•Omoyele Sowore Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, fixed June 30 for ruling on a motion filed by Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), seeking to vacate an order for his bail revocation. Justice Umar fixed the date after Sowore’s lawyer, Raphael Adakole, moved the motion for [&hel...
•Omoyele Sowore The local branch of the global grassroots human rights movement, Amnesty International Nigeria, has demanded the immediate release of activist, Omoyele Sowore from detention. Sowore faces cyberbullying charges from the Department of Security Services (DSS) and his bail was revoked on June 16 for non-appearance in court, leading...
•Sowore (right), his lawyer and supporters The Federal High Court in Abuja today ordered the remand of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), in Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Mohammed Umar, in a short ruling, ordered Sowore to be kept in the correctional centre pending the hearing and determination of ...
•Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has transferred former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Kuje, Abuja, following an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja for the commencement of his 75-year prison sentence. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court...
•Tunde Ayeni The Federal Capital Territory High Court today remanded Tunde Ayeni, a former chairman of the now-defunct Skye Bank Plc, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his bail application. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Ayeni with 17 counts bordering on money laundering to the tune of about...
Justice Joyce Abdulmalikof the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered that the nine suspects arrested over the killings in Yelwata, Benue State, be remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre pending trial. The federal government arraigned the suspects today. Leading the prosecution for the arraignment of nine suspects was the Attorney General of the...
•Malami and DSS operatives The Department of State Security, DSS, has rearrested Nigeria’s former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, after he was released on bail from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja yesterday. A security source confirmed Malami’s arrest, saying, “Yes, it is true that DSS o...
The Commissioner of Finance in Bauchi State, said to be a former Branch Manager of Polaris Bank Plc (Bauchi branch), Yakubu Adamu, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on two separate charges of terror financing and money laundering. Adamu was arraigned today along with three others on a 10-count charge filed […]
•Abubakar Malami The Federal High Court in Abuja today ordered the remand of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing and determination of his bail application. Justice Emeka Nwite also ordered the remand of Malami’s co-defendants—his son, Ab...
•Chris Ngige (C) in court today Justice Mariam Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered the remand of a former governor of Anambra State and ex-Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, at the Kuje Correctional Center. Ngige, who was arraigned on an alleged corruption charge, will remain in Kuje Correctional Centre until...
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