Court Order Customs To Pay N500m To Lagos Automobile Dealers Over Invasion, Sealing Of Their Car Marts
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has declared the 2019 raid and sealing of over 434 car marts in Lagos by the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, for alleged smuggling and under- assessment during clearance at the ports, as illegal and unlawful and ordered the payment of N500m as general and aggravated damages. Some of the affected car dealers, whose...
Supreme Court Replies Mike Ozekhome After He Said Nnamdi Kanu May Die In DSS Custody
Nnamdi Kanu’s Senior Counsel, Mike Ozekhome has told the Supreme Court that he is scared that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) might die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Ozekhome, during the hearing on Thursday, told the apex court that Kanu’s health issues have deteriorated and he needs a surgical operation. The lawyer...
Appeal Court Affirms Conviction Of Former Bank PHB MD, Francis Atuche Over N25.7bn Fraud
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division has upheld the conviction of a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, for a N25.7bn fraud. The court also upheld the conviction of Atuche’s accomplice and co-convict, Ugo Anyanwu, w...
Dele Farotimi Gets N30m Bail
A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has granted human rights activist Dele Farotimi bail in the sum of N30 million. The 2023 African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development on his X (Twitter) handle on Friday. The bail conditions include a N30 million bond, two sureties (one of whom must be a property owner), the submission of his...
Chrisland Schools: Whitney Did Not Die Of Electrocution, Witness Tells Court
A cotton candy vendor, Ademoye Adewale, who sold snacks to pupils of Chrisland Schools Opebi, at Agege Stadium, Lagos during the school’s recent sports activities on Monday told the coroner set up to unravel the cause of death of Whitney Adeniran that the autopsy conducted by the Lagos State Government was erroneous. He said Whitney did not die as a...
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...
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,...
Certificate Forgery: My Victory Triumph of Rule of Law — Obaseki
Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has expressed gratitude to the judiciary over his victory at the Federal High Court in Abuja exonerating of certificate forgery, saying it is a triumph of Rule of Law. The Governor in a statement issued on Saturday shortly after the judgement further stated that it is testament to the fact that truth would prevail...
Tinubu Should Be Courageous To Get Nigeria New Constitution — Ozekhome
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, has urged President Bola Tinubu to muster the political will to get Africa’s most populous nation what he described as a people-centred constitution. The human rights lawyer was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics show. He is a member of The Patriots, a group of eminent Nigerians led by former Commonwealth Secretary-General...
Justice Odili’s Home Invasion: Wike Carpets Buhari Over Silence, Says President Sick
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his ‘silence’ on the invasion of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili, saying that most of the problems Nigeria faces is because of lack of leadership. Governor Wike who on Saturday said that he was paying a special New Year visit to his Bauchi counterpart, Governor Bala Mohammed noted that...
