Inibehe Effiong Freed From Prison After 30 Days
Nigerian lawyer Inibehe Effiong on Friday regained freedom after 30 days in prison for alleged contempt. Effiong left the prison in Akwa Ibom State at about 8:00 am and said he was ‘incarcerated’ for saying the truth. “I consider it an honour for me to be incarcerated for the truth,” Effiong whose detention drew wide protests said. In late July, Akwa Ibom...
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...
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...
Those Seeking Inibehe Effiong’s Release Ignorant — Former Akwa Ibom Attorney-General
The former Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, in Akwa Ibom State, Uwemedimo Nwoko, SAN, has said those demanding the release of Lagos State based Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong from prison are acting in absolute ignorance. Nwoko who made the remark weekend during an interview in Uyo, stressed that people should know that it is only the Court of appeal that could...
Court Fixes Date To Hear Certificate Forgery Suit Against Tinubu
The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed September 7, for the hearing of a legal suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), from contesting the 2023 elections for allegedly pre...
Fresh Trouble For Tinubu, APC As Lawyer Approaches Court Over Muslim-Muslim Ticket
An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr. Osigwe Momoh, has instituted an action against the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, insisting that its decision to field its Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates from ...
EFCC’s Bid To Transfer Sen. Uzor Kalu’s Alleged N7.1bn Fraud Case To Lagos Fails As Judge Says Retrial A Violation Of Constitution
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, failed to persuade the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to transfer the money laundering case it initiated against the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, to Lagos for retri...
Kuje Prison Attack: We Hid Like Rats When Terrorists Struck, Abba Kyari Tells Court As He Begs For Bail
The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing drug trafficking charge, on Wednesday, gave an insight into what transpired on the night insurgents attacked the Kuje Correctional Facility in Abuja. The attack, which occure...
Court Throws Out Oyo Deputy Governor’s Suit Seeking To Stop His Impeachment
Justice Ladiran Akintola of an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has dismissed the suit filed by the Deputy Governor of the state, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, to stop the state House of Assembly from removing him. The lawmakers had last month initi...
We’ve Sacked Judge Who Impregnated Complainant’s Wife After Dissolving Marriage — Lagos Govt
The Lagos State Government says it has fired a customary court judge, Mr Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, who allegedly dissolved a marriage and snatched the wife of a complainant, Mr. Olayemi Ayeni. In a viral video, Ayeni was seen narrating how Adeyemi, who ...
