By Andrew Orolua The Federal Government has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the threat by the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu to break up the country and establish a Republic of Biafra was not a mere empty threat but a deliberate one. Trial Court Judge, Justice James Omotosho after taking arguments and […]
By Tom Okpe The All Progressives Congress, APC, welcomes judgement of the Supreme Court affirming Senator Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected Governor of Edo state in the 2024 governorship election. Led by Justice Mohammed Garba, the five-member panel of the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal brought by Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic […]
A businessman, Mr. Chinedu Anaukwu, has dragged a former federal lawmaker, Hon. Chinedu Obidigwe, before the Otuocha High Court in Anambra State, accusing him of orchestrating a brutal assault in 2023 after he demanded accountability over the lawmaker’s stewardship. Obidigwe, who represented Anambra East/West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives until 2023, allegedly ordered […]
By Andrew Orolua The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja will on Tuesday, July 17 decides whether to grant permission to former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello to travel abroad for medical treatment. Justice Maryann Anenih who is presiding over the trial of Yahaya Bello for an alleged N80.2bn fraud charges fixed […]
By Temitope Adebayo In a landmark judgment underscoring Nigeria’s zero-tolerance policy for infrastructure sabotage, the Ebute Metta Magistrate Court has sentenced Mr. Daniel Joe to three years imprisonment with hard labour. The conviction follows his arrest and prosecution for attempting to steal iron materials from the Signal and Telecommunications Workshop of the Nigerian Railway Corporation […]
By Andrew Orolua An Abuja based advocacy group, Center for Reform and Public Advocacy has dragged President Bola Tinubu, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the National Assembly before the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging their powers to appoint Electoral Officers for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). The civil rights group, in […]
By Andrew Orolua The Supreme Court has again warned against peddling falsehood and mischievous reports against Justices on its bench and the judiciary as an institution. The apex Court said it will no longer tolerate deliberate falsehood being propagated to lower integrity of individual Justices and the judiciary. Apparently reacting to a narrative in the […]
By Andrew Orolua The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday refused the bail application filed by the Chief Executive Officer of the cryptocurrency trading platform Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS), Jesam Michael. Trial court judge sent Jesam Michael to the Correctional Centre over an investment fraud case involving $844,416.36, $10,000, and N590 million, instituted by […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of the Chief Executive Officer of Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS), Jesam Michael at the Kuje Correctional Centre over allegations of large-scale investment fraud involving $844,416.36, $10,000, and N590 million. The charges were brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which accused Michael of […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, convicted and sentenced another set of foreigners to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. Justice Yellin Bogoro and Justice Alexander Owoeye in separate cases sentenced a total of 15 foreigners: 11 Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian after they all pleaded guilty. […]
By Andrew Orolua Justice Daniel Osaigor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters to various jail terms after the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned them before the court. The convicts are: Arowosola Julius Oluwadamilola, Oluwasegun Ayomide, Opeyemi […]
By Andrew Orolua Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court has warned against live streaming of Court proceedings and negative use of social media in the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on alleged terrorism offences. Justice Omotosho was particularly furious at […]
By Andrew Orolua The Supreme Court has ordered that the legal battle over the Obaro of Kabba-Owe Stool and paramount rulership of Kabba-Owe land in Kogi State be heard afresh and speedily on its merit by the Kogi State High Court. The apex court on Friday directed that the case be remitted to the Chief […]
By Andrew Orolua The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, has effected a minor redeployment of some Judges of the Court. The judges redeployed are as follows: Hon. Justice M. G. Umar, redeployed from Enugu Judicial Division to Abuja, Hon. Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim, from Gombe Division to Yola Division, […]
By Andrew Orolua The Federal High Court Abuja has admitted the medical report and death certificate of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, as evidence in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is facing terrorism-related charges. Justice James Omotoso, who is presiding over […]
By George Kajo A Chief Magistrate Court has ordered a 23 year old man, Samuel Chukwudoye of Villa Suite, Gyado Villa Makurdi, charged with cyber stalking and offences to be remanded at the Federal Correction Center, Makurdi, Benue state. When the case came up for mention on Tuesday, prosecuting Police Officer, Inspector Godwin Atoh, informed […]
By Andrew Orolua The Supreme Court of Nigeria (SCN) will on Wednesday May 14 hold a valedictory court session in honour of the late Hon. Justice Emmanuel Obioma Ogwuegbu, a Justice of the court who died in October last year. The valedictory session will hold at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court at 2pm […]
By Agency Report The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered the re-incarceration of Lagos businessman and socialite, Fred Ajudua, revoking the bail earlier granted to him by the Court of Appeal. Ajudua is currently facing long-standing charges related to an alleged $1 million fraud against a German firm dating back more than three decades. In […]
BY TEMITOPE ADEBAYO In a landmark judgment, the Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the right of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, operators of DStv and GOtv, to independently determine its subscription pricing, marking a significant victory for business autonomy and the principles of a free-market economy in Nigeria. The case was dismissed by Justice James […]
By Kingsley Chukwuka A -16 year old disabled girl (name withheld) who was raped by 10 men several months ago in Kaduna State has gotten justice as court ordered that they should remain in prison. The victim’s parents are blind, and she has vision problems too, our correspondent gathered. The young girl was repeatedly raped […]