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Breaking!!! Court Grants Gov Yahaya Bello Bail

  The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like sum after the former governor had pleaded not guilty to the 19-count charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He is facing an alleged money laundering trial to the tune of N80bn but pleaded not guilty […]

todayDecember 13, 2024

Judiciary

Court Demies Yahaya Bello’ Bail

The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, refused to grant a bail application filed by the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, saying it was filed prematurely. Justice Maryann Anenih, while delivering the ruling said, having been filed when the 1st defendant was neither in custody nor before the court made the application incompetent. "Consequently, the instant application having been filed prematurely is hereby refused," she said. The […]

todayDecember 10, 2024

Judiciary

Court Refuses EFCC’s Request To Arraign Yahaya Bello Without His lawyers

Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello was on Friday brought to the federal high court in Abuja, for arraignment but without his lawyers in court. He was brought to the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for his plea to be taken in a new charge. However, a drama erupted when the charges were about to be read to him and the Judge, Emeka Nwite discovered that […]

todayNovember 29, 2024

Judiciary

Court Sentences Motorist For Assaulting FRSC Personnel

A Magistrate Court sitting in Oye Ekiti has sentenced Mr Kazeem Abdullahi a motorist to 1 month imprisonment for attacking patrol operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC while performing their lawful duties along Oye-Ifaki road, Ekiti State. Mr Kazeem was arraigned before Magistrate Salau ME of the Oye Ekiti Magistrate Court on a lone count charge under Section 187 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021, bordering […]

todayNovember 28, 2024

Judiciary

Yahaya Bello: Court Sets Dec 10 On Bail Application

Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has fixed December 10 for ruling on the bail applications by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, and two others. The Judge fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the bail request by Bello's lawyer, Joseph Bodunde Dauda, and the Prosecution's Counsel, Kemi Pinheiro. Ex-Gov Bello and two others had, on Wednesday, pleaded not guilty […]

todayNovember 27, 2024

Foreign

Kenyan Court Allows Military Deployment To Quell Protests

The Kenyan High Court has approved the use of military force to restore order, following days of anti-tax protests that at some point overwhelmed police. More than 20 people have reportedly been killed in the nationwide protests that are largely led by young people opposed to government plans to increase taxes. Armoured military vehicles patrolled streets in the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters, […]

todayJune 28, 2024

Featured

Court Fixes July 5 For Suit Seeking To Remove APC Nat’l Chairman

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, deferred hearing of a suit seeking to remove the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, from office, till July 5. The court, presided by Justice Inyang Ekwo, adjourned to allow the litigants to respond to a counter-affidavit the embattled APC Chairman filed to challenge the competence of the suit. The suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/599/2024, was brought before […]

todayJune 26, 2024

Featured

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Abortion Drug Mifepristone

The US Supreme Court has unanimously rejected an effort to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The decision, which came two years after the court rescinded the nationwide guarantee to an abortion, was welcomed by pro-choice activists. The justices decided the plaintiffs, a group of anti-abortion doctors and activists, did not have a legal right to sue. But they left the door open to other attempts to limit the […]

todayJune 14, 2024

Judiciary

Lawyer Seeks Appeal Court’s Leave To Appeal Against Its Judgment

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 […]

todayJune 10, 2024