Tag: Court
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Court jails 4 kidnappers of Bayelsa’s ex-commissioner 40 years each
State High Court sitting in Ogbia, Bayelsa on Thursday sentenced four men to 40 years imprisonment each for the kidnap of the former commissioner for Trade and Investment, Mr Federal Otokito. The convicts are Kingsley Obhesi, 24, Joshua Abi 32, Gift Damene, 38 and Powell Inegite, 36.
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Court gives 2 Kano Judges 48 hours to resign appointment
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Thursday gave Justice Farouk Lawan and Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, 48 hours to resign as Chairmen of the Judicial Commissions of Inquiry appointed by Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf. Gov Kabir-Yusuf, inaugurated commission on Political Violence and Cases of Missing Persons and recovery
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BREAKING! Abuja High Court declares PDP guber candidate, Ighodalo’s pry election invalid
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared as invalid the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate. The primary election conducted on February 22, 2024, was voided on the ground that 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primary election were unlawfully excluded by PDP. Justice…
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Court orders closure of 2 coys linked to $9.6bn P&ID scam
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the closure of two companies linked to the alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd scandal.
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Court orders EFCC to remove Emefiele’s wife, photos from wanted list
A Federal High Court in Lagos has declared the declaration of Margaret Emefiele, wife of former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, as a wanted person by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be illegal.
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Court frees man after 15 years in prison without trial
An Ikeja High Court on Monday ordered the release of a man, Kazeen Adeshina, after spending 15 years in a correctional facility without charge or trial. Justice Oyindamola Ogala, while ruling in a fundamental rights enforcement suit marked
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Alleged rights breach: Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s N1bn suit
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that Kanu failed to provide credible evidence
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Court grant Mohbad’s family to perform second autopsy
The magistrate court sitting in Ikorodu, Lagos state has granted the family of the late singer Mohbad request to conduct a second autopsy.
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Absence of judge stalls trial of MTN CEO
The trial of Mr Karl Toriola, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd; and others was, on Thursday, stalled due to the absence of the trial judge.
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Just In: El-Rufai drags Kaduna Assembly to court over N432bn probe
Ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sued the Kaduna State House of Assembly over claims that his administration embezzled N432 billion and left the state with significant debt obligations. The former governor, on Wednesday, filed a fundamental rights enforcement case against the Kaduna State House of Assembly at the Federal High Court in Kaduna. El-Rufai, who appeared…