Sharia Court Judges, Registrars, Others Sent To Prison In Kano For Diverting N500m Meant For Orphans
A cashier with the Kano State Sharia Court Division, Hussaina Imam and 14 others, including judges and registrars have been arraigned before a magistrates’ court in the state for allegedly diverting the sum of N500 million meant for orphans. When the case came up on Wednesday, before Chief Magistrate Mustapha Sa’ad Datti, the defendants were accused of committing an offence...
Court Awards N5m Damage Against Police For Sacking Female Cop Who Got Pregnant Outside Marriage
The National Industrial Court on Wednesday struck down Regulation 127 of the Nigeria Police Regulation made pursuant to the Police Establishment Act 2020 which provides for the sack of an unmarried woman police officer who gets pregnant. A female corporal, Olajide Omolola, who works in Oye, Ekiti State Police Command, was sacked for getting pregnant outside wedlock. Aggrieved by her sacking,...
Court Bars Sex Toy Senator From Seeking Re-Election In 2023
An Adamawa State High Court has restrained the All Progressives Congress (APC) from recognising Ishaku Abbo, a senator who brutally assaulted a lady in an Abuja sex toy shop in 2019 as its candidate for Adamawa North in the forthcoming general election. In the judgement delivered on Monday, Justice Danladi Mohammed ruled that Senator Abbo is not entitled to seek...
Lawyers Seeking SAN Rank To Pay N1m
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has opened invitations for lawyers to apply for the 2023 award for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria at N1m, per applicant. The LPPC, in a notice issued by its Secretary/Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajo Bello, stated that the purchase of the application which began on January 1, will end on March...
Man Who Stabbed Stepmother To Death In Kano To Die By Hanging
Kano High Court yesterday sentenced one Sagiru Abdullahi, 29, to death by hanging for stabbing his stepmother Zainab Dan’azumi, 55, to death. The court had earlier convicted Abdullahi on a one-count charge of culpable homicide. Presiding Justice Aisha Mahmoud held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced the convict to death. Prosecution counsel, Mr Tijjani Ibrahim, had earlier...
NBA Demands N5bn Damage Over Killing Of Lawyer, Bolanle Raheem By Policeman
The Nigerian Bar Association says it will seek the payment of damages not less than N5bn in addition to the swift prosecution of the cop culpable in the killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa made this known in a statement on Thursday. Adegboruwa urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to follow...
Nine Persons Appear In Court Over Attack On Atiku’s Convoy
The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdul Umar, says the state command has charged nine suspects who attacked the convoy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the state. The CP who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday said a total of 14 electoral violence offenders were arrested by the command. Of the 14 suspects, Umar said...
UK Court Declines Ekweremadu’s Bail Application
The Central Criminal Court, London, also known as Old Bailey, has again denied bail to former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. In the pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, the court gave its verdict denying the bail on the grounds that he was a flight risk. It was learned that the court cited the letter and assets forfeiture proceedings against the senator by...
After 12 Years Trial, Court Sentences Accountant To 304 Years Improvement In Enugu
An accountant with the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, Emmanuel Sombo, has been sentenced to 304 years imprisonment for forgery and stealing of N34. 9 million from the account of the college. Sombo, who was convicted, last week, by an Enugu State High Court, presided over by Justice Kenneth Okpe, after a long trial, which started in 2010, had pleaded...
Hoodlums Set Imo Magistrate Court Ablaze
Suspected hoodlums on Sunday razed a section of the Owerri Magistrate’s Court in Imo State. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Orlu High Court was burnt by fleeing hoodlums. The Magistrate’s Court which is located at the heart of the state capital is housing the Owerri High Court. A source told our correspondent that the suspects came with explosives and...
