CJN Set To Swear In 12 New Judges Of FCT High Court Wednesday [See Full List]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will on Wednesday, July 10, swear in the twelve newly appointed Judges of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. A statement by the Director of Press and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, said the swearing-in ceremony would hold at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court of...
22 DRC Soldiers Sentenced To Death For Fleeing Battlefield Against M23 Rebels
A military court in DR Congo’s volatile east sentenced 22 soldiers to death on Monday for “fleeing the enemy” during fighting with M23 rebels, a lawyer told AFP. Sixteen soldiers were handed death sentences in one case in the North Kivu province, and six others in a separate case, just days after 25 soldiers received a similar judgement. The latest sentences...
Court Rejects Yahaya Bello’s Plea For Transfer Of ₦80bn Fraud Case To Kogi
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined the request to transfer the ₦80.2bn fraud trial of ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, from Abuja to Kogi State. In a judgment on Monday, the court directed that the request by Bello, for the transfer of the alleged money laundering case instituted against him, by the Economic...
CJN Ariwoola Threatens Sanctions Against Judges Dishing Out Conflicting Judgements
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday, decried what he termed as unpalatable cocktail of misleading and conflicting judgements emanating from courts of coordinate jurisdictions in the country. He said the National Judicial Council, NJC, has already activated the process that would ensure that errant judges are made to face the consequence of their “despicable and...
Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Inscription Of Arabic Language On Naira Notes
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes. Justices Yellin Bogoro held that Section 53 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) empowers the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print, design and issue the currency and compels the need to establish bad faith...
Imo Assembly Wants Sack Of Chief Judge, Chikeka Over Alleged Falsification
The Imo House of Assembly on Thursday recommended the sack of the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Chukwuemeka-Chikeka, for misconduct and alleged age falsification pursuant to Section 292 of the Constitution. During a plenary at the House of Assembly, two-third majority of the lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of recommendations of the house adhoc-committee set up to look into a...
Kenyan Court Suspends Ban Placed On Street Protest By Police
The High Court of Kenya has issued a conservatory order suspending the National Police Service’s prohibition on protests by Kenyan youths (Gen Z), which was issued by Acting Inspector General of Police (IG) Douglas Kanja. Justice Bahati Mwamuye of the Milimani High Court on Thursday ordered the application which is seeking to oppose the ban on protests be certified as...
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...
Alleged Sponsorship Of Protest: Obi Demands Apology From Onanuga, Threatens N5bn Suit Over Defamation
The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in last year’s elections, Peter Obi, has threatened to sue the Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, over his allegation that he was involved in the planned mass protest over hardship in the country. Obi writing through his counsel, Chief Alex Ejesieme, SAN, of the MADIBA Chambers...
Court Stops Sale Of Nigeria Air To Ethiopian Airlines
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday has declared null and void the sale of Nigeria Air Ltd to Ethiopian Airlines Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa in his judgment stopping the sale, ordered that the proposed establishment of a national carrier-Nigeria Air, by the Federal Government, should not be carried out. The judge made the order while granting the reliefs sought...
