Two Former SARS Officers Bag Death Sentence For Extra Judicial Killing
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, two former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad for extra-judicial killing. Recall that five members of the SARS team, ASP Samuel Chigbu, Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, Ogoligo, and Olisa Emeka were standing trial for killing Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, while in their custody...
British Parliament Votes In Support Of Assisted Suicide
British lawmakers on Friday voted in favour of a landmark bill which will for the first time help terminally ill adults decide to end their lives. The parliamentary voting which had 330 votes in favour and 275 against marks the beginning of months of debate and possible changes to the bill as it is expected to pass through the House...
Policeman Who Killed Kolade Johnson Bags Life Imprisonment
A Lagos state high court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a dismissed police officer, Ogunyemi Olalekan, to life imprisonment for killing 35-year-old, Kolade Johnson. Olalekan, who was said to be attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS) of the Nigeria Police, shot Mr Johnson in the lower abdomen with an AK-47 rifle at about 5.10pm on Sunday, March 31, 2019,...
Betta Edu Threatens Legal Action Against BBC Over Alleged Defamation, Demands $50m
The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has threatened to file a lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for allegedly defaming her personality. Edu disclosed this in a letter sent to BBC Abuja and London offices by her counsel, Chikaosolu Ojukwu (SAN). According to the letter, the suspended minister claimed that BBC reported that N30...
Court To Hear CNG’s Suit Seeking Referendum For Biafra Today
A Federal High Court sitting Abuja will today hear the suit filed by the leadership of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) seeking referendum for Biafra agitators. The coalition had, in June, sued the National Assembly, asking court to compel the defendants to halt the ongoing constitutional review exercise. The spokesman of the CNG, Abdul-azeez Suleiman, Sunday said a judge had been...
Why Rivers House Of Reps Member Was Sent To Prison Two Days To Election
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has remanded the lawmaker representing Etche/Omuma federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Ephraim Nwuzi, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre in the state. This followed a remand proceeding preferred against him by the Rivers State Police Command. The police had accused the federal lawmaker, who is also the All...
You Never Took Part In Anambra 2021 Guber Election, Supreme Court Tells Andy Uba
The political ambition of Senator Andy Uba was, on Tuesday, thrown into more confusion as the Supreme Court voided his participation in the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. A five-member p...
Court Order Dele Farotimi’s Remand Over Alleged Defamation Of Afe Babalola
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate court on Wednesday remanded a Lagos based human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi over an alleged case of defamation against Aare Afe Babalola SAN the founder of Afe Babalola University. Farotimi, who was arrested at his chamber in Lagos on Tuesday by officers from Ekiti State Police Command, was arraigned for allegedly publishing a book “Nigeria and it’s...
Sales, Disposals Of Recovered Assets Not Within Your Power, Court Tells AGF Malami
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has nullified the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019, created by the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, SAN, for being an invalid statutory instrument. The court also ...
Application To Stop Tinubu’s Certificate Forgery Suit Suffers Setback
An application by a factional group in the Action Alliance to stop the certificate forgery suit instituted against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was on Monday dismissed by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The bid by the group loyal to Tinubu and led by Adekunle Omo-Aje was rejected by the court from being...
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