Crime

Court of Appeal upholds 7-year sentence for cleric

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2020 0

Court of Appeal, Abuja, has upheld the conviction and sentencing of a clergy, Basil Princewill, for raping a 14-year-old girl and attempting to abort the pregnancy. Justice Stephen Adah, while reading a unanimous judgment of a panel of three, held that the appellate court found nothing wrong

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Court reinstates suspended Ondo Lawmakers

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2020 0

The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has reversed the suspension of four members of the state’s House of Assembly, who were earlier removed for alleged gross misconduct. In his judgment to the suit challenging the suspension of the lawmakers on Friday, August 28, Justice Ademola Bola described the suspension as illegal, null and […]

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Innoson Motors blames court case over low production capacity

Ihesiulo Grace 31 May 2018 0

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company (IVM) on Wednesday said that its efforts to upgrade from 10,000 cars production capacity annually to 60,000 were being hampered by litigations against the company. The company’s Head, Corporate Communications, Mr. Cornel Osigwe, who made the disclosure at a news conference in Lagos, said the factory’s upgrading from manual to automated

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Court dismisses suit against installation of Uvwie Monarch in Del

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

An Out-Jeremi High Court in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, has dismissed a ten-year old suit before it instituted by Elder Joe A.O. Amurun, challenging the installation of HRM Emmanuel Ekemejewa Sideso, Abe 1, as the Ovie of Uvwie kingdom.   The court in considering the pleadings, evidence and addresses of the […]

Entertainment

We Are Still In Court ! G Worldwide Calls Out Kiss Daniel

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2018 0

Kiss Daniel has informed us via his Instagram handle that he just purchased his second house in Haven Homes, in the luxurious area of Lekki Lagos. It would be recalled that the Yeba crooner wrongfully terminated his relationship with his ex-label G-Worldwide Entertainment, in October 2017 less than years into his 7 year contract with […]

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Nigerian Bank, media firm in N200mn legal tussle

Ihesiulo Grace 21 January 2018 0

An Abuja based media firm, Image Merchants Promotion Limited and its promoter, Mallam Yushau Shuaib have slammed a N200m suit against Access Bank Plc over an alleged unlawful freezing of their four different accounts with the bank in the past two years. The bank was dragged before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory […]

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Court fixed January 19 to commence trial in Patience Jonathan’s suit against EFCC

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2017 0

A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday fixed January 19, 2018 for commencement of trial in a suit filed by a former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, seeking to vacate a no debit order placed on her account containing $15.5 million at Skye bank Plc by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Other […]

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Suswam’s trial: Prosecution lawyer declares witness hostile over N3.1bn fraud evidence

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

Justice Ahmed R. Mohammad of the Federal High Court in Maitama Abuja on Wednesday fixed December 11, 2017 to decide whether or not a prosecution witness that was declared hostile by the prosecution counsel Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) can be cross – examined to clarify his own contradictory evidence. The witness, Abubakar Umar the owner of […]