BY ANDREW OROLUA The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday upheld the election victories of three state governors : Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State and Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as duly elected in their respective states on the governorship election held on November 11, 2023. In separate judgements, the […]
Two brothers – Oluwatoyin Nejo, 45, and Oworinde Nejo, 50, on Thursday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State, over alleged N160,000 fraud. The defendants, a mechanic and farmer respectively, of no fixed addresses, are facing a three-count charge of misdemeanour, assault and Advance Fee Fraud. The prosecutor, Insp. Ayodeji Omoyeigha, told […]
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Friday ordered the remand of five persons over alleged attempted murder of a neighbor. The Defendants are, Aliu Hammed,23, Molomo Tairu, 20,Haruna Isiaq, 25, Abdullahi Isiaq, 22, and Abdulmumini Idris, 25. They were standing trial on a two count bordering on conspiracy and attempted murder. The Magistrate, […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has extended the order restricting participants in the hunger protest within the territory against the federal government to the MKO Abiola stadium, Abuja, also known as National Stadium. The Judge extended the order on Tuesday following an application to that […]
There was confusion in a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, as two counsel announced appearance for Rivers House of Assembly in a suit seeking an order shutting down all expenditures of the state government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Rivers assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, had filed the suit […]
In a landmark ruling, the Federal High Court in Kaduna has declined jurisdiction in the suit by Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, seeking to set aside the Adhoc Committee report of the Kaduna state House Assembly among other declaratory reliefs. Delivering two separate rulings before the judgment, Hon. Justice R.M. Aikawa held that the applicant failed […]
By Titus Akhigbe A former governorship aspirant of the Labour party (LP), Barrister Kenneth Imansuangbon, has dragged the party’s candidate, Barr.Olumide Akpata and Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) before the Court of Appeal over the primary. Dissatisfied with the decisions by Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court in Benin and Justice Obiora Egwuatu, Abuja […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will bow out of the bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday, August 22nd, 2024. The Supreme Court’s 2023/2024 legal year ended on Friday, 19th July, 2024 and the Apex Court proceeded on vacation on Monday, 22nd July, 2024 and will resume for the […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has restrained the Department of State Service (DSS), Police, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and seven others from stopping, truncating or disrupting the conduct of Congresses for wards, local governments and Rivers State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The scheduled […]
…calls for further review By Tunde Opalana A civil society organisation, United Nigerians Against Crimes has pointed out a lacuna in the recent Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to the 774 local governments in the country. Coming out of a three day meeting during which it critically analysed the apex court’s verdict, the body […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, on Monday, July 15, 2024, ordered the final forfeiture of 20 cars stolen from Canada to the Federal government of Nigeria. A statement signed by Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity Department of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, stated […]
.Orders deposed Emirs to surrender all properties in their possession that belong to Kano State Emirate Council to state govt A Kano State High Court, on Monday, granted a perpetual injunction restraining the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, and four other dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as […]
..Says no history of legitimate earnings BY ORIAKU IJELE A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered final forfeiture of at least 20 property linked to the convicted former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a judgment, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]
…Nullifies Ighodalo’s nomination …Ighodalo remains candidate – PDP, says primary election followed due process By Andrew Orolua, Abuja & Titus Akhigbe The Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, invalidated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as party’s governorship candidate in the forthcoming Edo State election in November this year. Justice […]
An Ikeja High Court on Monday ordered the release of a man, Kazeen Adeshina, after spending 15 years in a correctional facility without charge or trial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oyindamola Ogala, while ruling in a fundamental rights enforcement suit marked No: D/16997MFHR/24 filed by Adeshina’s counsel, Mr Ben Okeke, […]
Former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, has faulted the Federal Government’s on its court case against states over local government autonomy. Okupe, a former Presidential spokesperson ,expressed the position in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos Okupe, former National Publicity Secretary […]
…Frees Army Sergeant from death sentence by military court BY ANDREW OROLUA The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and six-year jail term handed to former Managing Director of the now defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche by the Court of Appeal in Lagos in a judgment delivered on June 23, 2022. In a unanimous judgment […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday discharged Tigran Gambaryan, a 39-year-old American, and fleeing Nadeem Anjarwalla from the tax evasion charges preferred against them and the cryptocurrency exchange platform, Binance by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The court made the decision in a short ruling following an amended […]
About fifty armed policemen invaded a residence in Maitama District of Abuja, to enforce a court order, on the instruction of Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, Abiodun Alabi. . According to the policemen, led by a DSP, they were at the property to enforce a court order, despite another court order restraining them from […]
A food vendor, Shakirat Oguntade has prayed a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to grant her prayer for divorce from her estranged husband, Ganiu. Oguntade in her petition told the court: “my life took a turn for the worse since I moved in with Ganiu because of his temper. ”He is hot tempered […]