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Man jailed for raping step daughter

Ihesiulo Grace 21 January 2021 0

Isaac Job, Uyo The High Court sitting in Uyo, has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for raping his three-year-old step-daughter in Ikot Akpe, Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The court presided over by Justice Okon Okon on Wednesday found Moses

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Federal High Court CJ tasks colleagues on integrity

Ihesiulo Grace 17 December 2020 0

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho, has charged judicial officers against actions that would put the court in bad light. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the annual Federal High Court Judges’ conference in Abuja, Justice Tsoho also admonished judges and supporting staff of the […]

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Federal High Court disposed of 8000 cases in 2019/2020 legal – CJ

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2020 0

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho has said that the court determined at least 8000 cases in the 2019/2020 legal year that has just ended. The Chief Judge who was speaking during the commencement of the court’s new legal year (2020/2021), in Abuja said, in […]

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Justice Tsoho mark’s one year in office as CJ

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2020 0

…Says, judiciary will remain firm in discharging its duties Doosuur iwambe, Abuja The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho has marked his one year in office as the Chief Judge of the Federal High court of Nigeria. This is just as he reaffirmed the commitment of the judiciary to […]

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Breaking: Court workers to begin strike Monday

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2020 0

Staff of the Federal High Court across the country have indicated their intention to embark on a two-week strike on September 28, 2020. READ ALSO: Obaseki pays thank you visit to Buhari In a notice, circulated in and around the Federal High Court headquarters building in Abuja, the court staff, under the aegis of the Judiciary […]

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Court adjourns trial of Lagos surgeon over alleged failed plastic operation 

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2020 0

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday adjourned the trial of a surgeon, Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, charged with evasion from investigation into an alleged failed plastic surgery. The defendant is charged alongside her clinic, MedContour Services Limited on five counts bordering on refusal to honour an invitation for investigation and failure to produce investigation […]

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$9.8bn is gift from friends, says Yakubu

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2020 0

Embattled former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday that 98 per cent of $9.8billion found in his house in Kaduna by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were gifts from friends and associates. He said that the money 9.7 million […]

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Court orders public defender to take over Evans’ case

Ihesiulo Grace 4 July 2020 0

Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on Friday ordered the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD) to take over the defence of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans due to his inability to afford legal fees. At Friday’s proceedings, the Lagos State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo […]

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Court rejects Rivers’ request for interim stoppage of police fund deductions

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2020 0

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, turned down a request of the Rivers Government to temporarily halt the deduction of funds from the federation account for the funding of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). Earlier, Joseph Daudu, SAN, who represented the state’s government, had urged Justice Mohammed to issue […]

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Court to hear suit by Akindele, husband, others challenging conviction July 10

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2020 0

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed July 10 to hear a suit challenging the legality of the conviction of popular actress, Funke Akindele, her husband, Abdu-rasheed Bello and 236 others. Their lawyer, Mr. Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, is seeking a declaration that the law upon which Akindele and others were convicted was inconsistent with […]

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Edo NCP drags INEC to court for exclusion of candidate

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2020 0

The National Conscience Party (NCP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the Federal High Court, Lagos, for excluding it and its standard bearer, Pastor Peters Omoragbon, from the list of candidates in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state. NCP’s standard bearer and the party’s National Chairman Mallam Tanko Yunusa, averred

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NIS recruitment: Court strikes out 7- count charge against Moro, 2 others

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

...Orders him to enter defence on 4 other counts The Federal High Court on Thursday discharged Senator Abba Moro, the former Minister of Interior, from seven out of the 11-count criminal charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following Nigerian Immigration recruitment exercise that resulted in the deaths of 21 […]

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Edo PDP guber primary: Court strikes out suit seeking to bar Obaseki

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has struck out the suit filed by Mr. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama stopping Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in today’s PDP governorship primary in Edo State. A counsel to the plaintiff, D. C. Denwigwe (SAN), had in an oral application during resumption of the hearing on Wednesday, […]

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Lopsided appointments: Southern leaders slam N50bn suit against Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 23 June 2020 0

…Say President’s appointments since 2015 in breach of 1999 Constitution, Federal Character principle …Demand reversal of lopsided appointments, as Court fixes July 10 for hearing Elder statesmen and leaders of socio-cultural groups in Southern Nigeria, on Monday, dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court Abuja, alleging that the

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APC leadership tussle: Court extends Giadom’s acting position for 14 days

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2020 0

…As pro – Oshiomhole NWC inaugurates Edo guber primary, appeal c’ttees An FCT High Court Maitama on Thursday extended an order given earlier permitting Chief Victor Giadom to act as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for 14 days. This came on the heels of the Appeal Court’s affirmation of suspension of […]

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Dangote clarifies ownership of Obu-Okpella mines

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2020 0

…As FG declares BUA’s mining leases non-existent The Management of Dangote Group, on Monday, denied the claim by the BUA Group to the mining sites in Obu, Okpella, Edo State, refuting the ownership claim, as the latter said it relied on the Federal High Court recent judgment in Benin. Dangote advised the regulatory agencies to […]

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Court delivers judgment in Melaye’s suit against Infections Disease Bill June 30

Ihesiulo Grace 16 June 2020 0

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday fixed June 30 to deliver judgment in the suit filed by Dino Melaye challenging the passage of the Infectious Diseases Bill Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu fixed the date after taking arguments from parties in the case. The bill, which is sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]

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Court acquits man of armed robbery charge 5 years after

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos state on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a man, Jelili Dimeji, of a four-count armed robbery charge brought against him five years ago. The Lagos state government had accused Dimeji of robbing some valuables from an apartment in Ikotun in 2015. In her judgment during virtual proceedings, Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye […]

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Just In: Again, Court dashes hope of 74 political parties

Ihesiulo Grace 5 June 2020 0

…affirms INEC’s power To deregister parties The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday again dashed the hope of the 74 Political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to regain their registration with the decision of the court declaring that INEC acted within the ambit of the law in deregistration of Political […]

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INEC wins as court declares deregistration of 74 political parties valid

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the Power of the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister political parties which failed to comply with the provisions of the law particularly Section 225 A of the 1999 Constitution as amended. Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo in a landmark judgment delivered in the Suit filed by the […]