Judicial Workers Begin Strike Tuesday, To Shut Courts Nationwide
Workers in the judiciary sector will from Tuesday shut down courts across the country, as the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) commences a nationwide strike over the non-implementation of financial autonomy of the judiciary in line with the constitution of the country and other extant laws. JUSUN has issued a 21-day ultimatum which elapsed on Sunday, April 4, 2021,...
Imo North: After APC Accused Justices Of Holding Meeting With PDP Leaders, Supreme Court Speaks
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, clarified that Justice Abdu Aboki was not one of the three Justices of the court petitioned by the All Progressive Congress (APC) of plotting to subvert justice in the matter of the Imo North Senatorial District bye-election. The apex court, however, said that Aboki is in the panel of five Justices of the court constituted...
Buhari Sacked Me On Wrong Assumption That I Held A Meeting With Atiku In Dubai — Fmr CJN
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen (retd.), on Friday, in Abuja, opened up for the first time on his unceremonious removal by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) before the general elections. According to him, prior to his removal, there had been rumour from the Executive that he held a meeting with former...
Ibadan Man To Wash Public Toilet For 30 Days For Being Rude To Court
An Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan on Wednesday, ordered a man, Jimoh Falola, to wash public toilets for 30 days for being rude to the court. In his ruling, the President of the court, Chief Henry Agbaje held that Falola had no regards for constituted authority from the way he insulted the court while the court was sitting. Agbaje consequently ordered...
Evans: You Must Show Seriousness Or… Court Warns Prosecutors
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the delay in the trial of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans. This followed the absence of prosecution witnesses in the two cases before her court which stalled the trial of the alleged kidnap kingpin. Evans is being tried alongside a dismissed soldier, Victor Aduba. The defendants are...
How Boyfriend Sold My N2.3m Worth SUV, Cleared My Bank Account, Lady Tells Abuja Court
A businesswoman, Emem Bassey, on Wednesday told a Chief Magistrates Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, Abuja that her boyfriend, Onokevbagbe Enikioye, allegedly sold her Lexus Jeep worth N2.3 million without her consent. The police charged Enikioye and Sunday Akachukwu with six counts of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, theft, criminal intimidation, cheating and criminal force and assault. The offence, the police...
Abuja Tailor To Sweep Premises 2 Weeks For Stealing Milo — Court
A Karu Grade I Area Court on Wednesday, ordered a 25-year-old tailor, Yesmin Abdullahi, to sweep the court premises for two weeks for stealing a pack of Milo, chocolate malt beverage. Abdullahi, who resides in Gwarimpa, Abuja, pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and theft and begged for leniency. The judge, Inuwa Maiwada, did not give Adullahi an option to pay the...
No Bail For You, Court Tells Maina
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, refused to grant a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, bail. Delivering a ruling, Justice Okon Abang, held that Maina’s application for bail lacked merit. Justice Abang said though it was at the court’s discretion to grant bail, the ex-pension reformed boss did not deserve bail after jumping the...
Fake Soldier Who Attacked Lagos Taskforce Team Jailed
Magistrate Oyebimbola Adelakun of the Lagos State Mobile Court has sentenced a fake soldier, Kabiru Mohammed, to six weeks’ imprisonment for assault and impersonation. The 25-year-old was said to have attacked officials of the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit after an enforcement exercise. Operatives of the agency were reportedly coming from the operation with over...
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...
