Air Passenger Who Held Aircraft To Protest Against Tinubu’s Inauguration Arraigned, Remanded In Prison
Anti-Tinubu passenger aboard an Abuja-Lagos flight, Mr Obiajulu Uja, has been arraigned before the Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja and remanded in prison custody. His lawyer, Ejike Ugwu, disclosed this on Monday. Uja was on Friday evening carried off a Lagos-Abuja flight, after he started a lone protest, demanding that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, must never be sworn in as president on...
After Jailing Man Who Abandoned Lady He Impregnated, Court Slams Stiffer Punishment Over His Attempt To Escape
A 31-year-old Adamawa resident, Mallam Zakaria, will serve nine year’s prison term following his attempted escape from a chief magistrate’s court after the court sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment upon conviction for abandoning a woman he impregnated. The convict, an indigene of Pariya village in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State, was earlier charged with deserting one...
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....
Three Persons To Die By Stoning For Raping Two Brothers In Bauchi, Sharia Court Rules
An Islamic court in Bauchi state has sentenced three men to death by stoning for raping two boys, an official said Friday. Bauchi is among a dozen states in the north where Sharia law is in operation alongside common criminal justice. The court in th...
Amidst Tight Security, DSS Brings Nnamdi Kanu To Court For Trial
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been brought to court by officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) for his trial. He was brought into the courtroom amid heavy security with journalists denied access to film or take pictures of him. Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel to the Kanu confirmed to journalists that...
FG Was Right On No-Work, No-Pay Policy Against ASUU — Industrial Court
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ruled in favour of the federal government in the implementation of a no-work, no-pay policy against body of public university lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The government had approached the court, seeking the enforcement of the policy against ASUU, a union it says should not...
Court Only Discharged Nnamdi Kanu, Did Not Acquit Him — Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday reacted to the decision of the Appeal Court to discharge leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement signed by spokesperson, Dr. Umar Jibril Gwandu, Mr Malami said the appeal court only discharged Kanu and did not acquit him. “The Office of the...
Court Dismisses Bail Application By Terrorist Negotiator, Mamu
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a bail application filed by the alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, who was detained and held in custody by the State Security Services. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Inyang Ekwo, said it was persuaded by a counter-affidavit the Department of State Services filed to oppose Mamu’s...
For Sending ‘Good Morning Babe’ To Married Woman, Osun Man Charged With Breach Of Peace In Marriage
38-year-old man, Sikiru Oluwaseun Jamiu, was on Tuesday, dragged before an Ijebu-Ode Magistrate’s Court in Ogun State, for allegedly texting a seductive WhatsApp message to a housewife. Jamiu was dragged before the court and charged by the police with misconduct in breaching peace in the marriage of one Mrs Opeyemi Adegbesan by sending a WhatsApp message to her on September...
Sen. Abbo Faces Legal Action For Accusing Appeal Court President Of Bribery
A former lawmaker who represented Adamawa North in the Senate, Elisha Abbo, has been issued an ultimatum to establish his allegations of bribery receipt by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban- Mensem, or be prepared to face court action for false allegations. In the alternative, Senator Abbo was directed to apologize to the Appeal Court President,...
