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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit seeking the sack of Mr Ola Olukoyede as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the applicant lacked locus standi (legal right) to institute the case. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr Victor Opatola, had filed […]
An Abuja-based human rights and constitutional lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong has sought the leave of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division to appeal against its March 27 judgment which dismissed his appeal against the Federal Government, to the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal had, on March 27, 2024, dismissed Ekpenyong's appeal on the alleged prevalence of extra-judicial killings in the country and affirmed the decision of the trial court. The […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has issued a summon to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court to appear before him over conflicting interim injunctions regarding the Kano Emirate tussle. The Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice S. A. Amobeda, issued an order for the eviction of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II from the […]
A Federal High Court, in Abuja on Wednesday has discharged the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Kore, Alhaji Bello Bodejo, from alleged terrorism charges filed against him by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, discharged Bodejo after counsel for the AGF, Aderonke Imana, moved an oral application for the withdrawal of the three-count charge. Upon resumed hearing, Imana informed the […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu expressed his concern regarding Lagos being included in the lawsuit, emphasizing that it was legally incorrect for the Federal Government to bring Lagos to court years after the Local Governments in the State were given full autonomy. Sanwo-Olu, who expressed his endorsement of the lawsuit, mentioned that the Attorney General of the Federation should have conducted a thorough examination of the states to pinpoint the governors responsible […]
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed the re-election of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State. The Justice Adekunle Adeleye-led three-member tribunal dismissed as lacking in merit, the petition that was brought before it by All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva. In its unanimous decision, the tribunal held that the petitioners failed to adduce any credible evidence to substantiate any […]
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 29 for the trial of the detained leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, The court fixed the date after dismissing the application for bail of the accused person. At the last adjourned date, the case was fixed for ruling and commencement of trial of Bodejo, but his absence in court stalled the trial […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, says the offence on which the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is being tried in court is a difficult one and can only be resolved by a competent court of law. The AGF stated this in Abuja while responding to questions at the Sectoral Ministerial Briefing on the first anniversary […]
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, says the Federal Government has secured 250 convictions from the prosecution of terrorism and criminal offences in various courts of law in the country. Prince Fagbemi made the disclosure at the sectoral ministerial briefing to mark President Bola Tinubu’s one year in office. The AGF who mapped out the achievements of the Ministry of Justice in the […]
