A Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Friday terminated a criminal suit filed against Mr Umo Eno, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akwa Ibom. Delivering ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mr Emmanuel Iyanna said that following an affidavit of urgency filed by the defendant...
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The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, could not continue on Wednesday due to prosecution’s inability to respond to her written address. Ojukwu, an undergraduate, is standing trial before a Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square,...
A 47-year old man, Bayo Ayeni, was docked on Wednesday, in a Grade I Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja, for allegedly indulging in unlawful juju. The police charged the defendant of Byazhin Across, Kubwa, Abuja, with criminal conspiracy, unlawful juju and cheating. The Prosecution Counsel, John Okpa, told the court...
APC governorship campaign council in Zamfara says reinstating PDP governorship candidate, Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare will not in any way challenge the party’s predicted victory in the March 11 governorship election in the state. The Director, Directorate of Publicity of the council, Alhaji Ibrahim Danmalikin-Gidangoga stated this while speaking with...
Senator John Owan-Enoh (APC- Cross River) has withdrawn his court case challenging the outcome of the state governorship primaries which he lost. Owan-Enoh, who represents Cross River Central at the National Assembly said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that his decision was based...
Three Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have dragged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to court over alleged failure to furnish them with its 2020 Budget breakdown in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. The CSOs; Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD), Social...
Mrs Aderemi Fagbemi-Olaleye, the wife of the embattled Managing Director of Optical Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, on Monday said that her husband was suffering from sex addition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fagbemi-Olaleye testified before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. She...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Zaria On Monday ordered that Musa Lawal , a 21-year old butcher be remanded for alleged attempt to kill his father. The police charged Lawal, who lives in Unguwar Karfe, Zaria with attempted murder. Magistrate Ramatu Dalhatu, who did not take the plea of...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The Delta State Police Command has arrested 6 suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Warri. DSP...
A Grade I Area Court, Nyanya, Abuja has ordered the remand of the estranged wife of former member of House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, in Suleja Correctional Centre over allegations bordering on attempted murder. Kazia Robinson Uwak and two others were arraigned by the Nigerian police before Justice M....
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old man, Olalekan Rasaq, in a correction centre for allegedly causing his nephew’s death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa -Babalola, who did not take plea of the suspect due to lack of jurisdiction ordered that he...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that his administration would soon begin to sign the death sentence verdicts in the state. The governor stated this while signing the Violence Against Persons and a bill for the establishment of the Bauchi state penal code, 2022, into law in Bauchi...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dragged a Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Solomon Ogodo, to the dock over allegations bordering on forgery, employment racketeering and fraud. This is contained in a statement signed...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted two friends, Michael Isaac and Oluwaseyi Samuel, charged with defiling and trafficking an 11-year- old girl. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had failed to establish the ingredients of each of the three-count charge, bordering...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that six men be remanded in a correction centre for alleged kidnapping of Former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), University of Ibadan, Prof Adigun Agbaje. The police charged Ibrahim Mohammadu, 25; Jubril Adamu, 25; Mohammadu Abdullahi, 25; Ahmed Mohammadu,...
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State presided over by Justice Turaki Mohammed has dismissed a suit brought against the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In its suit, the PDP had prayed the court to nullify the candidacy of all the...
A US judge dismissed Tuesday a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his alleged role in the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Washington federal judge John Bates accepted a US government’s stance that Prince Mohammed, who was designated prime minister of Saudi Arabia...
The Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Salisu Abdullahi has advised journalists covering the judiciary to always approach court registrars for court records whenever they are in doubt about any proceeding. Justice Abdullahi who gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja at the close of a two-day...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a businessman, Bernard Nzenwa, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged issuance of false document. EFCC arraigned Nzenwa alongside his company, Omega Maritine and Energy Ltd. on a count charge of issuance of false document. The defendant, who also...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has described as a “travesty of justice”, the judgment of an Abuja High Court that nullified the outcome of its governorship primary election in Abia. The National Chairman of the party, Chief Ike Oye, made the remark in Umuahia on Friday, when he...