A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday discharged and acquitted former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, while delivering a ruling on a no-case submission filed by […]
The Kano State High Court has granted an ex parte order restraining the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, from parading himself as a member of the party. Subsequently, the court ordered that henceforth, Ganduje should desist from presiding over all affairs of the National Working Committee of the APC. The […]
Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the FCT high court has dismissed the charges of fraud, bribery and conspiracy filed against Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation, by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ruling on the “no case” submission made by Adoke, Kutigi said the EFCC failed to prove its charges of fraud, […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has sworn in 11 new Justices to the bench of the Supreme Court, charging them, not to allow their ambition to becloud their sense of judgement. Some of the Justices are Jummai Hannatu Sankey, Chidiebere Nwaoma Uwa, Chioma Egondu Nwosu-Iheme, Haruna Simon Tsammani and Moore […]
The Federal Government has backtracked on its earlier statement on the legal aspect of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed with the United Kingdom on Tuesday. This development comes after criticism from Nigerians over the nature of the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the UK. The Nigerian Minister for Trade and Investment, Doris […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday quashed the N21.5bn money laundry charges preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosun, and two others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC had on June 29, 2016, arraigned Amosun alongside a former Nigeria Air Force Chief of Accounts and Budgeting, […]
A Federal High Court judge in Abuja has denied a request to throw out terrorism charges against five associates of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Hon. Edison Ehie, the governor’s Chief of Staff and a former factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly sought to have the charges dismissed on Friday. […]
A judicial drama played out on Wednesday when a court issued an order granting permission to the police to arrest Edison Ehie, chief of staff (CoS) to Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers and another one ruled against his arrest. Emeka Nwite, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, granted an ex parte application […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday remanded some loyalists of the River State governor for their alleged involvement in the explosion that rocked and razed the Rivers State Assembly complex. An explosion had rocked the complex of the state Assembly amid alleged moves by some lawmakers to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara […]
Fresh troubles appear to be in the offing for former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele as the Federal Government again amended the charges against him on offences allegedly committed while in office. The initial charges have been increased from six to 20, bordering on forgery, conferring of corrupt […]
