Mr Raphael Chima, a businessman, on Tuesday dragged his wife, Joy, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi because she frequently beats him. He made the allegation in a divorce petition he filed against her before the court. “My wife physically abuses and harasses me. She slaps me at the slightest...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja has upheld the objection of Mr Aliyu Abubakar, a co-defendant in the ongoing money laundering trial of Mr Mohammed Adoke, former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling after the trial-within-trial, held that the extra-judicial statements...
Adeeko had confessed to killing Ms Favour Daley-Oladele, narrating that he killed Ms Daley-Oladele (his girlfriend) and used her heart to prepare a money ritual meal for his mother in connivance with Prophet Philip Segun……. An Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire, on Monday, convicted and...
The National Assembly (NASS) Clerk, Magaji Tambuwal, has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa enjoyed immunity from any form of proceedings in respect of words spoken or written at the plenary session. Tambuwal told Justice Inyang Ekwo in a counter affidavit filed in response to...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has criticized the National Assembly for allocating scandalous palliatives of N70 billion for 306 newly elected members to acquire exotic bullet proof vehicles. Falana Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, who stated this in a statement issued...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Bwari has abruptly closed a case filed by the Nigerian Police against the National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, and another over alleged conspiracy to alter a judgment of the Supreme Court delivered by Justice...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 10, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Danladi Mohammed before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri to one-year imprisonment. Mohammed was convicted following...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the release of a former Kano State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Malam Idris Wada-Saleh, from detention pending the determination of the originating motion. Wada-Saleh was on July 4, arraigned by the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday, discharged Sen. Rochas Okorocha from corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ((EFCC). Justice Yusuf Halilu freed the former Imo governor after dismissing the charges filed by the anti-graft agency for being...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Four suspects facing trial at the Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, who were apprehended during the 2023 UTME for registration and examination infractions, are to remain in detention following their failure to secure bail. The suspects are to spend two more...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed the case against former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court described the EFCC’s charges of fraud and abuse of office as an abuse of judicial process. The presiding judge,...
A High Court has restrained the Kano State Government from going ahead with the planned demolition of houses located on the BUK Road in Gwale Local Government of the state. The court granted the exparte motion application dated July 4, moved by Ibrahim Adamu, Counsel to the plaintiffs on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Labour Party (LP) has no ground to call for the sack of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over the outcome of the 2023 general election. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi stated this when he spoke with...
An Abuja Federal High Court has ordered security agencies to provide maximum security for Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Candidate in the November 11 governorship poll in Kogi. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order on Thursday in a ruling in an ex-parte application brought before him by...
An 18-year-old motor boy on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up one of the bus passenger and removing two of his teeth. The defendant, Azeez Balogun, whose address was not stated, is charged with assault. The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that Kanu’s suit lacked merit and ought to be...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (lNEC) on Wednesday objected the adoption of the deposition made by one of its staff who appeared as witness before the Governorship Election Petition Court in Kaduna. The witness, Mr Bonet Gwaza, a Senior System Analyst with INEC, had on July 11 presented some...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday tendered to the Kano State Governorship Election Tribunal 21 Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. The machines were used in 21 polling stations in 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs), Tudun-Wada, Gaya, Gezawa, Bunkure, Bebeji, Ungogo, Ajingi, Warawa, Karaye and Garko. The...
An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff member, Mr Emmanuel Damis, on Tuesday appeared before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal as subpoenaed witness and tendered Mr Peter Mbah’s qualifications. Damis, Petitioner’s Witness three, works at the Legal Drafting and Clearance Department, INEC headquarters, Abuja. The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal...
A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker Maruf Abdullahi, aka ” Trinity” be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs P. O. Adetuyibi ordered Abdullahi, 31, Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife Rofiat Ahmed, 29,...