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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 The decision, which came two years after the court rescinded the nationwide guarantee to an abortion, was welcomed by pro-choice activists.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 […]
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 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 […]
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by the detained leader of the Biafra nation agitators, Nnamdi Kanu for the restoration of his revoked bail and removal from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to a house arrest or prison custody. The Judge on Monday said that same request had been brought before her by Kanu and dismissed for want […]
