The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has on Friday, struck out eight out of the 15-count treasonable felony charge brought against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The ruling followed an application Kanu filed through his team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ozekhome(SAN) to quash the […]
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has released a new practice direction for the trial of terrorism cases before the Court. The cases of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, bureau de change operators indicted over sponsorship of terrorism, and Boko Haram suspects are […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the government to comply with the 35% affirmative action for women, which allows women occupy 35% of all appointments. Delivering judgement on Wednesday, Justice Donatus Okorowo, said the Federal Government had the obligation to implement the 35 per cent affirmative action, accusing past governments of acting […]
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, has ordered the remand of 107-year-old Furera Abubakar, and Isah Hassan, 17, in a correctional centre for allegedly plucking out the eye of a 12-year-old. The Prosecution counsel, Mr Lamido Soron-Dinki, told the court on Wednesday, that the defendants committed the offence on March 19, at Rimin Hamza Quarters, […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has deferred judgement on the defection suit against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Justice Taiwo Taiwo on Wednesday deferred the ruling to April 7 to enable lawyers address the court on the legal issues raised by the Court of Appeal judgement on Ebonyi governor’s defection. The […]
A 54-year-old woman, Blessing Mormah, has approached an Igando Customary Court, asking for the dissolution of her marriage due to her husband’s alleged sexual incompetence. Mormah, a beautician, asked the court on Tuesday to dissolve her 25-year-old marriage, alleging that she was forced into it. She said that she was fed up and could […]
A Nigerian based in West London, Adeyinka Shoyemi, 45, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, who incite racial hatred with inflammatory messages encouraging violence in Nigeria has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Shoyemi, popularly known as Adeyinka Grandson, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, first came to the attention of counter-terror police in the […]
The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced four people to death by hanging for killing Mr Esther Edomobi at her residence in Cocaine Estate, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area. The convicts, Zakariah Dauda, Inah-inah Edet, Sunday Pius, and Isaac Marcus, have been standing trial since 2008 for conspiracy, armed robbery and […]
The absence of the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and his co-defendant, Joseph Emeka, on Monday stalled their trial over alleged kidnapping before an Ikeja Special Offences Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo had during the proceedings expressed displeasure over the absence of the defendants. She […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, discharged and acquitted, of money laundering charges, former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on the no-case submission filed by the defence, upheld the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had failed to link Turaki and his […]
