EFCC To Arraign Okorocha, Anyim Nyerere, Others Tuesday Over Alleged N2.9bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Tuesday, arraign a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in a N2...
Two Former Policemen To Die For Armed Robbery, FCT Court Rules
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has sentenced two ex-policemen, James Ejeh and Simeon Abraham, to death for armed robbery. They were arraigned on October 20, 2017, by the police on two counts bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Peter Kekemeke, held that the prosecutor proved his case by calling four witnesses and their evidence...
HURIWA Urges NJC, CJN Tanko Mohammed To Sanction Court Of Appeal Judge Sitting Over Sen. Orji Kalu’s Case At High Court
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has asked the National Judicial Council through the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, to sanction Justice Mohammed Idris, and other judges for presiding over cases in Federal High Court despite their elevation to the Court of Appeal. In a statement on Wednesday, National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko,...
Ondo Widow Who Brutalised House Help With Razor Blade Over Meat Bags Jail Sentence
A widow and 36-year-old mother of four, Mrs Opeyemi Omoyemi, has been sentenced to four and half years in prison for brutalizing and inflicting body injuries on his 12-year-old house helped Joel Sunday for stealing a piece of meat. A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital sentenced Owoyemi following her arraignment on a five-count charge. She was sentenced...
Executive Order 10 Illegal, You Overstepped Your Bounds – Supreme Court Tells President Buhari
The Supreme Court, in a split decision of six Justices to one, on Friday in Abuja nullified the Executive Order 10 initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant financial autonomy to the State Judi...
Alleged Contract Scam: Court Rejects EFCC’s Evidence Against Babachir Lawal Again
For the second time, a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, yesterday, rejected computer-generated exhibits sought to be tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Dr. Babachir Lawal, in his trial over alleged N544million contract scam. The court held that the exbibits extracted from iphone...
Alleged Defamation: Court Grants Kayan Mata Dealer, Jaruma Bail
Popular dealer in aphrodisiac, better known as kayan mata, Hauwa Muhammed, has been granted bail. Hauwa also known as Jaruma was arraigned before an Upper Area Court in the Zuba area of Abuja on Monday for alleged defamation of character, false news publication and intimidation of business tycoon, Ned Nwoko, on social media. Nwoko had accused Jaruma of publishing falsehoods on...
Man, 37 Who Raped 13-Year-Old Girl Sent On Errand Bags Life Imprisonment
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Samuel Adebamigbe, to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. He was tried and found guilty on the charge of rape. The charge read, “That you, Samuel Adebamigbe, on November 3, 2020, at Ado Ekiti, within the jurisdiction of the court, did rape a 13-year-old girl, contrary to...
Police Trust Fund: Stop Deducting From States, Court Orders FG, Directs Reimbursement To Rivers Govt
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Federal Government from deducting funds from the Federation Account to fund the Nigerian Police force and other agencies not listed in the constitution. Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court on Wednesday declared the deductions as unconstitutional and ordered that all money deducted from the Federation Account belonging to Rivers...
Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Till Wednesday, Frowns At DSS Not Allowing Him Change Cloth
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned further proceedings in the case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, till Wednesday. The adjournment followed Kanu’s complain that the Federal Government failed to promptly serve him the fresh 15-count amended charge it brought before the court. Kanu, through his team of lawyers led...
