The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu has granted the People Redemption Party (PRP), the leave to serve Mr Peter Mbah subpoena to testify on the next adjourned date over certificate forgery. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice K. M Akano on Thursday ordered that the second respondent,...
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya, on Thursday, restrained the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), its Commander-General (C-G), Mr Ahmed Audi, and others from further harassing a contractor, Mr Christian Igbo, over a completed contract. Justice Edward Okpe, in a judgment, also ordered the security agency...
An FCT High Court on Thursday ordered Okwo Mark to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for three days for internet fraud. Mark was docked by the EFCC for pretending to be Stella Coleman, an American citizen, working as an FBI agent. He pleaded...
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Thursday ordered that a 25-year old man, Aliyu Sa’ad, who pleaded guilty to calling his friend gay, be remanded in a correction centre.court The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, gave the order following a guilty plea entered by Sa’ad. Lawal-Abubakar adjourned the matter...
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Wednesday, remanded a 27-year-old man, Taofeek Ahmed, for allegedly assaulting a police officer after failing to pay for doughnut. The prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on June 19 at 4:00 p.m., at Sabo Market...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Twenty-six-year-old Ohenhen Victor Ikponwosa, a graduate of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma and 10 others were on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City for internet fraud. The others are...
Nine suspected smugglers have been remanded in custody after a serious boat accident in which about one hundred migrants died in the Mediterranean Sea. A court in the Greek port city of Kalamata made the ruling on Tuesday evening, state broadcaster ERT reported on Wednesday. The Egyptians, aged between...
Veteran entertainer Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has threatened to sue Premier Records Limited over alleged violation of terms of agreement in musical contracts signed about 35 years ago. He made this known in a letter written to the record label by his lawyer, Mr Rockson Igelige, which was...
Mr Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate for Lagos State in the 2023 General Elections, on Monday said the process leading to the sponsorship of the candidacy of re-elected Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was unlawful. Adediran also claimed as unlawful the process that led to...
The Zamfara Police Command on Saturday said it had returned all vehicles it seized from former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday via telephone conversation. Abubakar said the...
A housewife, Maryam Musa on Wednesday dragged Kabiru Sulaiman, her husband before a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna over alleged assault and humiliation. Musa told the court that Sulaiman assaulted and sent her packing to her parents house after a misunderstanding. “He choked and hit me in the...
Former U.S. president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony charges on Tuesday in connection with his handling of classified documents and alleged attempts to prevent the government from recovering them. It marks the first time an American president has been charged with a federal crime. If found...
An Ogudu Magistrates Court in Lagos on Friday granted a teenager, Lekan Wasiu, a bail of N500,000 after he was docked for attempted theft. Wasiu, 19-year-old, was dragged to the court for attempting to steal a GAC SUV car. The accused, a mechanic who resides in the Bolar of Ajah area,...
A private Nigerian Airline, Air Peace Ltd, has sued the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) before the Federal High Court in Lagos over the alleged disruption of its operations by the unions and its officers. The airline is asking the court to award...
Edo High Court on Tuesday sentenced 19 persons to prison for engaging in internet fraud popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo”. The convicts in separate judgements by Justices Efe Ikponmwonba and Mary Itsueli in Benin, were found guilty of the charges levelled against them. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head,...
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a former Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, and one Tajero Adebayo in Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre over alleged fraud and attempted murder. Olugbemi, 48 and Adebayo, 42, whose addresses were not given, are facing a four-count...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, awarded a N10 million fine against Mr Festus Keyamo, the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, for filing a frivolous suit against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 election. Justice James Omotosho,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, discharged and acquitted former Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye of the N190 million fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the prosecution...
An Upper Area Court in Makurdi, Benue, on Monday, remanded in custody five men facing trial for offences including criminal conspiracy, inciting disturbances, mischief, and acts of terrorism. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are Vanen Bunde, Wase Tikor, Shie Jacob, Abur Stephen, and Ortyom...