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...
Peter Obi Officially Submits Petition Challenging Tinubu’s Victory At Tribunal
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has formally submitted a petition challenging the process leading to the outcome of the Presidential Election held on February 28, 2023. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the election after which it declared him President-Elect. Chief Spokesman of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign of...
Nigeria Wins $11bn Case Against P&ID
Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales has ruled in favour of Nigeria in the enforcement of a $11bn Process & Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) arbitration award. With the judgement handed down physically in open court, and electronically by email to the parties on Monday, Nigeria succeeded in stopping the enforcement of the award which was...
FG Urges Senate To Approve Funds To Hire Aircraft To Convey Judges To Trial Locations
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has appealed to Senate to approve more funds for the Ministry to enable it charter some aircraft to convey judges for their safety because of the high level of insecurity in the country. The minister who spoke, yesterday, when he appeared before Senator Muhammed Munguno(APC, Borno North)...
Court Rejects Application To Stop Fubara From Spending Rivers Money
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, declined to grant a motion to stop the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, from spending from the state’s consolidated revenue fund. Rather than grant the motion ex parte marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24, Justice James Nwite asked the plaintiffs to put Fubara and other defendants in the suit on notice. The suit was filed by...
DSS Lawyer Tells Court How Robbers Stole Case File On Igboho’s Aides
The Counsel for the Department of State Service (DSS), Idowu Awo, has told the Federal High Court that the case file relating to the Fundamental Human Rights Enforcement application filed by the aides to Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was stolen by armed robbers. Mr Awo on Wednesday told Justice Obiora Egwuatu that his colleague who was bringing...
Appeal Court President To Unveil Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Panel May 8
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which would decide on all petitions filed against the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of the contested 2023 Presidential election, will now be officially introduced by Justice Monica Bolnaan Dongban-Mensem, President of the Appeal Court. On Monday, May 8, 2023, the panel members will be publicly...
Court Freezes 32 Bank Accounts In Connection With #EndBadGovernance [See Details]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies linked to the 10-day #EndBadGovernance Protest organised across the country pending investigation and prosecution of the case. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ex parte motion moved by counsel for the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Mohammed, also ordered the banks...
Fani-Kayode’s Trial Continues As EFCC Says 4.6bn Used To Fund Jonathan’s Presidential Campaign Still Under Investigation
The trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others continued on Friday with the testimony of an Investigating Officer, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Shehu Shuaibu. He told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the sum of N4.6 billion allegedly used to finance the Presidential Campaign of former President, Goodluck...
EFCC Declares Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele’s Wife, Others Wanted
The Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has declared wife of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, wanted. She was declared wanted alongside a CBN official, Eric Odoh, a businesswoman, Anita Omoile, and a Bureau De Change operator, Jonathan Omoile. According to a statement issued by the commission, they were declared wanted for allegedly conspiring with Emefiele to convert...
