Judiciary

Offa Bank Robbery: Group Says Withdrawal Of 18 Charges Vindicates Saraki, Ahmed Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A group, under the aegis of the Offa Youth Progressives, has described the withdrawal of 18 out of the original 20 charges against former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, over…

  The Court of Appeal, Ilorin Judicial Division, Kwara State presided over by Justice Ridwan Maiwada Abdullahi, has rejected stay of proceedings in two separate appeals on the Offa Robbery matter. The first appeal with Appeal No. CA/IL/4C/2026 was the matter between Yusuf Abdulwahab versus The People of Kwara State, the former Senate President, Olubukola…

  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr James Ogwu Onoja has warned social media commentators and bloggers to stop dishing out false narratives in a $2.1M civil suit instituted against Barrister Jordan Nyesom Wike by one Safwan Garba in respect of Abuja land matter. The lawyer warned that any commentator and blogger who continued…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday warned the defence lawyers against delay in the trial of four suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who allegedly kidnapped and killed Ekpeyong Asuquo Owoh, an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Joyce Abdulmalik gave the warning after Kelvin Ekwe…

  The Court of Appeal, Abuja has affirmed the nomination of incumbent House of Representatives member, Chief Thomas Ereyitomi, as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming House of Representatives election, for Warri Federal Constituency Seat in Delta State. A three-member panel of the appellate court took the decision on Wednesday, shortly…

  The trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika on alleged abuse of office in the award of ₦599M consultancy contract by the Federal Ministry of Aviation took a new dimension on Thursday when a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Christopher Odofin admitted at the High Court of the…

Defamation: Appeal Court Quashes Case Against Saraki • Says it’s an abuse of court process, infringement of constitutional rights Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Court of Appeal, sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the criminal defamation and cyberbullying case filed by the Kwara State Government against former Senate…

  Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed November 20 to rule on whether the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar can be permitted to amend his suit seeking to prohibit President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the 2027 presidential election. The Judge fixed…

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has counseled senior judges in the country to imbibe the habit of mentoring junior judicial officers to allow for seamless transfer of knowledge in the best interest of adjudications. Justice Kekere-Ekun gave the administration while speaking at the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Annual Conference in…

  A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Dr Ali Mohammed on Wednesday admitted at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the ₦124.86 billion withdrawn by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from the Consolidated Revenue Account of the federal government was not traced to Godwin Emefiele He…