CJN Tanko Muhammad Resigns
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned his appointment. Justice Muhammad who was said to have resigned on Sunday night, cited ill-health as the reason for his decision. Information also has it that arrangements are ongoing...
Fresh Trouble For Tinubu, APC As Lawyer Approaches Court Over Muslim-Muslim Ticket
An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr. Osigwe Momoh, has instituted an action against the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, insisting that its decision to field its Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates from ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Northern Group Asks Court To Halt Constitution Review To Allow Southeast Exit From Nigeria
THE Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), on Thursday, filed an interlocutory injunction at the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking the stoppage of the ongoing constitutional amendment for a framework for the South East to secede from Nigeria. Joined in the suit as defendants are the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; Senate President, Ahmed Lawan; Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi...
