Beyond the Headlines
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Tuesday stressed that he remains the Governor of the State not minding the ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja The Court had sacked him (Umahi) and his Deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe from office and directed that the duo should not to parade themselves in like manner. Briefing […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sacked 17 members of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly that defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The lawmakers had on November 17, 2020, joined the Governor David Umahi and his Deputy, Dr. Eric Kelechi Igwe to […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari and others from tampering with the newly signed Electoral Act 2022. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Monday ruled in an ex parte application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and agreed that the Electoral Act has become a valid law and cannot be tampered […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, further adjourned until May 17 for continuation of trial of embattled former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, facing money laundering charges. The trial, scheduled for continuation on Thursday, was adjourned at the instance of defence. When the case was called, Mr J.A. Obafemi announced appearance for […]
A civil servant, Mrs Esther Anaagu, on Thursday, dragged her husband Emmanul, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja for allegedly ”stuffing” tissue-paper in her private part. Anaagu, in her petition, said:” my husband stuffs a lot of tissue in my private parts after sex. ”I summoned the courage and confronted him one day […]
A Jos Central Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Wednesday, dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between Shepnaan Emmanuel and his wife, Linda, on grounds of her hot temper. In the petition, Emmanuel, also accused his estranged wife of abandonment. He said he married Linda in 2007 and they got separated in 2017 because of […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an ex-parte motion restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting or inviting the lawyer of Innoson Nigeria Ltd Prof McCarthy Mbadugha (SAN). The motion was sequel to a suit by the counsel to Mbadugha, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) against EFCC and 5 other […]
A University of Ibadan lecturer, Dr Biliki Babarinde on Wednesday asked a “Grade A’’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage with Prof. Sikiru Adekola. She alleged maltreatment and promiscuity against her estranged spouse. Dr Babarinde who teaches at the university’s Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, told […]
The trial of Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow, in the alleged treasonable felony was on Tuesday, stalled in a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. The trial, which was to begin afresh today before Justice Obiora Egwuatu, could not proceed due to its re-assignment to another judge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sowore […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, February 28, 2022, subpoenaed an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Deputy Superintendent of the Correction (DSC) J.O. Oyaleke over his failure to produce a defendant in court. The defendant, Otuyalo Oluwadamilola, is being prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic […]
