The Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, seized a phone belonging to a Vanguard Photojournalist, Mr Gbenga Olamikan, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The DSS operatives confiscated the phone following Olamikan’s bid to take snapshots of the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, who were
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the new charge filed by the Kaduna state government against Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), and his wife, was hurriedly done to prevent the couple’s release from custody. El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, were arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on
Kaduna State Government yesterday said it has filed further charges against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky under the Treason and Treasonable Offences Act before a Federal High Court. This is coming less than 24 hours after a Kaduna State High Court discharged and acquitted El-Zakzaky and his wife,
The Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday discharged and acquitted the leaser of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who was accused of culpable homicide, disruption of public peace and unlawful assembly in a charge brought against him and his wife by the Kaduna State government, TribuneOnline is reporting . Justice Gideon Urada upheld
Abdulazeez Malami, son of Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has been called to the Bar. The son of Nigeria’s Chief Law Officer was among the 800 lawyers called to the Nigerian bar in Abuja on Tuesday. To celebrate this, the young lawyer shared pictures of his wife and daughter. Abdulazeez’s father is a Senior
A mother of 10, Mrs Tolu Osho, has lost her 48-year-old marriage for allegedly denying her husband sex. An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, granted the request of her estranged husband, Mojidi, to dissolve the union. The court president, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions,
A magistrate court in Abuja has granted bail to the five #BuhariMustGo protesters who were arrested at Dunamis Church on July 4. The Department of State Services had arrested Ben Manasseh, Anene Udoka, Henry Nwodo, Samuel Larry and Samuel Gabriel at the church premises in Abuja for allegedly wearing #BuhariMustGo branded shirts. The federal high
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the re-election of Rotimi Akeredolu as Governor of Ondo State. Akeredolu’s victory was affirmed after four of the seven justices of the Supreme Court that heard the case upheld his candidacy in the October 10, 2020 election in the state. Three other justices disagreed with the majority judgement, insisting
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, one of the lawyers representing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that the British government may be complicit in the travails of his client. Ejiofor made this allegation on Wednesday during the Morning Show programme on Arise Television. He alleged that there was a connivance with
There’s heavy security presence at the Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday as the court prepares to deliver judgement on the no-case submission filed by the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibraheem El-Zakzaky. The case is presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada. El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah Ibrahim are standing trial