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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday adjourned the trial of celebrity bartender Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, to June 25, 2024. Okechukwu is facing three counts of alleged abuse of Naira notes. On April 17, 2024, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Okechukwu for…
The Supreme Court has set aside a judgment by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The apex court held that the court of appeal was wrong and that the trial court couldn’t try him because the prosecution…
The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Nigerian Bar Association will commence the prosecution of electoral offenders in January, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Since 1999, there has been hardly any election that has not been characterised by offences in one form or the other. Such electoral offences include culpable homicide…
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The small courtroom was packed with relatives of victims as about half a dozen police officers brought in Mackenzie along with eight other defendants.
The decision to take the case from Lagos to Abuja followed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which held that the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, rather than Lagos, has the jurisdiction to hear the case.
Ekweremadu is standing trial for allegedly plotting to harvest the kidney of a 22-year-old street trader.
