Invictus Obi To Forefeit More Two Houses, Cars, Court Rules
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two houses in Abuja and two cars traced to the convicted cybercriminal, Obinwanne George Okeke also known as Invictus Obi. Justice Peter Lifu made the order on October 29, 2021 following an ex parte motion filed and argued by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, Chinenye...
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...
Malami May Lose SAN Title Over Justice Odili’s Home Invasion — NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association has continued to fume over the invasion of the Abuja home of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili, by agents of the Federal Government last week. The President of the NBA, Olumide Akpata, at a special press briefing in Lagos on Friday, described the operation as egregious and the gathering of an ominous cloud over the judiciary,...
I Can’t Withstand Her Promiscuous Lifestyle, Policeman Says As He Begs Court To Dissolve Marriage
A 45-year-old policeman, Mr Rafiu Ademola, on Thursday prayed an Igando Customary Court to dissolve his 14-year-old marriage over his wife’s alleged adulterous nature. The petitioner told the court that his wife, Rashidat, was promiscuous. “I saw messages of her adulterous acts on her WhatsApp chats with her lovers, she meets with them at different locations. “She told one of the men...
Three Smugglers Who Imported 661 Pump Action Rifles Bag 16-Year Jail Term
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday convicted and sentenced a retired Customs Officer, Mahmud Hassan, and two others, to a total of 16 years imprisonment for conspiracy and unlawful importation of 661 Pump Action rifles, unlawful importation of prohibited firearms, forgery, uttering of forged documents, and bribery. Others convicted and sentenced to jail terms by Justice Ayokunle...
Rape Children Below 10 Years And Get Death Sentence — Jigawa Govt
The Jigawa State Government has enacted the child protection law that prescribes the death penalty for rapists without the option of life imprisonment. Dr. Musa Adamu, the Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General, disclosed this on Wednesday during an end-of-the-year press briefing in Dutse, the state capital of Jigawa. According to him, anyone convicted of raping a child below the...
FG Slams Nnamdi Kanu With Fresh Terrorism Charges
The Federal Government on Monday, entered fresh terrorism allegations against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. FG, in the amended process it filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, increased the counts in the initial charge it preferred against Kanu. The IPOB leader who was hitherto facing a seven-count treasonable felony charge,...
Mike Ozekhome Leads Nnamdi Kanu’s Legal Team As IPOB Leader Arrives Court
After many weeks of conjectures and permutations, the lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Tuesday unveiled Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) as the leader of the defence counsel for Nnamdi Kanu whose trial commences today before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu arrived the court by 7am amidst...
Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Till Wednesday, Frowns At DSS Not Allowing Him Change Cloth
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned further proceedings in the case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, till Wednesday. The adjournment followed Kanu’s complain that the Federal Government failed to promptly serve him the fresh 15-count amended charge it brought before the court. Kanu, through his team of lawyers led...
Executive Order 10 Illegal, You Overstepped Your Bounds – Supreme Court Tells President Buhari
The Supreme Court, in a split decision of six Justices to one, on Friday in Abuja nullified the Executive Order 10 initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant financial autonomy to the State Judi...
