocation issues in Etung local government area of the state in the interest...
A Federal judge from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the U.S. antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the online search market. Judge, Amit Mehta on Tuesday agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that Google has a...
The Kogi State Government on Monday said it has nothing to hide following the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of two of its officials over alleged cash withdrawals of N46 billion. The two officials invited by the EFCC are Abdulsalamu Hudu and Umar Shuaibu-Oricha....
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja- Two officials of the Kogi State Government, Abdulsalami Hudu and Umar Shuaibu Oricha have today reported at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following media reports that they were declared wanted by the EFCC in an ex parte order...
A Federal Capital Territory ( FCT), high court has restricted participants in the August 1st #EndBadGovernance protest to the MKO Abiola stadium, also known as National Stadium. Justice Sylvanus Oriji issued the order on Wednesday in Abuja while ruling in an ex-parte application brought before him by the...
An unemployed man, Cletus Gandu, 40, on Wednesday confessed that he stole two tubers of yam because he was hungry. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) charged Gandu with criminal trespass and theft. Gandu told the Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State:”hunger pushed me to steal...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said it would strengthen operations through prosecution of unruly drivers through mobile courts and contemporary courts across the country. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Malam Shehu Mohammed said this during his first strategic sessions on Tuesday in Abuja with the sectors and...
A High Court in Makurdi on Tuesday, dismissed two applications filed by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom stopping the Benue Government from probing him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov Hyacient Alia constituted two commissions of inquiry to investigate Ortom. Irked by the decision...
A Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Friday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) from gathering or holding any congress in the state. The high court also restrained their agents from gathering anywhere in the 319 wards of the...
Kebbi High Court 7, sitting in Birnin Kebbi, presided over by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar, has sentenced three people to life imprisonment for raping an a18-year-old married woman (deaf). The convicts are; Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village. The Prosecution Counsel, Faridah Muhammad, in...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, on Tuesday remanded two suspects: Adekunle Fatai, 40 and Sabitu Kolapo, 33, in a correctional facility in Ibadan, for allegedly cutting a dead woman’s breast and unlawfully possessing gun. The duo whose addresses were not given were charged with conspiracy, interfering with corpse...
No fewer than 180 members of the minority caucus of the House of Representatives have adopted the call by Rep. Obi Aguocha (LP-Abia) for the release of Mr Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The caucus adopted the motion at...
A Makurdi High Court on Monday, presided by Justice Tertsea Asue, on Monday declined to grant an application by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom seeking to appeal against its ruling. In the ruling, the court had dismissed his ex parte motion seeking to stop Gov. Hyacinth Alia...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the release of the international passport of Ali Bello to enable him travel to the UK for medical examination and consultation. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling on Bello’s motion on notice moved by his lawyer, Abubakar Aliyu, SAN, ordered...
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on Monday affirmed the conviction of the dethroned traditional ruler of Shangisha in Magodo, Mutiu Ogundare, for faking his own Kidnapping. The court, however, reduced Ogundare’s sentence to 12 years from the 15 years initially handed down on him by the lower court....
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 55-year old man, Pius Promise, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling his daughter. The police charged Promise with defilement. The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, refused to take his plea and directed the police to send his case file...
An Area Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday dissolved the Islamic marriage between one Rashida Bashir and her estranged husband, Bashir Adegboye, over the latter’s womanising attitude. The Presiding Judge, Hammed Ajumonbi, in his ruling, said that the letter sent by the husband revealed that he agreed to...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 72-year-old man, Patrick Ukpenor in a correction centre for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. Magistrate E.Kubrinhe remanded Ukpebor at Kirikiri Correctional Centre where he will be until Aug. 13 for trial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...