Falana Carpets Malami, Ngige Over Withdrawal Of Resignation Letter, Says It’s Illegal
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria Chief Femi Falana has described the alleged withdrawal of resignation letters by Abubakar Malami and Chris Ngige as illegal and gross contravention of the stipulated law. Media reports had claimed that the AGF and the Min...
Sales, Disposals Of Recovered Assets Not Within Your Power, Court Tells AGF Malami
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has nullified the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019, created by the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, SAN, for being an invalid statutory instrument. The court also ...
You Never Took Part In Anambra 2021 Guber Election, Supreme Court Tells Andy Uba
The political ambition of Senator Andy Uba was, on Tuesday, thrown into more confusion as the Supreme Court voided his participation in the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. A five-member p...
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...
32-Year-Old Man Who Stole Ink To Sweep Court For Two Weeks
Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, on Thursday, ordered a 32-year-old man, Alex John, to sweep the court premises for two weeks for stealing two kegs of printing ink. The police charged John, whose address was not provided, with stealing, which he had pleaded guilty to. Delivering a ruling, Magistrate A. O. Adeyemi ordered the convict to sweep the court premises...
2014 Immigration Recruitment Tragedy: Abba Moro Has No Case To Answer — Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Senator Abba Moro and two others in charges of fraud over the 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on Thursday held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to establish the allegation of procurement fraud against the defendants. Moro, who was Minister of Interior at the...
Court Shifts Judgement Till April 6 On PDPs Suit Seeking Ayade’s Sack Over Defection To APC
The Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed its judgement on the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to declare the seat of the Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, and his deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant. The main opposition party filed the suit following the defection of the duo to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Justice...
Court Slams Student 4 Months Imprisonment For Stealing Spaghetti, Indomie In Abuja
An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 19-year-old student, Hillary Yunana to four months imprisonment for stealing spaghetti and indomie from a shop. The convict, a resident of Bassa village, along airport road, Abuja, was charged with housebreaking and theft. In his ruling, the Judge, Sani Umar, sentenced Yunana after he pleaded guilty to the offence and...
Dismissed Policeman Who Allegedly Caused Father’s Death, Stole On Burial Day Jailed For 27 Months
AN Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a 36-year-old dismissed police officer, John Dennis, who stole an Iron bar, valued at N6,000 on the day of his father’s burial, to 27 months imprisonment. The Magistrate, Mrs Folarin Williams, sentenced Dennis to two years imprisonment on the first count of stealing and three months imprisonment on the second count of...
Bauchi Governor’s Son To Open Defence April 28 Over Alleged N1.2bn Fraud
The Federal High Court Abuja on Monday, fixed April 28 for Shamsudeen Bala, son of Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to open his defence in an alleged fraud charge levelled against him. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) had filed a 20- count charge against Bala bordering on money laundering, forgery and failure to disclose assets. However, in Dec....
