The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed March 18, 2024, to hear a suit seeking to sack the 27 members of the Rivers state House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. The 27 lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, are loyal to immediate-past Rivers…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will, on Monday, February 26, 2024, administer the oath of office on the newly appointed 11 Justices of the Supreme Court. Director of Press, Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr Festus Akande, confirmed this on Friday. He said, “The newly appointed 11 Justices of the Supreme Court…
The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Awka, has remanded a lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, at the State Criminal and Investigative Department custody in Awka, for allegedly inflicting physical injuries on the body of her 11-year-old housekeeper. Okafor, who resides at Chris Igwilo Street Akapka GRA, 3-3 Onitsha of…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, to the tune of N250 million in the sexual harassment and gratification case instituted against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The…
A Chelsea fan who assaulted Newcastle United goalkeeper Martin Dubravka has been fined £807 and banned from football for three years Jordan Chidley ran on to the pitch during a Carabao Cup quarter-final tie between the two Premier League teams at Stamford Bridge on 19 December. It happened after Chelsea scored a late equaliser to…
There was a mild drama in a Kano State High Court on Thursday, during the arraignment of Hafsat Suraj, 24, charged with alleged stabbing to death of her domestic staff remained silent when she was asked if she understood the charge against her. Suraj, was alleged to have stabbed her househelp, Nafiu Hafizu, 38, on…
The Anambra High Court sitting in Ogidi recently, overruled Anambra State government, by returning the executive leaders of the community back to office, after they were sacked. However, there was jubilation in Nawfia Community, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday, as leaders of the community, who were previously sacked by the state…
An Enugu State High Court, sitting in Enugu, has sentenced one Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for killing an Enugu-based make-up artist, Ijeoma Nweke. The court, presided over by Justice Kenneth Okpe, on Wednesday, found the accused, Chiamaka Ifezue, guilty of killing the victim by forcing her to drink a poisonous substance. The corpse…
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court Abuja has denied bail to five Port Harcourt-based men allegedly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. They were charged with terrorism offences by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. The suspects were accused of burning the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex, amongst other…
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced one Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress, to six months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on the new Naira notes at a social event in Lagos. Her conviction and sentencing was reported by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
