News as it breaks
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) for an accelerated hearing in the ongoing terrorism trial of Khalid Al-Barnawi, the suspected mastermind of the August 26, 2011 bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja. Al-Barnawi is being prosecuted…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the House of Representatives and its Committee on Capital Market and Institutions from compelling the appearance of Chief Executives and Managing Directors of 17 insurance companies in connection with alleged multibillion-naira debts owed to the Federal Government. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the…
A Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia has sentenced 27-year-old Ahmadu Yaro to 21 years in prison with hard labour for the rape of a three-month-old baby, an act described by the presiding judge as “barbaric and demonic.” Delivering the long-awaited judgment, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu condemned the assault as “a…
The Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Professor Sani Lawan Malumfashi, has been charged with money laundering and conspiracy by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), alongside two top officials of the commission. In a statement issued by the ICPC spokesperson Demola Bakare…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of all charges bordering on alleged ₦1.6 billion money laundering and theft. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on Wednesday upheld a no-case submission filed by Fayose’s legal team, ruling that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected Governor of Edo State. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a five-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Garba Lawal, the apex court dismissed the appeal filed against Okpebholo’s…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and celebrity barman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, have reached an agreement to resolve the naira abuse charge outside of court, The Nation Newspaper reports. The out-of-court settlement was disclosed when the proceedings resumed on Thursday. Cubana Chief Priest appeared before…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the no-case submission by the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, and his lawyer, Sunny Anyanwu. The professor is currently standing trial on four amended counts of alleged sexual harassment and gratification…
A Baltimore County Circuit Court in the United States of America presided over by Theresa Adams, has slammed a record $50,000 damages on a US-based Nigerian blogger, Funke Ashekun, for defaming the General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr Daniel Olukoya. A statement on Thursday by Olukoya’s media…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector General of Police to pay N50m damages to the wife of late Chief M. K. O Abiola, Prof Zainab Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights. The court, in the judgment that was delivered by Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi,…
