Sen. Ararume Sues Buhari Over Illegal Termination Of Appointment As NNPC Chair, Demands N100bn Compensation
Former chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Ifeanyi Ararume, has slammed a N100 billion suit on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful removal of his name as a non-Executive Chairman of the newly Incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum Company. He is demanding such claims from the Federal Government...
Hoodlums Set Imo Magistrate Court Ablaze
Suspected hoodlums on Sunday razed a section of the Owerri Magistrate’s Court in Imo State. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Orlu High Court was burnt by fleeing hoodlums. The Magistrate’s Court which is located at the heart of the state capital is housing the Owerri High Court. A source told our correspondent that the suspects came with explosives and...
Inibehe Effiong Freed From Prison After 30 Days
Nigerian lawyer Inibehe Effiong on Friday regained freedom after 30 days in prison for alleged contempt. Effiong left the prison in Akwa Ibom State at about 8:00 am and said he was ‘incarcerated’ for saying the truth. “I consider it an honour for me to be incarcerated for the truth,” Effiong whose detention drew wide protests said. In late July, Akwa Ibom...
Invictus Obi To Forefeit More Two Houses, Cars, Court Rules
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two houses in Abuja and two cars traced to the convicted cybercriminal, Obinwanne George Okeke also known as Invictus Obi. Justice Peter Lifu made the order on October 29, 2021 following an ex parte motion filed and argued by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, Chinenye...
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...
Court Issues Public Summons Against Yahaya Bello Over Alleged ₦110bn Fraud
Justice Maryanne Anenih of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has issued a public summons against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count pending allegations against him. By the summons, the former Governor is to attend court on October 24 in response to the summons and for...
NBA Moves To Streamline Remuneration, Income Of Lawyers
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a committee to streamline the professional charges of lawyers and ensure that earnings trickle down to junior lawyers who work in the chambers of seniors, with a view to increasing their earning capacity. This was made known in a statement signed on Monday by NBA President, Olumide Akpata, and sent to all...
Man Who Stabbed Two Women To Death In Kogi To Die By Hanging — Court Rules
A High Court in Lokoja on Wednesday sentenced a middle-aged man, Danladi Ichado to death by hanging for stabbing two women to death. Delivering judgment, Justice Nicodemus Awulu, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was presumed to have intended to kill the women based on the weapon he used. The judge held that the...
BREAKING: Dissatisfied By His Acquittal, Kaduna Govt Files Fresh Charges Against El-Zakzaky
The Kaduna State government has filed fresh charges against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. This comes less than 48 hours after the embattled IMN leader was discharged and acquitted by a Kaduna State high court. Justice Gideon Kurada had on Wednesday discharged and acquitted Elzakzaky and his wife Zeenat, from the eight charges pressed against...
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...
