A magistrate’s court sitting in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has remanded Prof Zainab Duke Abiola, alongside her domestic staff for assaulting police orderly, Inspector Teju Moses, attached to her. The police woman was seen in a viral video bleeding, seated on the floor, asking to be taken to the hospital for medical attention. The Inspector-General
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A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has awarded N750,000 damages against the state government for violating a legal practitioner, Lawal Aliyu’s fundamental rights, following the towing of his vehicle and imposed fines by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority without a valid court order. In a judgment delivered by Justice Olalekan Oresanya, Thursday, in the
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)has on Tuesday, Sept 20,22 failed to file a response to the suit brought by a group, – the Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) over the abrupt stoppage of Voter Registration ahead the 2023 General Elections which was contrary to the Electoral Act as amended. The suit ref FHC/ABJ/CS/1342/2022 filed
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An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old teacher, Idowu Daniel, to seven years imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 16-year-old student. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the convict committed the crime within the school premises. The Daniel was charged with defilement. The judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo held that the prosecution failed to establish
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A 43-year-old man, Segun Okepemu, was on Friday arraigned before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over an alleged N566,000 land fraud. The defendant with no fixed residential address, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and breach of peace to which he pleaded not guilty. The Police Prosecutor, Nkem Ukor(ASP) told the court
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A businesswoman Monica Gambo, on Friday, dragged her husband Yakubu Gambo before a customary court in Nyanya Abuja, for denying her “conjugal rights”. The petitioner who resides in Nyanya, said this in a divorce petition she filed against her husband before the court. “My husband has taken to an adulterous life and brings all his
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The High Court in Anambra State is set to hear the case in which 48 traditional rulers in the state face possible dethronement as the state government allegedly issued them certificate of recognition from 20I4 to 2022 without purportedly following due process. The presiding Judge had adjourned the matter to today for hearing in the
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The Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, and two others have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday for allegedly diverting N2.5 billion belonging to the Assembly. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the Clerk of the House, Taiwo Adeyemo and Director of Finance, Oladayo Samuel were arraigned
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The High Court of Justice sitting in Jos, Plateau State on Friday discharged and acquitted former Governor, Jonah Jang and his co-accused, Yusuf Pam of all 17 charges bordering on money laundering and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N6.3billion as preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Jang governed
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Inspite of the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, which nullified the election of the newsly elected Council bosses of the 13 Local Government Areas of the State, Gov David Umahi, Thursday swore them into office against all odds. Also sworn-in by the governor were 11 members of Local government Advisory Committee and
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One million Naira fine has been imposed on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday over unlawful invasion of an Abuja-based company. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the company, Fezel Nigeria Limited, located at Plot 792, Cadastral Zone Industrial Estate, Idu-Abuja was forcefully invaded by officers
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking the licenses of 53 broadcast stations in the country, and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. Honourable Justice Akintayo Aluko (Court 8) today granted an order of interim injunction following the
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A 37-year-old man, Saheed Adisa, has been arraigned before Magistrate F.M Onamusi of the Ogba Magistrate Court, Lagos State, for allegedly assaulting an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Salami Bukola, while she was on duty. Sources claimed that the defendant allegedly punched Bukola’s face and indecently touched her breast while she was
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An Oil and Gas marketer, Emmanuel Morah, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos State, over alleged fraud and issuance of dud cheques. The defendant was said to be among the convicts recently granted amnesty by the federal government on health grounds, but was yet to be released from the custody of
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Vehicles belonging to Senator Andy Uba have been seized over his inability to repay a N50 million debt resulting from a loan he took from Oranto Petroleum Limited. Officials of the Execution Unit of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, working with officers of the Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, stormed his Abuja
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