Court Sacks Kogi APC Lawmaker
A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided the election of the member of Kogi Assembly, Atule Egbunu, representing Ibaji constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In his place, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered that the candidate of the party that came second in the December 5, 2020 by-election, which produced Egbunu, should be inaugurated in placed...
Alleged Judgement Influencing: Ahmad Lawan Didn’t Allow Me To Finish My Comment — Bulkachuwa
Adamu Bulkachuwa, Senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly, has denied that he influenced the decisions of his wife, Zainab Bulkachuwa, while she was the President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa on the floor of the Senate at the valedictory session of the 9th Assembly, before he was interrupted by the former Senate President Ahmad, had Lawan...
Bring My Trial To Kogi, Yahaya Bello Tells Court
The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who was absent for his scheduled arraignment and plea bargain, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Thursday, wrote the court a letter that he would prefer to be tried in his state. Bello, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Abdulwahab Mohammed, claimed that only the...
Jonah Jang Committed No Fraud As Governor, Court Rules
A state High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Friday, discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, of over the N6.3 billion corruption charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court presided over by Justice Christy Dabup also discharged and acquitted a former cashier in the office...
Go Beyond Chidinma’s Arrest, Get To Root Of The Matter, Ataga’s Family Urges Police
The family of Super TV CEO, late Michael Usifo Ataga, has issued a statement calling for an in-depth investigation of the murder of Ataga and urged the police to go beyond the arrest of the suspect to get to the bottom of the case. In a statement entitled ‘Libelous Publications In Respect of Murder Of Michael Usifo Ataga: Demand For...
22 DRC Soldiers Sentenced To Death For Fleeing Battlefield Against M23 Rebels
A military court in DR Congo’s volatile east sentenced 22 soldiers to death on Monday for “fleeing the enemy” during fighting with M23 rebels, a lawyer told AFP. Sixteen soldiers were handed death sentences in one case in the North Kivu province, and six others in a separate case, just days after 25 soldiers received a similar judgement. The latest sentences...
Kenyan Court Suspends Ban Placed On Street Protest By Police
The High Court of Kenya has issued a conservatory order suspending the National Police Service’s prohibition on protests by Kenyan youths (Gen Z), which was issued by Acting Inspector General of Police (IG) Douglas Kanja. Justice Bahati Mwamuye of the Milimani High Court on Thursday ordered the application which is seeking to oppose the ban on protests be certified as...
Court Affirms Abure LP Chairman, Slams N1m Fine On Apapa
The Court Of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Julius Abure as the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The Appellate Court also set aside the decision of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court which last year, restrained Abure and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. In the judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, the Appellate...
Court Bars Journalists From Covering Sylvester Oromoni’s Inquest
A coroner sitting in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, barred journalists and other interested parties from covering and witnessing the inquest. The case aims to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen C...
Court Sacks Sen. Bwacha For Defecting To APC
A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, has sacked Senator Emmanuel Bwacha from his legislative seat, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bwacha is the Senator representing Taraba South at the National Assembly. The Taraba State chapter of the PDP had since the defection of Bwacha from the party to APC,...
