A Federal High Court in Ibadan has restrained the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, from sacking the executive of the Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Parapo Agbaaye and imposing a caretaker committee. The Nation reports that the monarch had earlier in […]
Law
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fresh suit challenging the power of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to place Post-No-Debit (PND) restrictions on bank accounts, describing the action as “a clear attempt […]
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court has sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to life imprisonment after ten years of trial. Justice Omotosho delivered the judgment on Thursday, four years after Kanu […]
For Husaini Ismaila, one of the leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) being prosecuted by the Department of State Service (DSS) on terrorism charges, the end came yesterday. Ismaila was convicted by a Federal High Court in Abuja. He […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– Trial Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered security agents to bundle the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, out of the courtroom, after he […]
A UK-based Nigerian doctor Richard Akinrolabu has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at Woolwich Crown Court after defrauding the NHS of over £268,000 by working shifts while on sick leave. Akinrolabu had previously pleaded guilty to all four counts […]
By Babajide Komolafe President Bola Tinubu’s bold tax reform initiatives are central to Nigeria’s strategy for economic resilience, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FRSC, has said. Speaking at the maiden lecture series of the […]
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere-Ekun said yesterday that financial autonomy for the Judiciary would guarantee its independence and bolster its capacity to deliver on its constitutional mandate. She argued that ‘’without genuine financial autonomy, judicial independence would remain […]
By Dayo Johnson The Police has cleared the Executive Chairman of Ado Local Government, Engineer Oche Sunday Oche, of allegations of criminal activity levelled against him by the Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Mrs. Lami Danladi […]
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday ordered a suspected drug dealer, Oluwatobi Salako to be remanded in the correctional centre for allegedly trafficking 138.6kg of cannabis sativa, a narcotic substance. Justice Nkeonye Maha ordered Salako to be remanded […]