Judiciary

INEC UNDER PRESSURE TO RESTORE YAGBA WEST I & II CONSTITUENCIES AS COURT ORDERS ELECTIONS IN SUPPRESSED KOGI SEATS Publisher of The Policy and Lawmakers Magazine, Prince Bolarin Friday Ogungbemi, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately restore and conduct elections in Yagba West I and Yagba West II State Constituencies…

  Five terrorists put on trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Department of the State Service (DSS) have been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment each for their complicity in the terrorism attacks in Niger and Kwara states. They include two Nigeriens from Republic of Niger and their three Nigerian counterparts based…

Kwara: Cleric bags life imprisonment for unlawful sexual intercourse with 3 minors Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced Prophet Ajiboye Abayomi Olayinka to Life Imprisonment for having unlawful Sexual Intercourse with Three Minors congregants inside the Mission House of Divine Land of Joy and Prayer…

  A public affairs commentator, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Seriki has expressed support to the position of a human right activist, Mr Femi Falana, (SAN) who canvassed that security agencies and prosecutors should ensure that several high-profile murder and homicide cases involving politically exposed and influential individuals are not swept under the carpet. In a statement on…

  The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho, has approved and released a new posting schedule for judges of the Court to various judicial divisions across the country. The postings followed the recent appointment of 14 new judges and the reposting of three existing judges of the Court, The Chief…

Kwara Court kails three for currency counterfeiting in Kwara Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction of three persons for offences bordering on possession of counterfeit currencies before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State. The…

  The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 19 for judgment in a suit instituted by the founder of PRNigeria, Malam Yushau Shuaib against the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) challenging his withdrawal from the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 47. Justice Binta Fatima Nyako fixed the date on Wednesday after…

EFCC arraigns businessman for alleged N123m fraud Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned a businessman, Taiwo Sunday, on a two-count charge of alleged fraud to the tune of ₦123 million before Justice Kareem Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan….

  The Supreme Court has vacated the order of the Court of Appeal which was responsible for the derecognition of David Mark, Rauf Aregbesola as National Chairman and Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC respectively. This is as the Court remitted the suit by Nafiu Bala Gombe, challenging the David Mark led national leadership…

  A controversial move to suspend Rt. Hon. Eseme Eyiboh from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 9, Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has sparked backlash and legal threats, deepening cracks within the local party structure. Eyiboh, is the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity and…