Give Me Permission To Visit Nnamdi Kanu In Custody, Ifeanyi Uba Begs Court
The senator representing Anambra South, Ifeanyi Uba, has sought an order of a Federal High Court, Abuja to visit leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Department of State Service (DSS) detention. Uba, who is also the candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the Nov. 6 Governorship Election, said he filed the application...
For Sending ‘Good Morning Babe’ To Married Woman, Osun Man Charged With Breach Of Peace In Marriage
38-year-old man, Sikiru Oluwaseun Jamiu, was on Tuesday, dragged before an Ijebu-Ode Magistrate’s Court in Ogun State, for allegedly texting a seductive WhatsApp message to a housewife. Jamiu was dragged before the court and charged by the police with misconduct in breaching peace in the marriage of one Mrs Opeyemi Adegbesan by sending a WhatsApp message to her on September...
EFCC Denies Raiding Justice Odili’s Home
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday denied it carried out an operation on the home of Justice Mary Odili. Reports of a raid on her home were condemned by the Commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, who noted that none of its officers carried out any operation on the Justice’s home. There had been reports earlier that the EFCC had...
After Invasion Of Justice Mary Odili’s Home, SANs Meet With Malami
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, on Tuesday held a meeting behind closed doors, with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, over the siege on the home of Justice Mary Odili, last week Friday. Speaking on behalf of the SANs at the Federal Ministry of Justice Abuja, shortly after the meeting, Adegboyega Awomolo, said they...
IGP Says Police Have Arrested Operatives Who Allegedly Invaded Justice Mary Odili’s Home
Some operatives who laid siege to the Abuja residence of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili have been arrested, Inspector-General Alkali Usman announced yesterday in Lagos. The police boss neither gave the number of those arrested nor their organisations. But he said the circumstances surrounding the incident were being investigated. In his first comment on the incident, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)...
Monday Ubani Says Malami Cannot Set Up Probe Panel On Justice Odili’s Home Invasion
The Chairman of Section, Public Interest And Development Law (SPIDEL) of the Nigerian Bar Association, Monday Ubani, has explained why the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, cannot set up an independent panel to probe the siege of Justice Mary Odili’s residence. Ubani, a former Second Vice-President of the NBA, believes the Attorney General of the Federation has been implicated by...
Dismissed Policeman Who Allegedly Caused Father’s Death, Stole On Burial Day Jailed For 27 Months
AN Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a 36-year-old dismissed police officer, John Dennis, who stole an Iron bar, valued at N6,000 on the day of his father’s burial, to 27 months imprisonment. The Magistrate, Mrs Folarin Williams, sentenced Dennis to two years imprisonment on the first count of stealing and three months imprisonment on the second count of...
Ministry Of Justice Deceived Me To Issue Search Warrant Against Justice Odili — Magistrate
An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Wuse Zone 6, has accused the Federal Government of misleading it to issue a search warrant against a Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili. Justice Odili is currently the second most senior jurist of the apex court, after the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad. Her home in the Federal Capital...
Kano Singer Sentenced To Death By Sharia Court Acquitted By Appeal Court
The Court of Appeal in Kano State, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif Aminu sentenced to death by a Sharia court over alleged blasphemy. Aminu, represented in the appellate court by his counsel, Kola Alapini, was convicted on January 21, 2021, but appealed the verdict. The Kano state government had already deferred its response for months, having been served...
Conduct Of Ebonyi Council Election Illegal, Court Rules
The Federal High Court, sitting in Abakaliki, yesterday, voided the Local Government Area election conducted by Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission, EBSEIC, in the state. The election, which was conducted on July 30, 2022, has been causing lots of ripples and disagreements among the opposition political parties, even as they argued that the election was conducted without following due process...
