Judiciary

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the Appeal Court judgement which cleared him of a certificate forgery case preferred against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the Edo 2020 gubernatorial election. The governor, in a statement, said the ruling by the Court of Appeal vindicates …

BENIN CITY – The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which held that Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki did not forge his certificates to contest for the 2020 gubernatorial election. The members of the Appeal Court panel, which delivered …

LAGOS – The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced two Whistle-blowers to two months imprisonment each for conspiracy and giving misleading and false information. The convicts Dominic Okem and Chukwunonso Igweonu, who were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) got the judgement …

ABUJA – Ngozika Ihuoma, first defence witness (DW1), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that N74 billion recovered by defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT) was used by the Federal Government to finance 2012 Budget. Ihuoma, a management consultant, whose firm, Crincad & Cari Nigeria Ltd was contracted …

ABUJA – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned a director of the defunct Abiodun Hassan before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the FCT High Court, Apo, for alleged misappropriation of over N10.2billion. Hassan was arraigned alongside his company, Bestworth Insurance Brokers Limited, on alleged misappropriation of fund. …

ABUJA – The Inspector-General of Police(I-DP) Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday, prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja, to allow the police to investigate a former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, over alleged staff abuse. Gbagi was alleged to have ordered four of his staff to be stripped naked …

ASABA – Delta State Government on Tuesday unveiled the rebuilt High Court Complex in Asaba burnt down during the ENDSARS protests last year, barely after 2 Months. The State’s Chief Judge, Justice Marshall Umukoro, who unveiled the complex, announced that court processes would resume on Monday at the complex along …

Abuja – Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday temporary halted the re-trial of former Abia Governor, Sen. Orji Kalu, on alleged corruption charges. Justice Ekwo temporarily stayed the re-trial while delivering ruling in an application by Kalu seeking leave to file a motion against his …

ABUJA – The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, awarded N150,000 fine against Olawale Bakare, the 2nd defendant in the treasonable felony suit leveled against him and the Convener, #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu awarded the cost on account of his failure to appear in court in the …

ABUJA – Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the defence gave conflicting information about the whereabouts of Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT). At the resumed trial, the EFCC counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal …