ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 10, 2021 There is tight security at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday morning, as the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is produced to face his trial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on Oct. 21, reportedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 8, 2021 An Iyaganku Family Court sitting in Ibadan, on Monday, ordered the remand of one Lukumon Azeez, 35, for alleged defilement of a 12-year-old. Azeez, of Alubiagba Compound, Ayetoro-Oke, in Oyo State, is charged on one count of defilement. The Chief Magistrate, Mr S. HContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 8, 2021 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, convicted Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), and sentenced him to 8 years imprisonment. Justice Okon Abang, in his judgment, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had proven the essential ingredientsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 8, 2021 Two prosecution witnesses in the trial of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, and Victor Aduba, a dismissed army personnel, have refused to testify in court, citing security reasons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that state counsel, Mr Yusuf Sule, madeContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 5, 2021 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered that the salary accounts of Benue State workers be unfrozen, following a plea by the state government over inability to pay workers’ salaries. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after the application for lease of salaryContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 5, 2021 Selection of a judgement date in the case of kidnapping brought against Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans and five others was on Friday stalled at the Ikeja High Court. Evans’s five co-defendants are: Uche Amadi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba. TheContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 5, 2021 A Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Jan. 19, 2022, for hearing the suit filed by Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF).Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 4, 2021 The Benue State Government, on Thursday, appealed to a Federal High Court, Abuja, to set aside its earlier order, freezing all its bank accounts. Counsel to the state government, Terkura Pepe, SAN, who told Justice Inyang Ekwo while moving his affidavit of urgency inContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 3, 2021 Former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, on Wednesday, indicated his interest to file a no-case submission after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) closed its case. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Turaki is being triedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Oct. 29, 2021 The Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Division, has dismissed a suit by suspended national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus.The PDP was also granted leave to proceed with its elective national convention scheduled for October 30 and October 31. The panelContinue Reading