A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, seeking an order compelling the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS ) to reissue them international passports. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced Umar Hussaini, a private lawyer to the late Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, to seven years’ imprisonment with an option of fine. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Hussaini guilty of the two-count charge preferred against him...
A university lecturer, Dr Ahmadu Shehu, has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to order the media houses to, henceforth, stop attributing bandit or terrorist attacks in any part of the country to persons of Fulani extraction Shehu, a Fulani origin from Jada Jada in Adamawa, in a motion...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, Friday evening, dismissed an appeal by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking the disqualification of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate, All Progressives Congress (APC), and his vice, Kassim Shettima, in the Feb. 25 election. A three-member panel headed by Justice James Abundaga, in a...
The absence of the four children of Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in a Federal High Court, Abuja, stalled their arraignment on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had earlier reported that Ojerinde and his children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and his party have prayed the Election Tribunal to nullify the process that produced the president elect Sen. Bola Tinubu. Obi and his Party in a petition dated March 20 marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 alleged that Tinubu was not the...
Mr Tukur Mamu, alleged terrorist negotiator, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to a10-count charge bordering on terrorism financing, among others preferred against him by the Federal Government. Mamu, who was arraigned by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) on behalf of the FG before Justice Inyang...
The Federal Government will, today, arraigned Mr Tukur Mamu, ex-terrorist negotiator, on 10-count charge bordering on terrorism financing among others. Mamu, who will be arraigned by the office if the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) on behalf of the FG, will be arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a...
Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has sued the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged unlawful arrest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ojerinde, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/179/2023 filed before Justice Obiora Egwuatu, is seeking an...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to list Mr Akanimo Udofia as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the governorship election in Akwa Ibom. Justice James Omotosho gave the order on Thursday in Abuja following an application by Udofia asking...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, threatened to strike out a suit filed by Mr Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), against former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. Justice James Omotosho, who gave the warning, said if Keyamo was not ready to diligently...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 31 for judgment in a suit filed by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers praying for an order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling him from the party. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date on Monday after counsel...
A Federal High Court on Friday sentenced Garba Tahir, former Chief Accountant, Pension Office of the Office of the Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation to three years imprisonment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday, held that the prosecution had proved the seven-count charge preferred against...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, set aside its order directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest Deputy Speaker of Imo, Amarachi Iwuanyawu, over his alleged complicity in alleged N785 million fraud. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, held that the EFCC deliberately suppressed and...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has discharged and acquitted Jide Omokore, Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited and an ally of former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke of fraud. The court, however, convicted Omokore’s co-accused, Victor Briggs and Abiye Membere for receiving car gifts, an offence contrary...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling the Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, from the party. Justice James Omotosho made the order following an ex-parte motion filed by Governor Wike against the PDP and its top officials. The...
Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states have instituted a suit against the Federal Government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a motion ex-parte filed before the Supreme Court, the three states are praying the...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will on Tuesday, deliver judgment in the trial of Jide Omokore, an ally of former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke. Omokere, alongside Victor Briggs, Abiye Membere, and David Mbanefo were docked on a nine-count criminal charge bordering on diverting about 1.6bn dollars alleged to...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, discharged former Governor of Imo, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, of N2.9 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, struck out the EFCC’s suit for being in contravention with Section 105...