Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, convicted and sentenced one Ukoh Michael Odeh to one year imprisonment. Michael was jailed on one count-charge of fraud brought against him by the Makurdi Zonal Command of…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday struck out the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). In a ruling on the objections against the petition made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shetima and the All Progressives…
The Federal Government on Tuesday applied to withdraw the “illegal possession of firearms” case it filed against the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has denied signing Form 48 against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and some of its principals. This was contained in a letter from the Hon. Judge, Chamber, Justice E. Enenche and signed by the…
President Bola Tinubu has condoled to the judicial arm of government over the death of Justice Chima Centus Nweze and Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, two prominent members of the bench. Tinubu in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on…
A group known as the Coalition of Nigerian Civil Society on Tuesday prayed a Federal High Court to allow it hold a watching brief in the arraignment of immediate past Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, charged with…
The immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty before the Federal High Court, Lagos, to a charge of illegal possession of firearms brought against him by the Ministry of Justice. He…
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has lodged an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Lagos, delivered by Hon. Justice M. Liman, in the N72 billion lawsuit brought against the bank by Honeywell Flour Mills Plc. A spokesperson for Ecobank…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out a case by Danjuma Usman Shiddi, a former member of the National Assembly, against the Taraba Truth and Facts Newspaper and its publisher Oloye Ayodele Samuel. Shiddi also known as…
…Ex-super cop to remain in prison despite N50 million bail Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting Abuja said Abba Kyari was granted bail because he refused to escape when they had the chance to do so during…
