Yobe North: Hope Dims For Lawan As Appeal Court Affirms Machina APC Candidate
The hope of returning to the Senate has again dimmed for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan as the Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District. The court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State which held that the...
Bauchi Governor Vows To Sign Death Warrant On Convicts Of Sexual & Gender-Based Violence
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has assured of his commitment to sign the death warrant on anybody convicted of any offence related to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) by courts in the state. The governor spoke when he assented to the law which the House of Assembly transmitted to him following its passage. He said his decision to sign the bill...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Slams Crime Against Humanity Suit On Simon Ekpa
Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Counsel to the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has sued a self-acclaimed discipline of Kanu, Mazi Simon Ekpa for crime against humanity in the South Easterner part of Nigeria. Defendants in the suit include: Simon Ekpa, Anibueze Juliet, Obinna Uzoaganaobi, Chukwuemeka Livingstone, and Raphael Ajaere. The suit marked: CU/788/2022 was filed...
I’ll Die A Hero, Says Kano Cleric Sentenced To Death For Blasphemy, Blasts Judge In Court
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court, sitting at Kofar Kudu, Kano, on Thursday, sentenced a cleric, Sheikh Kabara Abduljabbar, to death by hanging. In its judgement, which lasted for over two hours, Khadi (judge) Ibrahim Yola said, “This honourable court is convinced that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt, prompting the court to convict the defendant of all...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
