By Chidi Okoye Foreword by Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN In a world where legal literacy is both scarce and necessary, Checkmate: Stories Revolving Around the Criminal Laws of Lagos State by SP Chidi Okoye emerges as a timely and […]
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi on Wednesday struck out the N12.3 billion charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, and three others. The charge was withdrawn following […]
By Patience Yakubu A 26-year-old Kaduna dry cleaner, Richard Akanbi, was on Wednesday docked for allegedly selling his customers’ clothes worth N560,000 and lying that they were stolen by thieves who burgled his shop. Akanbi who was docked in a […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, held that a former Governor of Benue State, Senator Gabriel Suswam, has a case to answer with respect to his alleged complicity in the illegal diversion of […]
By Favour Ulebor Abuja —Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, has lauded the 21-year prison sentence handed down to Ahmadu Yaro, who was convicted for raping a three-month-old baby in Adogi village, Nasarawa State. The Minister, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim in […]
By Henry Ojelu The enforcement of a 19.4 billion arbitral award in favour of Hanson Dredging & Marine Services Ltd. has taken a fresh turn, as SANEF Creatives Ltd., the respondent in the arbitration, has taken steps to halt its […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday turned down the bail application filed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a cryptocurrency trading platform – Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS) – Jesam Michael Ubi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting […]
The Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), in Ondo State, has debunked claims by the Ogunmokun family that the Supreme Court has ruled in their favour and ordered occupants, including business owners, to vacate a disputed parcel of land within the […]
By Aisha Gambo Alhaji Rabiu Tijjani, a Dubai based Nigerian businessman who was declared wanted by the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged 1.9 million dollars fraud has obtained an interim court order stopping his arrest by […]
By Abel Daniel, Lafia The embattled Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Aliyu Bello, has been dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia by his ward executive committee. Bello had been suspended by his […]