ShareMay 24, 2024 The Attorney-General of the Federation ( AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN says the offence of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is a difficult one and can only the court is competent to determine the charge. Fagbemi said this while respondingContinue Reading
ShareMay 24, 2024 A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, refused to grant an application filed by MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd, seeking an interim order restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from requesting any financial, accounting, or tax documents from them. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on the ex-parteContinue Reading
ShareMay 22, 2024 A divorce-seeking woman, Doris Omega, has urged an Upper Customary Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, to dissolve her marriage and order her husband, Daniel to pay her N200, 000 in damages. Omega told te court that her husband has lost interest in her and had become aContinue Reading
ShareMay 21, 2024 Abuja – A FCT High Court in Zuba, has fixed July 2, to hear a no-case submission filed by the Medical Director, Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor, Emmanuel Olorunlaye, Chikaodili Ugochukwu and Dr Aremu Abayomi over alleged organ harvesting. The National Agency for the Prohibition of TraffickingContinue Reading
ShareMay 20, 2024 The President of the Court of Appeal , Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday said 99 panels were set up to sit on election petitions in 2023. Dongban-Mensem, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the opening of a- two-today workshop to review the 2023 Election PetitionContinue Reading
ShareMay 20, 2024 The Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) says the bill on salaries of judicial office holders will ensure judicial independence and integrity. Fagbemi said this at a public hearing on “A Bill for an Act to Prescribe the Salaries, Allowances and Fringe Benefits of Judicial OfficeContinue Reading
ShareMay 17, 2024 The National Judicial Council (NJC) at its plenary of 105th Meeting has resolved to issue warning letters to three Judges and also barred them from elevation to higher bench for a period of time. This is contained in a Statement by Mr Soji Oye, the Director ofContinue Reading
ShareMay 17, 2024 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday dismissed a bail application filed by the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that based on the affidavit evidence before him, Gambaryan would jump bail if the application is granted. “I have carefully consideredContinue Reading
ShareMay 9, 2024 A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 23-year-old student, Rabiu Garba, to 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a laptop and two cell phones. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Garba after he pleaded guilty to the two count of trespass and theft. The convict,Continue Reading
ShareMay 9, 2024 A Federal Cap Territory High Court on Thursday admitted Hadi Sirika, former aviation minister and two others to bail in the sum of N100 million each. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal CapitalContinue Reading