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...
Mike Ozekhome Leads Nnamdi Kanu’s Legal Team As IPOB Leader Arrives Court
After many weeks of conjectures and permutations, the lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Tuesday unveiled Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) as the leader of the defence counsel for Nnamdi Kanu whose trial commences today before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu arrived the court by 7am amidst...
FG Slams Nnamdi Kanu With Fresh Terrorism Charges
The Federal Government on Monday, entered fresh terrorism allegations against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. FG, in the amended process it filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, increased the counts in the initial charge it preferred against Kanu. The IPOB leader who was hitherto facing a seven-count treasonable felony charge,...
Justice Odili’s Home Invasion: Wike Carpets Buhari Over Silence, Says President Sick
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his ‘silence’ on the invasion of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili, saying that most of the problems Nigeria faces is because of lack of leadership. Governor Wike who on Saturday said that he was paying a special New Year visit to his Bauchi counterpart, Governor Bala Mohammed noted that...
Rape Children Below 10 Years And Get Death Sentence — Jigawa Govt
The Jigawa State Government has enacted the child protection law that prescribes the death penalty for rapists without the option of life imprisonment. Dr. Musa Adamu, the Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General, disclosed this on Wednesday during an end-of-the-year press briefing in Dutse, the state capital of Jigawa. According to him, anyone convicted of raping a child below the...
Alleged Harassment: Don’t Mistake Our Silence For Stup*dity, Weakness, CJN Cautions
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has warned individuals and agencies of the government against any form of harassment and embarrassment of judicial officers in the country. He gave the caution on Wednesday in Abuja at a special session organised to herald the formal commencement of the 2021/2022 legal year of the Supreme Court. Justice Muhammad, who appraised the...
Three Smugglers Who Imported 661 Pump Action Rifles Bag 16-Year Jail Term
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday convicted and sentenced a retired Customs Officer, Mahmud Hassan, and two others, to a total of 16 years imprisonment for conspiracy and unlawful importation of 661 Pump Action rifles, unlawful importation of prohibited firearms, forgery, uttering of forged documents, and bribery. Others convicted and sentenced to jail terms by Justice Ayokunle...
Court Orders DSS To Allow Nnamdi Kanu Change Clothes
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, deferred hearing of the application the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, filed to quash the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him, till January 18, 2022. The adjournment came on a day trial Justice Binta Nyako ordered the Department of State Services, DSS,...
I Can’t Withstand Her Promiscuous Lifestyle, Policeman Says As He Begs Court To Dissolve Marriage
A 45-year-old policeman, Mr Rafiu Ademola, on Thursday prayed an Igando Customary Court to dissolve his 14-year-old marriage over his wife’s alleged adulterous nature. The petitioner told the court that his wife, Rashidat, was promiscuous. “I saw messages of her adulterous acts on her WhatsApp chats with her lovers, she meets with them at different locations. “She told one of the men...
Deal With Lawyers Who Help Clients To Delay Justice, Buhari Tells Judges
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, maintained that delay in the dispensation of justice, as well as the rising number of cases pending in various courts across the federation, have remained a subject of grave concern to his administration. President Buhari, while declaring the 2021 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference of the Superior Courts, open in Abuja, said there was a need...
