The Federal High Court, Enugu, has remanded a lawyer based in Anambra State, Mike Ikegbunam, in the Correctional Centre over an alleged land scam amounting to N77 million. Ikegbunam was retained by the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI) of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi chapter…
The Port Harcourt Division of the Rivers State High Court has granted an ex-parte order restraining the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies from arresting, detaining, and or harassing Edison Ehie. The order which was granted following a motion ex-parte filed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor had sought to stop the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop Governor Siminalayi Fubara from re-presenting the N800 billion 2024 budget of Rivers State. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling, also set aside the earlier interim order made on Jan 22, directing parties in the suit to maintain status quo pending the…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned a suit by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government to February 8th, 2024. In the suit, Kanu accused the FG of kidnapping him from Kenya and bringing him to Nigeria for trial. He also…
A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, has remanded two men, Kabiru Shehu and Ali Rabiu, for allegedly impersonating military men. Shehu, 37 and Rabiu, 24, were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and impersonation, but both pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Mr Olarewaju Osho, told the court that the defendants were arrested on…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday remanded some loyalists of the River State governor for their alleged involvement in the explosion that rocked and razed the Rivers State Assembly complex. An explosion had rocked the complex of the state Assembly amid alleged moves by some lawmakers to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara on…
A Magistrate’s Court in the Yaba area of Lagos State has arrested two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, in a correctional centre for killing their friend, Segun Zusu, over 36 bags of rice. The duo appeared before Magistrate Linda Balogun on Tuesday on two counts bordering on murder. It was gathered in court that…
Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has barred the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, who is loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from going into the state assembly complex until the burnt chamber is fully renovated by the state government. It also, ordered the…
A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja has given an order freezing 24 Kano State Bank Accounts, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), over the alleged illegal demolition of Filin Shops. The presiding Judge, Justice E.A Ekwo, also directed the Kano State Government to appear before the court on…
A federal high court, on Monday, convicted four Boko Haram financiers. The quartet- Modu Aisami, Zana Zarama, Umar Mohammed Bunu Kame- were convicted and handed prison terms, after they pleaded guilty to charges that FG preferred against them during a special trial the Federal High Court held at Dawaki in Abuja. While the Attorney General…
