Tag: Trial
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Ryan Giggs to stand trial in January
Wales boss and ex-Manchester United player Ryan Giggs will go on trial in January accused of headbutting his ex-girlfriend and controlling her. Mr Giggs, 47, allegedly assaulted Kate Greville, 36, and caused her actual bodily harm at his home in Greater Manchester on 1 November last year. He is also accused of controlling and coercive…
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Alleged sale of Kwara assets: Saraki kicks as panel recommends trial of ex-govs
A former Kwara State governor and immediate past President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has dismissed the report of a committee set up by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to investigate sales of Kwara State’s assets, which recommended the prosecution of Saraki and former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, as well as other former government officials. The committee’s…
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How FG frustrated Ibori’s trial in UK – Falana
Popular human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN) on Sunday said the Federal Government earlier frustrated the trial of former Governor, James Ibori, in the United Kingdom. The rights advocate alleged that the Nigerian Government through its Attorney-General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa, challenged the investigation of Ibori in the United Kingdom in 2009.…
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BREAKING: FG set to commence trial of 5,000 Boko Haram suspects
The Federal Government said it will soon commence the trial of 5,000 suspected Boko Haram members who are in various detention facilities across the country. The Director General of Legal Aid Council, Aliyu Abubakar, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to Borno Governor Babagana Zulum at the Government House, Maiduguri. Abubakar identified Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri,…
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Court dismisses suit seeking arrest, trial of Ohanaeze Ndigbo leaders
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo has dismissed a suit seeking the arrest, probe and prosecution of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor and other leaders of the group over alleged contempt. The Judge in a ruling held that the applicant -The Registered Trustees of Ohanaeze…
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Paternity Fraud: Justice Okorodas on ‘Trial’, By Michael West
By Michael West Rather than receive empathy and consolation for being cheated and betrayed, hard knocks, castigations and reprimands have become the lot of Justice Anthony Okorodas following the public declaration of his marital crisis that bothers on the paternity of his three grown-up children in his failed marriage. The…
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The Trial of Bishop Kukah, By Sonnie Ekwowusi
By Sonnie Ekwowusi I had thought the media trial of Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Mathew Hassan Kukah over his 2020 Christmas Message had ended. But I was mistaken. The trial has not ended. The trial, for all you know, has just reached its crescendo. Last Wednesday the Buhari Presidency joined the hordes of accusers…
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#EndSARS: Lagos releases identities of 21 police officers facing trial
The Lagos State Government has identified 21 police officers undergoing criminal trials for trampling on the fundamental human rights of residents. The policemen are facing prosecution in different courts for charges that ranged from murder to other minor offences. The list showed that ten policemen are facing murder and attempted murder in various courts, seven…
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Fear of possible attacks by #EndSARS protesters stops prisons from taking Evans, others to court for trial
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) on Wednesday did not take alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, and his co-defendants, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, where their trial was scheduled to continue before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo because of a possible disruption by the #EndSARS protesters. Evans and his alleged accomplices are…
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The trial of El-Rufai, By Sonnie Ekwowusi
By Sonnie Ekwowusi Last week, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) dramatically withdrew the invitation it had earlier extended to Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to speak at the 2020 Annual General Conference of the NBA slated to hold August 26-29 2020. The gravamen of the charges (emanating from different lawyers including some members of…