Alleged Contract Scam: Court Rejects EFCC’s Evidence Against Babachir Lawal Again
For the second time, a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, yesterday, rejected computer-generated exhibits sought to be tendered by the...
Bauchi Governor’s Son To Open Defence April 28 Over Alleged N1.2bn Fraud
The Federal High Court Abuja on Monday, fixed April 28 for Shamsudeen Bala, son of Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to open his...
Amaechi Loses As Supreme Court Dismisses His Appeal Seeking To Stop Fraud Probe
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal by former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi against the decision by Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike to set up a seven-man panel to probe his eight year tenure as Governor. The apex court held tha...
Court Fixes Date To Decide Abba Kyari’s Fate On Extradition
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has fixed August 29 for judgment in a suit seeking to extradite a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America for trial on alleged internet fraud. The Jud...
Alleged Homicide: Court Orders Remand Of Osinachi’s Husband In Custody, Attaches Prison Location
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Wuse, on Friday, remanded Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, at the Kuje Correctional Facility, pending the hearing and determination of the homicide-related suit instituted ...
FG Praises Wike For Building Befitting Law School, Says He’s Promise Keeper
The Federal Government, yesterday, described Governor Nyesom Wike as a true promise keeper for matching words with action on delivering the Dr. Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as the best ever, on ...
Police Sergeant Who Killed Driver Over N100 To Die By Hanging
A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a dismissed police sergeant, James Imhalu, to death by hanging for the murder of a commercial driver in 2015 over his refusal to pay a bribe of N100. Justice Elsie Thompson, while delivering ...
Three Persons To Die By Stoning For Raping Two Brothers In Bauchi, Sharia Court Rules
An Islamic court in Bauchi state has sentenced three men to death by stoning for raping two boys, an official said Friday. Bauchi is among a dozen states in the north where Sharia law is in operation alongside common criminal justice. The court in th...
We’ve Sacked Judge Who Impregnated Complainant’s Wife After Dissolving Marriage — Lagos Govt
The Lagos State Government says it has fired a customary court judge, Mr Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, who allegedly dissolved a marriage and snatched the wife of a complainant, Mr. Olayemi Ayeni. In a viral video, Ayeni was seen narrating how Adeyemi, who ...
Court Throws Out Oyo Deputy Governor’s Suit Seeking To Stop His Impeachment
Justice Ladiran Akintola of an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has dismissed the suit filed by the Deputy Governor of the state, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, to stop the state House of Assembly from removing him. The lawmakers had last month initi...
