•Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose The money laundering trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, could not proceed today owing to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos. Justice Aneke was said to be away on an official assignment, prompting the adjournment of [&hel...
•Cubana Chief Priest Businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has broken his silence after perfecting his N10 million bail condition with two sureties in like sum. Okechukwu claimed he was not small and that money was water in an Instagram post shortly after his arraignment today. “Seeing all your me...
•APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje The failure of the Kano State government to serve criminal charges on the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, today, stalled the arraignment of the former governor at the Kano State High Court. Ganduje, who was to be arraigned alongside his wife, Hafsat Ganduje, h...
•Suswam Eight years after he was first arraigned for allegedly diverting about N3.1 billion belonging to Benue State, former Governor Gabriel Suswam yesterday faced a fresh trial before another judge of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Suswam was re-arraigned along with his eratwhile Commissioner of Finance, Omadachi Okolobia, before Justice Pet...
The trial of the alleged murder of the Managing Director of Water View Hotel commenced today at the High Court in Kwara State before Justice Haleema Saleeman. The case began at the magistrate court before the new development. The suspects, Joy Adanma Joseph (22) and her friend, Favour David (23) however pleaded not guilty when […]
•Nnamdi Kanu in court The trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Mister Nnamdi Kanu has resumed at the Federal High Court in Abuja before Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako. The federal government had filed an amended 15-count charge of terrorism and treasonable felony against Mister Kanu in 2021. He was arraigned [...
•Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers The Indigenous People of Biafra, today, rejected the further court trial of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group said it was standing on the ruling by the Appeal Court in Abuja, on October 13, 2022, which discharged and acquitted Kanu of all the charges against him by the federal […]
•Trump The start date for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s trial for attempted election fraud has been pushed back. The court in the capital Washington announced yesterday that the start of the trial, originally scheduled for March 4, would be postponed due to unresolved legal issues in the case, reports AFP. A new date has […]
•Cletus Ibeto The ongoing trial of the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, over alleged N4.8 billion fraud amongst other offences before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja was yesterday stalled due to the return of the case file by the trial judge, Justice Ismail Ijelu to the Chief Judge of […]
•Chidinma Ojukwu and late Usifo Ataga The trial of an undergraduate student, Chidinma Ojukwu for the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga resumed today at the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island with the testimony of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Olusegun Bamidele. […...