A small crowd of political associates, friends and sympathisers of the embattled former Imo State Governor, Anayo Rochas Okorocha have been turned back at the entrance gate of the Federal High Court in Abuja as part of crowd control mechanisms.
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In response to the case of the controversial 6th edition of the NBC code which has been running in court, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared illegal the 6th edition of the National Broadcasting Code issued by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
In reaching his decision Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa said the proposed amendments 6th Edition of the National Broadcasting Code are ultra vires, incompetent null and void and perpetually restrained the NBC from implementing document.
The court equally declared that the NBC does not have the power to prohibit exclusivity on and compel sub-licensing of privately acquired rights …
The long arms of the law caught up with a teenager, Oluwafemi Tijani who was on Tuesday sentenced to a one-year jail term by a Federal High Court in Ibadan for $155 dollars internet fraud.
Justice Uche Agomoh who heard and sentenced the convict opened up that his ruling was based on the overwhelming evidence before the court and terms of the plea bargain entered into with the prosecuting agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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The Judge said: ”Although, the convict pleaded guilty to the crime, it
Two former staff of First Marina Trust Ltd met their waterloo on Thursday when they were re-arraigned before a Federal High court in Lagos by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged Identity theft and Cyber Crime.
The defendants, Adeyemi Oluwaseun and Suleiman Yusuf, are standing trial on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit identity theft, impersonation and Cybercrime.
They were first arraigned in June 2018, before Prof. Chuka Obiozor and were granted bail.
The trial had since commenced in the suit.
However, following a transfer of Justice Obiozor from the Lagos division, the defendants were …
The information about a so-called “Executive Order” on Environmental Sanitation in Lagos State … This information is untrue and should be totally disregarded pls,” Jubril Gawat, a media aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Twitter.
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The rebuttal followed a viral social media post claimed that the state government has reinstated the monthly sanitation exercise on last Saturday of every month through an executive order signed by Sanwo-Olu-Olu
‘I wish to inform you that environmental sanitation is now back to Lagos on every last Saturday of the month, starting from …
Former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, and his former Chief of Staff, Umar Gado Nasko are to face a fresh trial.
On Tuesday, Justice A. B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Minna, relisted the fraud case involving the duo.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Aliyu and Nasko (first and second defendants) on three-count amended charge of breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of ₦2billion.
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The case was struck out on June 19, 2020.
On October 13, prosecution counsel, Faruk …
Ali Ndume, Senator representing Borno South, on Friday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja, that he cannot find the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulraheed Maina.
Ndume is standing as bail surety for Maina, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 12 counts of money laundering involving about ₦2billion.
Maina has been absent in court for three times in a row within one week.
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In line with terms and conditions of the bail which the judge Justice Okon Abang gave …
The House of Representatives has resolved to write a petition to the National Judiciary Council (NJC) against Justice Taiwo Taiwo of Abuja Federal High Court over a restraining order issued against the House over a $10 million bribery allegation.
Justice Taiwo on the 20th of May restrained the House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee investigating the allegation made by Mr. Ikenga Ugochinyere, Spokesperson, Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP).
Mr. Ikenga made allegations without providing evidence that the House of Representatives collected the bribe of $10million from Bill Gates to pass the Infectious Disease bill.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fixed June 1 to hear a suit filed by the former senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, against the National Assembly over the consideration of the infectious diseases bill 2020.
The bill was sponsored by Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu fixed the date to enable the applicant serve court processes on all counsel in the matter, NAN reports.
Earlier, the counsel to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Kayode Ajulo, said he was …
Ruling on the first count in his judgement, Justice Okon Abang ruled that a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, unlawfully transferred the sum of N400 million to the defendants in November 2014.
Abang held that Metuh and his firm. Destra Investments Limited reasonably ought to have known that the sum of N400 million paid to them formed part of the proceeds of the unlawful activity of the ex-NSA because they had no form of a …
The Federal High Court in Lagos has rejected move by ex-Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, and a firm, Spotless Investment Ltd to stop a banker from testifying against him in his ₦2.2bn fraud trial.
According to Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, Fayose’s application lacked merit, saying that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) could field one banker – Mr Johnson Abidakun, as its witness against the former governor.
Abidakun will testify in place of a bullion van driver, Adewale Aladegbola, who testified when the case was before another judge.
The EFCC, on January 16 alleged that Fayose secretly compromised the bullion …
A Federal High court in Calabar, Cross River State has granted journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo a ₦10 million bail.
A new judge, Justice Shuaibu presided over the case for the first time after taking over from Justice Simon Amobeda who recused himself from the case following condemnations that trailed refusals to grant the Journalist bail on three occasions.
In his ruling while granting bail applied by Agba Jalingo, Justice Shuaibu set the bail bond at N10 million with one surety in like sum.
According to the ruling, the surety must be resident within the jurisdiction of the …
