A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, yesterday ordered that a 28-year-old man, Yakubu Afonla, who allegedly defiled a neighbour’s four-year-old daughter, be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre. The police charged Afonla with defilement. Chief Magistrate Olufunke Sule-Amzat gave the order pending when the case would be filed at the Ikeja Special and Sexual
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A High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has yesterday sentenced a 21-year-old man, Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, while handing down the sentence, said: “I found the defendant guilty and he is sentenced to death by hanging. May the Lord have mercy on his soul”. According to the prosecutor,
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In Anambra, a High Court has ordered a former House of Representatives member, Ifeanyi Ibezim, to pay the sum of N1 million (One million naira) to Mr Paul Onwughalu and Mr Friday Titus Umah as damage for violating their fundamental human rights. The High Court which sat at Oba also ordered Ibezim, who represented Idemili
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Abuja Federal High Court, on Tuesday, convicted a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisah Metuh, and his firm, Destra Investments Limited, of the first of the seven counts instituted against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Ruling on the first count in his judgment, Justice Okon Abang ruled that
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Abuja Federal High Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a Principal Manager with the National Identity Management Commission, Ms Jamila Muhammed, for failure to appear in court over allegations of corruption. A statement from the spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, said the NIMC
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Abuja Federal High Court will on February 25 deliver judgment in the four years trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, on money laundering charges involving the N400m which he was accused of receiving fraudulently from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2015. Justice Okon
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Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from deregistering 31 political parties. Justice Chikere, in her ruling, said having failed to counter the application by the applicants, the affected political parties had the legal right which must be protected. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
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Federal High Court in Lagos State has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, over a judgment of N200m against the Nigeria Police Force. The court, in a February 13, 2020 order by Justice C.J. Aneke, said Emefiele and four others must appear in court on February 20 to explain
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An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday granted former Nigerian lawmaker Shehu Sani N10 million bail. Shehu Sani was arraigned on a two-count charge of bribery brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Details later.
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Anti-corruption advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel President Muhammadu Buhari, to make public the content of the asset declaration form he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau. The group is seeking similar prayer against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the 36 state governors.
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The Federal Government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to reject a request by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to restore his revoked bail. A counter-affidavit was said to be filed before the court by the Federal Government to oppose an application filed in April last year
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Report reaching us has it that a final year student of business administration Fisayo Adetoro has been found guilty of impersonation, forgery and money laundering and sentenced to cumulative 13 years in prison and N1,000,000 fine. Adetoro, who is a student of Joseph Ayodele Babalola University, (JABU) was arrested alongside Emmanuel Omole and Wale Ayeni
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Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has granted bail to the Cross Rivers lawyer, Joseph Odok, charged with terrorism. The presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda, in his ruling said the defendant had shown “exceptional circumstances” to permit the court to exercise its discretion and admit him to bail. The judge said, the terms include a
Read moreFour men have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment each by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti for stealing and burglary without option of fine. The convicts are Owoeye Ojo, Agbetuyi Taiwo, Adeniyi Busayo and Lasisi Friday. They were found guilty of breaking into a shop belonging to one Mrs Iyabo Ige
Read moreJustice J. K Daggard of Federal High Court, Kano on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 sentenced one Francis Igo to 28 years prison term for defrauding his victims of a total of N850,000 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira). The convict was prosecuted by the EFCC, Kano Zonal Office on five-count charges that border on conspiracy and obtaining
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