Human Rights Lawyer and activist Victor Giwa has debunked news making round that he was detained for disobedience to court order and judgement of the court of appeal in the case involving Asabe Wazirri and Abeh signature Limited in appeal No: CA/ABJ/CV/246/2022 regarding a property in Maitama. The lawyer, after his release from the Force […]
…Orders FG to file reply within two days …Hearing of suit to begin June 13 BY ANDREW OROLUA The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the 36 state governors to file their respective defences to a suit instituted against their states by the Federal Government who is seeking a full implementation of autonomy for the 774 […]
By Amaka Agbu A Port Harcourt High Court, on Thursday, declared vacant the seats of 25 lawmakers who defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State to the All Progressives Party (APC). The Court also restrained Governor Fubara, the State Attorney- General, and the State Chief Justice all known as the 26th-28th […]
After a Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice C.J. Aneke had on May 14, 2024, vacated an interim forfeiture order sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on monies domiciled in Nigerian banks and properties allegedly linked to Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, […]
By Titus Akhigbe The Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has admitted the Benin Traditional Council, BTC, as a party in a suit instituted by suspended Dukes (Enigie) in Benin, against Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin. Recall that two suspended Enigie (Dukes) of Evbuobanosa and Egbaen Siluko […]
By Nosa Akenzua A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has upheld the powers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate and prosecute officials of Delta State Government who allegedly engage in corrupt acts. The Attorney-General of the state had filed a suit challenging the powers of […]
Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State, has convicted and sentenced a former manager with First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Onitsha branch, Nwachukwu Placidus, to a cumulative 121 years imprisonment for diverting fixed deposit funds of a customer to the tune of N112,100,000( One Hundred and Twelve […]
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja, has set aside an order for the arrest of Edison Ehie, Chief of Staff to River State governor, Sim Fubara. Others also affected by the order are Jinjiri Bala, Happy Bennett, Progress Joseph, Adokiye Oyagiri and Chibuike Peter. The Chief of Staff and others […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Rivers State Government from withholding the financial allocations of the 42 Local Government Areas in the state pending the determination of a motion on notice for interlocutory injunction instituted by the Chairmen of the Council against the state and nine others. In a […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, discharged and acquitted a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr. Ropo Adesanya, and four others over a case of alleged conspiracy, threatened violence and breach of peace. The defendants were Chief James Dada (49), Chief Jegede James (65), Jegede […]
By Andrew Orolua The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the detention of a Nigerian citizen, one Emmanuel Osase, accused of being a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, for 60 days. Justice Inyang Ekwo, the vacation judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, gave the order following […]
Justice Abubakar Kutigi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday, discharged former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, and six others. They were charged with legations of committing infractions relating to the controversial Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245, otherwise known as Malabu Oil scam. The Economic and […]
By Isaac Job The National Industrial Court sitting in Uyo ,Akwa Ibom State capital has ordered Executives of Akwa Ibom chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees ( NULGE) not to implement their decision to deduct salary of her members across 31 council areas for the purpose of building an event centre for the […]
By Andrew Orolua, with agency report A witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bamaiyi Mairiga on Thursday told an FCT high court, Maitama that the signatures of former President Muhammadu Buhari and the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, were forged. Mairiga, a forensic document examiner […]
A human rights advocate, Olukoya Ogungbeje has reportedly lodged a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, contesting the recent action taken by telecommunications companies in Nigeria to block the phone lines of citizens. Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently directed telcos in the country to block lines of certain […]
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has discharged a security guard, Tony Nkocha, accused of defiling a nine-year old girl, (name withheld) for want of diligent prosecution. Justice Abiola Soladoye freed Nkocha of the one-count charge of defilement proffered against him by the Lagos State Government for want of diligent prosecution. Soladoye said […]
The police in Lagos, on Thursday, arraigned two security guards, Collins Azi, 26 and Adejoh Aromh, 37, before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly attempting to rob their employer of his belongings at gunpoint. The defendants, residing at Ogba, Lagos, are facing a-three count charge bordering on conspiracy, attempt to rob and possessing locally-fabricated gun. […]
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to re-open the investigation and prosecution of those who murdered the founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, in 1986. Delivering judgment, Justice Ekwo held the AGF was under obligation to prosecute and penalize killers […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives is set to reexamine list of proposed States to fill the 12 vacancies, created to the disadvantages of others, in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). In a motion of ‘Urgent Need,’ to carry out this examination at plenary on Tuesday, moved by Rep Igariwey […]
By Andrew Orolua The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed attempts by five loyalists of Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to orally challenge its jurisdiction in their trial for alleged terrorism. Chime Eguma Ezebalike, Prince Lukman Oladele, Kenneth Goodluck Kpasa, Osiga Donald, and Ochueja Thankgod, charged with terrorism offences, sought to contest the court’s […]