Imo North: Ararume Loses Candidacy Contest At Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed two appeals by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, in which he sought, among others, to be made the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last by-election in Imo North Senatorial District of Imo State. A five-man panel of the court, headed by Justice Amina Augie, in two judgments, affirmed the judgments of the...
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...
Gov. Adeleke Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For Stealing Fowl In Osun
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has pardoned Segun Olowookere who was sentenced to death for armed robbery in Osun State. Olowookere was pardoned alongside his accomplice, Sunday Morakinyo, the governor disclosed in a statement on X on Thursday. The claim that the duo got a death sentence for stealing a fowl went viral on social media. But the Osun State...
BREAKING: Kanu Pleads Not Guilty To FG’s Amended Charge
Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty to the seven-count amended charge the Federal Government preferred against him. Kanu, who was docked before trial Justice Binta Nyako, said he was innocent of all the allegations FG levelled against him, after the charge was read to him in the open court. His re-arraingment came...
US Court Slams $50,000 On Nigerian Blogger For Defaming MFM General Overseer
A Baltimore County Circuit Court in the United States of America presided over by Theresa Adams, has slammed a record $50,000 damages on a US-based Nigerian blogger, Funke Ashekun, for defaming the General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr Daniel Olukoya. A statement on Thursday by Olukoya’s media aide, Collins Edomaruse, said the jury found that the postings...
In Amended Charge, FG Accuses Nnamdi Kanu Of Involvement In Terrorism As Ifeanyi Uba Heads To Court
The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-count against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The amended charge which was filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on Monday, borders on treasonable felony and the alleged involvement of Kanu in acts of terrorism. Meanwhile, the lawmaker representing...
Man Bags 15 Months Imprisonment For Stealing Quran In Abuja Mosque
A Grade 1 Area Court sitting at Lugbe, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a labourer, Terkaa Akishi (36) to 15 months in prison for stealing two Qurans and a cell phone from a Mosque in Asokoro area of Abuja. The Judge, Malam Aliyu Kagarko, sentenced Akishi, who pleaded guilty. Kagarko, however, gave him an option of N40,000 fine. Akishi was charged with trespass...
#BREAKING: Court Frowns At Illegal Detention Of Igboho’s Aides, Grants Them Bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the 12 aides of Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Delivering the ruling on the application filed by the 12 applicants before the court, the presiding Judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, said it is clear that no charge has been brought against Sunday Igboho’s aides since their arrest. As such,...
I’m Over 70 Years, It’s Situation Of Nigeria That Caused It, APC Chieftain Convicted For Vote Buying Begs Court
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced Wahab Hammed, a ward Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Surulere Local Government Area of the state, to a one-year jail term or in the alternative a fine of N1m. Justice Ismail Ijelu sentenced the defendant after convicting him on a two-count charge of conspiracy and bribery. At his...
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...
