Judiciary

LAGOS – Unidentified hoodlums were reportedly set ablazed the premises of the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State in the early hours of Tuesday. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of Ebonyi, Mrs Loveth Odah, who confirmed the incident said that no arrest had been made. She, however, said …

ABUJA – The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad on Tuesday pleaded with members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to call of their ongoing strike in the interest of the nation. The appeal is contained in a statement issued by Mr Ahuraka Isah, the CJN’s Special …

BENIN CITY – The Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice E. A. Edigin has directed High Courts in the state to proceed on the Easter Recess from Monday April 5 to Friday April 9, 2021. A statement by the Chief Registrar of the High Court, B. O. Osawaru Esq indicated …

BENIN CITY: A plaintiff, Hon. Osazee Ozigbo in suit No. B/323/2003 between him and Warri Bottling Company Limited in which judgement was delivered in his favour over breach of contract has cried out to relevant authorities with a view to helping him prevailed on the company to pay his compensation …

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 …