A Federal High Court in, Lagos, on Tuesday further adjourned until Dec. 8 the continuation of the trial of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Jumoke Akinjide and others, facing charges of N650 million fraud. Akinjide was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), along with a former Senator of […]
Justice Eyo Ita, Acting Chief Judge of Cross River on Tuesday urged all Nigerians above the age of 50 to apologise to the youths of the nation. Ita made the remark in Calabar during an assessment tour of the vandalised High Court of Cross River along Mary Slessor Road by suspected hoodlums, under the guise […]
A High Court sitting in Kano on Monday fixed Nov. 26, for hearing in an appeal filed by Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 30, against the judgment of an Upper Sharia Court which condemned him to death for blasphemy. Those joined in the suit are: Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and the state’s Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General. The […]
Alhaji Salihu Lukman, Director General Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), has charged government appointees, agencies and ministries to create platforms to effectively engage stakeholders. Lukman gave the charge on Friday in Abuja during the media presentation of his new book titled; “APC and Progressive Politics in Nigeria”. He, however, said that while most government appointees were […]
Two friends on Friday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for allegedly loitering around black spots. The police charged Bashar Audu and Mohammed Lawal with loitering and brigandage, contrary to the provisions of Section 291 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. The prosecution counsel, Insp. Esther Bishen, told the court […]
An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday fixed Oct. 30 to hear an application for amendment of charges and arraignment of seven persons, charged with alleged terrorism acts. Justice Okon Abang, fixed the date after the prosecution counsel, Mr Shuiabu Labaran told the court that although the business of the day was arraignment, not […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Wednesday tendered 25,000 dollars, two Samsung phones and two audio recordings in a Federal High Court Abuja as evidence in the ongoing trial of Sen. Shehu Sani. The EFCC counsel, Mr Ekele Iheanacho, tendered the exhibits through the 10th prosecution witness, Mr Bako Aliyu at the continued […]
There was pandemonium, on Wednesday, as judges, staff and litigants were asked to vacate the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, amidst the ongoing #EndSARS protests across the country. The instruction, which rapidly circulated at about 1:20pm, made the judges, staff and other people in the high-rise building, to abruptly stop their official duties as they […]
mild drama ensued outside a Customary Court sitting in Ile-Tuntun in Ibadan, when a marabout, Alhaji Azeez Busari, seeking divorce ran into court alleging that his estranged wife, Kaosara brought some people to beat him up. Earlier, Busari prayed the court to dissolve his four-year-old union to Kaosara alleging she was an ‘unrepentant hooligan’. The […]
A businessman, Mr Adamu Garba, on Tuesday, instituted a 1 billion dollars suit against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of Twitter International Company, Jack Dorsey, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged sponsorship of the ongoing #EndSARS Protest across the country. Garba, in a suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1391/2020 filed by his Lawyer, Abbas […]