ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 18, 2024 The re-arraignment of a kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwamadike, also known as Evans, on Thursday, suffered a setback due to the absence of two other co-defendants. Evans and three others (Joseph Emeka, Chiemeka Arinze and Udeme Upong, were brought before Justice Adenike Coker, of anContinue Reading
ShareDismiss PDP’s petition against my election – Sokoto Gov, Ahmad Aliyu tells Supreme Court By Kayode Lawal, Abuja. January 17, 2024 Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State has asked the Supreme Court to outrightly dismiss the appeal lodged against his election by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorshipContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 16, 2024 Justice Yusuf Halilu of a Federal Capital Territory high court on Tuesday reserved ruling in a trial-within-trial filed by a former Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Dikki. Dikki is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongsideContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 16, 2024 The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal challenging the March 2023 governorship election of Nasarawa State that produced Abdullahi Sule as governor. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Eku who led the five member panel of justices reserved judgment after taking arguments from lawyers involvedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 12, 2024 Justice Abubakar Kutigi of a Federal Capital Territory High Court has fixed Feb.29 for ruling in the no -case submission filed by former Justice Minister Mohammed Adoke, SAN and six others. Adoke is charged along with Aliyu Abubakar; Rasky Gbinigie; Malabu Oil and GasContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 12, 2024 Mr Mubarak Isa, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, has told a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja that Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, immediate-past Head of Service (HoS), did not disclose some property she owned in her asset declaration form. Isa, an Assistant SuperintendentContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 12, 2024 A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Zuba, on Friday sentenced a dismissed Inspector, Haruna Ocheni to 30 years imprisonment for killing a 17-year-old boy. The police charged Ocheni with culpable homicide not punishable by death. Delivering judgment, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held thatContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 10, 2024 The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Okey Ahiwe, seeking the nullification of the election of Alex Oti as the Governor of Abia. Justice John Okoro reserved the judgment toContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 10, 2024 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the release of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), on a temporary bail to enable him go for a glaucoma surgery. Justice James Omotosho made the order followingContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 10, 2024 The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Umar Ardo, its candidate in the 2023 Adamawa governorship election against Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri. Justice John Okoro who led the five-member panel led by subsequently dismissed the appeal after theContinue Reading
