BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – For killing 4 of their members and shooting others during a peaceful religious procession in Sokoto in 2021, the Court of Appeal siting in Sokoto State, has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the Sokoto State Commissioner of Police as 1st and...
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A House of Representatives member, Dennis Idahosa (APC – Edo), has warned the people of Benin never to allow their emotions to be exploited by those with ulterior motives to bring the palace of Oba of Benin into disrepute. Idahosa gave the warning via a statement he signed,...
The Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has approached the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo seeking for the protection and enforcement of his fundamental human rights against the State Security Service, Director General of the State Security Service, the Osun State Director...
The Federal Government on Friday, arraigned the detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, at a Federal High Court, Abuja on a three-count charge bordering on terrorism. Bodejo, who was arrested on Jan. 23 in Malia, Nasarawa State and kept in the custody of the Defence Intelligence...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, fixed April 30 for judgment in two separate suits challenging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s governorship candidate for the Edo poll. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel for the parties...
Former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, on Thursday told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Apo, that the Attorney-General of the Federation did not give the Econimic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the fiat to prosecute him. The EFCC charged Agunloye, who...
A woman, Pauline Anthony, on Thursday prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja to dissolve her marriage because her husband, Mark is a chronic womaniser. The petitioner who resides in Jikwoyi, told the court that her husband “chases women around”. ”He tells them he was not married. Since...
A Delta High Court sitting in Effurun has granted Brownhill Investment Company and Mr David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, an out-of-court settlement. Justice Michael Obi of High Court Three, Effurun, on Thursday commended both parties for the amicable resolution to settle out of court. “I...
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old Ayodeji Alomoge to death by hanging for killing his wife’s lover. The convict was arraigned before Justice Jubril Aladejana in April 2023 on one count charge of murder. Delivering judgment, Justice Aladejana said:”to me, rivalry between men...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Thursday, re-arraigned a former governor of Adamawa, Murtala Nyako, his son, Sen. Abdulaziz in the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged N29 billion fraud. They were re-arraigned on 37- counts of money laundering allegedly perpetrated while Nyako was governor...
A divorce-seeking woman, Taiwo Olaniyan on Thursday begged a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her five-year old union to estranged husband, Michael on grounds of deception and childlessness. Olaniyan, a trader lamented that in spite of receiving normal bride price and other essential things...
The Director of Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, Dr Richard Somiari, has said that results of an autopsy conducted on deceased singer Ilerioluwa Aloba (a.k.a Mohbad) would be ready in the next three weeks or four weeks. Dr. Somiari gave the assurance on Wednesday while testifying during...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed April 22 for judgement in a suit seeking the disqualification of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the plaintiff, Ifeanyi Nwosu, and lawyers to the governor and...
An officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Mahmoud Tukur, told the FCT High Court that the commission did not promise not to prosecute the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris. Tukur made this known on Wednesday while testifying as the second prosecution witness...
The police on Wednesday brought a 20-year-old man, Monday Ojo, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged housebreaking and stealing of a pot of soup and other items. The defendant, who has no fixed address, is standing trial on a two-count charge of housebreaking and stealing....
A plumber, Mr Desmond Igbo, on Tuesday dragged his wife Rosemary, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi accusing her of giving birth to two children for another man. The petitioner who resides within the jurisdiction of the court, said this in a divorce petition he filed against...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Mr Ugochukwu Uchenwa, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, seeking to stop the conduct of elections and examinations on Saturdays. Delivering judgment in the suit on Wednesday, Justice James Omotosho held that the suit was...
A businessman, Mr Chinedu Igbokwe, on Tuesday, told an Ikeja Special Court how a Bureau de Change operator, Abdulami Isah, allegedly defrauded him of $63,950. Igbokwe, who was led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel, Mr A. A. Usman, said he was introduced...
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, disassociated himself from the ongoing killings and violence in the south east. Kanu, who spoke in an interview with newsmen shortly after Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja adjourned...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Tijjani Bala in Correctional Centre over alleged sodomy. Bala, who lives at Kinkinau, Kaduna, is being tried on a one-count charge of unnatural offence. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the suspect’s...