A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has dismissed a suit challenging the eligibility of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and his deputy, Olayide Adelami, to contest the November 16,…
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Another $1.4m linked to Emefiele forfeitured
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of $1.4 million linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Olayinka Faji ruled on Thursday, March…
Court sentences medical doctor to seven years in jail for N127m fraud — Report
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has convicted and sentenced Geraldine Orok Ita to seven years imprisonment for fraud. In a statement issued on Saturday by the…
Court Declares Reno Omokri…
News Update A Chief Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja has ordered the arrest, remand of social media influencer, Reno Omokri, for defamation. Reports have it that…
Ibadan Stampede: Court Fixes Date for Ooni’s Ex-Queen Naomi, School Principal’s Case
News Update Justice K. B. Olawoyin, presiding over Court 8 of the Oyo State High Court in Ring Road, Ibadan, has scheduled Tuesday, January 13, to deliver his ruling on the bail…
Court Grants Dele Farotimi N30m Bail
News Update A magistrates’ court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has granted N30 million bail to embattled lawyer and human rights activist Dele Farotimi. At the hearing of the bail…
Yahaya Bello admitted to N500 million Bail in EFCC’s alleged N80b fraud
News Update THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to the tune of N500 million with two…
Court halts publication, sale, seize of Farotimi’s book
News Update THE High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has barred human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising or distributing the hard or…
Court denies Yahaya Bello bail
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, rejected the bail application of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, citing procedural irregularities in the filing of the application. Justice Maryanne Anenih,…
Yahaya Bello Bail Application Rejected
News Update THE immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday lost his move to get the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court to grant him bail. Justice Maryann struck…