Delta State High Court in Bomadi has awarded N30 million in damages against International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) and one of its reporters, Isaac Markson, for a defamatory publication against a former Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety […]
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By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko A 58-year-old Ibadan man identified as Michael Oritudafila has been arraigned for lying to the police that one Pastor Adekunle Obasa and threatening his life. Oritudafila was arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan on Friday on […]
The 11th prosecution witness (PW11), Bashirudden Muhammed Maishanu, yesterday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja how $6.23 million was allegedly withdrawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) using forged documents during Godwin Emefiele’s tenure. Testifying before […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday arraigned the former National Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, MCRP, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed and two others; Prince Achem and Aminu Alhaji (at large) before Justice […]
…As state gov’t vows more crackdown The Police in Enugu have arraigned a 42-year old man, Edwin Eze, before a magistrate’s court for alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at Mburubu, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. This […]
The absence of lawyers for the prosecution and the defence in the trial of Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, the former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, stalled the hearing at the Federal High Court in Abuja. […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Bondpay, Prince Chibuike Echem, alongside a former National Coordinator of the Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC), Danjuma Mohammed, over an […]
The planned hearing of a suit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed for the forfeiture of 57 properties linked to a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, was stalled yesterday before a Federal High Court in […]
By Olamide Olakanse Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a teacher, David Oddion a Social Studies teacher at a private school, to life imprisonment for the sexual assault of an eight-year-old student […]
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo on Monday granted another adjournment in the trial of Abuja lawyers Victor Giwa and Ibitade Bukola, who are facing charges of alleged forgery and impersonation, despite opposition from the prosecution, which […]