•Vietnamese soft drink boss Tran Qui Thanh (C) being led into a court in Ho Chi Minh City today Vietnam’s top soft drinks tycoon was jailed for eight years today in a $40 million fraud case — the latest high-profile business figure snared in the country’s sweeping crackdown on corruption. The communist nation’s wide-ranging campaign […]...
•Embattled ex-Governor Yahaya Bello The embattled immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello said he was ready to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja to answer to the 19-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. Though Bello was absent for his arraignment, he briefed a tea...
•Embattled former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello The immediate past governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello is today again absent from court for his arraignment on a 19-count charge of alleged money laundering to the tune of N84 billion. The security at the Federal High Court in Abuja is watertight and manned by operatives of the […]
Residents of Okuama-Ewu, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, have instituted a N200 billion suit against the Nigerian Army at the Federal High Court, Warri, for cordoning off their community, destroying their homes, dehumanizing and accusing them of 17 military personnel without police investigations. The 17 residents of the Okua...
•Kolade Alabi A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja on Friday upheld Kolade Alabi-led leadership of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit, seeking a declaration that Alabi was not qualified to be National President of ALGON, reports The Nation. Justice Ekwo, who held that the ...
Following the inability of the Southeast governors to conduct Local Government elections in their respective States, the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) has threatened a legal action against them if the situation remains the same in the next 60 days. National Vice Chairman of the party, Southeast Zone, Chilos Godsent disclosed this in a commu...
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo today, Thursday, April 18, sentenced a 34-year-old businessman, Kola Adeyemi, and a battery charger, Wasiu Afolayan (36yrs) to death by hanging over armed robbery and murder. The prosecution counsel, Bewaji Adeniji from the Ministry of Justice, upon arraignment, dragged the two before Justice Ayo Oyeb...
•Yahaya Bello and troops Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned the suit instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to April 23, 2024. The adjournment is for substituted service and possible arraignment of Bello for alleged N84bn...
•Late Mohbad A Magistrate Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos has ordered that Wunmi, the wife of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad, be served notice of a pending DNA test application, by substituted means. A statement signed by a member of the legal team to the Aloba family, Monisola […]
•Nnamdi Kanu at the court in Abuja Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, Wednesday, fixed May 20 to rule on the application seeking to transfer the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Nyako adjourned for ruling after listening to arguments on the application, reports Channels ...