NJC to write judges under probe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced suspicious funds to more Supreme Court Justices.Two Justices of the Supreme Court – Justice Inyang Okoro and Justice Sylvester Ngwuta – are among the 15 judges under […]
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minster of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).He was reported to have been released by the EFCC […]
Supreme :me Court’s bank account said to contain billions of naira has attracted the attention of the Department of State Security Services ( DSS).The organization is currentCreditrobing seven judges,two of them justices of the apex court,for alleged corruption. The account, […]
°CAN, IPOB, Igbo in the North reject verdictFrom Desmond Mgboh/Kano The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Igbo Delegate Assembly in the 19 Northern States (IDA) have expressed disappointment over the discharge of the five suspects accused of murdering […]
TWO mobile policemen have been arrested in Delta State for allegedly kidnapping a businessman, one Daniel Umukoro in Abraka in Ethiope East Local Council of the state. The state Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Andrew Aniamaka, who confirmed the […]
The Federal Government yesterday filed a nine-count charge of funds diversion against the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Ahmed Saleh and two other officials of the court. It accused them of diverting, among others, about N2.2 billion belonging to […]
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has barred judges being investigated for criminal offences from presiding over cases and performing other functions relating to their offices pending when their innocence is established.The NJC made the decision at its 79th meeting held […]
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Wednesday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Segun Fabunmi, the former Divisional Police Officer of Pen Cinema Agege Police Station, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter. The sentence was passed on him in December 2015 by a Lagos High Court following the death of one Ademola Aderintola Daramola during the […]
°Reserves sentence pending the end of trialDavidson Iriekpen A Federal High Court in Lagos wednesday convicted the four companies allegedly used by a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-owei Emmanuel Dudafa, to launder $15,591,700. The trial judge, Justice […]
The failure of the police to arrest the chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Mr Jide Awe for alleged murder has made a high court in Ado Ekiti to strike out the murder charge preferred against the […]