Supreme Court Rejects Sen. Nwaoboshi’s Post-conviction Bail Application
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for post-conviction bail brought by a serving senator representing Delta North, Peter Nwaoboshi, who was jailed for seven years on money laundering charges. While dismissing his application, a five-member panel of the apex court, noted that Nwaoboshi’s conduct was a slap on democracy and the rule of law. Justice Emmanuel Agim wondered why Nwaoboshi,...
Man Appears In Lagos Court For Marrying Second Wife Without Informing First One
The police on Wednesday arraigned a man, Edmund Uzoma, before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for alleged bigamy. Uzoma was arraigned before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun on three counts of bigamy and falsification of information on a marriage certificate. The prosecutor, Idowu Osungbure, told the court that Uzoma, while having a wife, contracted another wedding with one Sophia Yongxian, at a...
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...
Court Strikes Out N2.9bn Fraud Charges Against Sen. Okorocha
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, discharged a former Governor of Imo State, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, of N2.9 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, struck out the EFCC’s suit for being in contravention of Section 105 (3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA),...
Stop Criticising Our Decisions On Ahmad Lawan, Godswill Akpabio, Supreme Court Warns
The Supreme Court on Saturday came hard on some Nigerians who had been “venting convoluted anger”, following its recent pronouncements, which affirmed a former Governor of the Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, senatorial candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25 elections. The Apex Court warned purveyors of such attacks on the judiciary...
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...
Appeal Court Rejects Abba Kyari’s Bail Application
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The appeal sought the reversal of an earlier ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja which refused to grant his request for bail. Maintaining that Kyari’s appeal was without merit, Justice Stephen Adah who read the unanimous judgement of a three-man panel,...
Old Naira Notes: Akeredolu Urges Buhari To Direct CBN To Obey Supreme Court Order
Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to obey the Supreme Court’s judgment on the validity of the old naira notes. In a statement issued at the weekend in Akure, the state capital, Mr Akeredolu said the President should immediately direct Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to...
Peter Obi Officially Submits Petition Challenging Tinubu’s Victory At Tribunal
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has formally submitted a petition challenging the process leading to the outcome of the Presidential Election held on February 28, 2023. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the election after which it declared him President-Elect. Chief Spokesman of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign of...
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...
