Court Sacks Kogi APC Lawmaker
A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided the election of the member of Kogi Assembly, Atule Egbunu, representing Ibaji constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In his place, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered that the candidate of the party that came second in the December 5, 2020 by-election, which produced Egbunu, should be inaugurated in placed...
‘I Only Told Witch Doctor To Tie My Husband Not To Kill Him’, Woman Tells Court
A Customary Court sitting in Mapo in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between a mother of two, Olubunmi Faseyitan, and her husband, Kolawole, over ”witchcraft” suspicion. President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, dissolved the marriage after Faseyitan admitted that she asked a witch doctor to ”tie her husband spiritually to milk him dry”. Delivering judgment, Odunade, said:” men...
Igbo Soldier To Face Firing Squad Over Mutiny
The court-martial sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State capital has sentenced an Igbo soldier, Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi. Trooper Maduabuchi was arraigned for murder after shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in July 2020 at close range in Bama Local Government of Borno State for refusing to grant him...
Certificate Forgery: My Victory Triumph of Rule of Law — Obaseki
Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has expressed gratitude to the judiciary over his victory at the Federal High Court in Abuja exonerating of certificate forgery, saying it is a triumph of Rule of Law. The Governor in a statement issued on Saturday shortly after the judgement further stated that it is testament to the fact that truth would prevail...
