The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State and others to file their defence in a suit instituted by Jimoh Ibrahim, a senator, seeking to void the 20 April All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. The judge, Inyang Ekwo, gave the directive after the counsel … Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday adjourned the criminal case instituted against internet socialite Okechukwu Pascal, A.K.A Cubana Chief Priest, due to the prayer for a plea bargain he initiated with the EFCC. At the resumption of trial on Thursday, Cubana Chief Priest’s counsel, Chikaosolu Ojukwu, informed Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the defendant’s intention … Read more
The federal government has arraigned four suspected terrorists over the murder of the traditional ruler of Amanze Obowo Autonomous Community of Imo State, Basil Njoku. The four defendants – Jude Iheme, Chika Madukwe, Nwokorie Ejike and Victor Obumneke – were arraigned before Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on amended five counts. A … Read more
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday fixed 9 April to sentence controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, for Naira abuse. Justice Abimbola Awogboro reserved ruling on Bobrisky’s ruling after the social media celebrity pleaded guilty to a four-count charge brought against him by the EFCC. The judge ordered Bobrisky to be … Read more
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed against a recent decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissing his objection to his trial. This comes barely three months after the Supreme Court, in December 2023, dismissed his earlier appeal aimed at quashing the trial that started … Read more
The Supreme Court’s failure to release certified true copies of its judgment on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is a violation of the Nigerian Constitution, Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to the IPOB leader, has said. The Supreme Court had, on 15 December 2023, ordered a continuation of Mr Kanu’s terrorism … Read more
