The Ondo State High Court in Akure on Thursday nullified the 33 Local Government Development Areas (LCDAs) created by late Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Delivering judgment, Justice A.O Adebusuoye, described the LCDAs as inchoate and not lawfully created. The court held…
By Adeyanju Esther Abdulateef Olasunkanmi and Sunday Morice, both 28, were arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State on Wednesday for allegedly stealing a cell phone worth N139,000 and assaulting the owner, Zinsu Joseph. The prosecution, led by…
Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has expressed his readiness to settle his ongoing trial out of court with the Federal Government. The IPOB Leader made this known yesterday at the resumed proceeding…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a fresh bail application the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, filed to be released on bail, pending the conclusion of his trial. Kyari is facing…
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Nweke Izuchukwu Jude before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State for allegedly impersonating officers of the…
A Federal High Court on Friday, ordered the Kano State government to pay N10 million in damages to the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, for breaching his fundamental human rights. Ado-Bayero, through his counsel M L Yusufari SAN,…
By Adeyanju Esther Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed the arraignment of former Kogi State governor Yahaya Adoza Bello to June 27, 2024. The decision, made on Thursday, June 13, 2024, followed a dispute…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has filed a motion to discontinue its lawsuit against Mobil Nigeria subsidiaries and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The motion is…
By Dave Okpogadie, Asaba A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba and presided over by Honourable Justice C. D Diai has convicted and sentenced one Inspector Ubi Ebri of the Nigeria Police Force to death on a murder charge.…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Monday, remanded one Taiwo Adewale, 35, who is facing charges of murder and attempted murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Adebola Adeola, who did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction,…
