Court Orders Police To Pay Widow Of Late MKO Abiola N50m With Apology For Arresting Her While Wearing Nightgown
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Inspector-General of Police to pay N50m damages to the widow of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola, Prof Zainab Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights by arresting and parading her while wearing only a nightgown. The court in the judgment delivered by Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi, also...
Farotimi Reunites With Family After Meeting Bail Conditions
Human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi has regained freedom after meeting his bail conditions. The development was disclosed by politician and activist, Omoyele Sowore. He was arrested earlier in the month for allegedly defaming Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, ABUAD. Farotimi, who was remanded in a correctional centre in Ado Ekiti,...
FG Loses Legal Battle To Recover N70tn Loot Over Lack Of Diligent Handling
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out the Federal Government’s suit seeking to recover and forfeit the sum of N70tn it alleged was stashed in 29 bank accounts by looters. The judge stated that the Federal Government’s lawyers and the private lawyers which it subsequently gave a fiat, did not diligently prosecute the case. The...
Kwara Court Dissolves 8-Yr-Old Marriage Over Lack Of Love
An Area Court sitting at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the Islamic marriage between Taibat Oniban and Alfa Kamaldeen, both of Okelele Area, Ilorin, after living together for eight years. The presiding judge, Idris Etsu, made the ruling after the bailiff of the court deposed an affidavit on the agreement of the husband to dissolve the marriage. “The bailiff said...
Italian Man Who Killed Nigeria’s Ogorchukwu To Spend 24 Years In Prison
Filippo Ferlazzo, the Italian who killed an Italy-based Nigerian man, Alika Ogorchukwu, in July 2022 has bagged a 24-year jail term. The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement signed by NiDCOM spokesperson, Gabriel Odu, commended the Nigerian Mission in Rome, for following through with the case and other...
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...
Police Arrest Man, Ibezim Who Accused Fashola Of Writing Judgement To Be Delivered By Presidential Election Petition Court
The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has confirmed the arrest of one Chike Ibezim, an entrepreneur, following a petition by former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola. On August 10, Chike was reportedly arrested by some police officers in Abuja, the country’s capital. Fashola was said to have written a petition against the entrepreneur about a report published by Reportera, a news established...