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Court Adjourns Hearing on Auxiliary Trial
By Jeffery Ahonmisi Justice Bayo Taiwo of Oyo State High Court, Ring – Road, Ibadan has adjourned till January 22, 2025, for the continuation of the hearing in the ongoing trial between the state and former Chairman of the Park Management System, PMS in the state, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi also known as Auxiliary. Justice Taiwo adjourned…
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Chinese Man Who Rammed Car into Crowd Given Suspended Death Sentence
A Chinese court has issued a suspended death sentence to a man who rammed his car into crowds outside a primary school in southern China last month, injuring more than two dozen people in one of several violent attacks that has recently rattled the country and prompted officials to ramp up security measures. The driver,…
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Sanusi Receives Letter of Reinstatement, Court Says Halt
By Abdullahi Jallaludeen/ Muzha Kucha In a formal ceremony held at the Africa House within the Government House Kano, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State presented a letter of reappointment to Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, reinstating him as the 16th Emir of Kano. Governor Yusuf emphasised that the decision to reinstate Emir Sanusi was…
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Court Orders Labourer Be Given 12 Strokes for Stealing
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered a 21-year-old labourer, Shuaibu Haruna to be flogged with 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a wallet. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, made the pronouncement after Haruna, a resident of Badiko, Kaduna, pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of theft levelled against him. Haruna prayed the court…
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Court Adjourns Trial of Adebutu over Alleged Vote Buying
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke A High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital has adjourned the trial of Ogun State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the 2023 general election, Chief Ladi Adebutu over allegations of vote buying during the poll until next month. The Federal government had arraigned Chief Adebutu and…
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Alaafin Stool: Court Strikes Out Suit against Makinde
The Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Ayoola, and four other claimants in a suit instituted against the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and two others, were absent as Oyo High Court sitting in Awe area of the state struck out the case on Thursday. According to reports the Kingmakers in Oyo town, popularly known…
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NLC Poised for Showdown with Imo Govt on Nov 1
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will mobilize its members to storm Imo State on Wednesday, November 1. Briefing journalists at the Labour House on Sunday in Abuja, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, accused the Imo State Government of violating the rights of the Nigerian workers in the state. Accusing Governor Hope Uzodimma of…
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Trump in New York Court for Civil Fraud Trial
Former President Donald Trump has arrived at court to attend the opening of his New York civil trial Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization are accused of perpetrating years of fraud The NY attorney general is seeking a fine of $250m (£204m) and a ban on him doing business in his home state.…
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Court Jails Vulcaniser for Life over Wife’s Niece Defilement
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 41-year-old vulcaniser, Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 15-year-old niece in Lagos State. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of defilement against Ibrahim. Oshodi held that the convict tried to deny a statement he made, in…
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Presidential Aide in Court over Alleged £225,000 Bribe
The Madagascan president’s chief-of-staff has been charged in the UK with seeking a bribe from a gem mining firm. Romy Andrianarisoa and an associate are accused of offering the British firm Gemfields licences in Madagascar in return for around £225,000. She and her associate, Philippe Tabuteau, have been charged with requesting, agreeing to receive or…
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Court Grants Emefiele N20m Bail
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, bail in the sum of N20 million with one surety. Justice Oweibo, however, ordered that the embattled CBN governor be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of his bail condition. Mr.…
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Court tells DSS to Release or Charge Emiefele within 7 Days
A high court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday issued a one-week ultimatum to the Department of State Security Service to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele to Court or release him. According to the report, Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order while delivering a…
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EU Court Rules Against Ireland on Nature Laws
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the Republic of Ireland broke EU nature laws by failing to protect hundreds of sites. The long-running case was brought forward by the European Commission in relation to the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive. The court found that the Irish government had failed to designate Special…
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Oodua Nation Agitators in the Dock over Amuludun FM Invasion
By Jeffrey Ahonmisi Seven self-acclaimed Oodua Nation agitators who invaded Amuludun FM 99.1 in Moniya Ibadan have been arraigned by the Nigeria Police at the Magistrate Court, Iyanganku Ibadan. The seven defendants, Noah Atoyebi, Adeleke Gbenga, Abdulganiyu Mustapha, Bashiru Kehinde, Ifagbola Elijah, Oladapo Ajani and Rasheed Jimoh were arraigned on four counts charge of conspiracy,…
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Court Jails Tunisia Opposition Leader
A Tunisian court has sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to a year in prison. The Ennahda party leader, who is a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, has been detained since last month after being arrested for allegedly plotting against state security and incitement. Mr. Ghannouchi rejected the allegations as politically motivated, refusing to appear…
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Court Restrains Police from Arresting Ihedioha, Reps-elect
The High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the police from inviting and arresting the House of Reps member-elect, Ideato Federal Constituency, Ikenga Ugochinyere; former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha and former Deputy Governor, Gerald Irona. The court in a ruling delivered by Justice A.S. Adepoju set aside the police invitation letter dated March…
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Old Naira Notes: Supreme Court Orders Circulation Till Dec 31st
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes remain in circulation till December 31, 2023. According to apex court also nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution. Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgement, held that the preliminary objections by…
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Court Convicts Corps Member, 38 Others for Fraud
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of a Corps member, Osisi Ikenna Nicholas to one-month community service for his involvement in internet-related fraud. Osisi was convicted alongside thirty – eight others on a separate one-count charge each before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Omolara Adeyemi,…
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Court Sacks LG Chairmen, Councilors
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has nullified the October 15 Local Government elections conducted by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC. Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, in a judgement delivered on Friday, said the election was held in contravention of Sections 29 & 32 of the Electoral Act, 2022. The…
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YPP Drags INEC, PDP, Adeleke to Tribunal over Osun Guber Poll
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has filed a petition before the Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the State High Court, Oke-Fia, Osogbo seeking cancellation of 2022 Osun State Governorship Election for noncompliance with the 2022 Electoral Act. In the petition numbered EPT/OS/GOV/02/20222, obtained by Radio Nigeria Correspondent, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Peoples…
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Oyo Undertakes Remodelling of Court Complexes
Oyo State Government has approved the award of the contract for the remodelling and restructuring of the Oyo State High Court and Magistrate Court Complexes in Ibadan through the Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA) to the tune of .N6bn. The Commissioner for for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Daud Sangodoyin stated this while briefing…
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Court Stops INEC from Ending Voter Registration
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon, Court 10, on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had…
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Court Sentences Olakunrin Killers to Death
The Ondo State High Court, Akure, on Friday, sentenced three persons to death for killing Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti. The deceased was killed by the convicts along the Benin-Ore-Shagamu Expressway in the Ore Odigbo Local Government Area of the state in June 2019, on her way to…
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Court Fixes Friday For Judgment In Case Of Danish Man Accused Of Killing Wife, Daughter
The Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square will on Friday deliver judgment in the case against a Danish man, Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. At the last sitting of the court on March 1st, Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile had fixed the date for judgment after lawyers in the matter…
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Court Grants General Overseer Arrested with Drugs N2m Bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has granted bail to the founder and General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Reverend Ekwem Emmanuel Ugochukwu, who was arrested with drugs at Lagos Airport. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency had arrested the cleric at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport while on his way to…
