•Drag him to Abuja Court on Thursday •Must appeare before special investigation panel before arraignment Jude Johnson Barely 72 hours to the Osun State governorship election, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has dragged the candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ademola Adeleke and four others before Special Investigation Penal
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Detained premium times reporter Samuel ogundipe finally released
Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, who had been detained by the Nigerian police since on Tuesday, has been released. Mr Ogundipe was released on Friday morning after he was granted bail by magistrate Abdulwahab Mohammed of the Kubwa Grade 1 Magistrate Court in Kubwa, Abuja. The judge had first heard the case
N3.2bn Fraud: Court to rule on ex-Gov Kalu’s no-case submission July 31
Godsgift Onyedinefu Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, adjourned to July 31, 2018 for ruling on a no-case submission filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, and others. Kalu alongside his former Commissioner for Finance,Jones Udeogu, and
Court adjourns El ZakZaky’s case over failure to serve defendants
APP drags Adeosun to court over NYSC certificate scandal
The Action Peoples Party, APP, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja, demanding the sack of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. The APP also demanded for an order directing her to refund the salaries she had received since 2015 when she was appointed as a minister and
Alleged husband Killer: Pregnancy, ill-health force court to grant Maryam Sanda
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted bail to Maryam Sanda, the woman that was alleged to have killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello. Bello was a son to former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello. Ms. Sanda was granted bail by the judge, Yusuf Halilu, based on
Court orders Kanu’s separate trial, Abaribe to explain his whereabouts
Jude Johnson The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the separation of trial of the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu from that of his three other co-accused persons. Kanu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, are currently facing an amended 6 count charge
Op-ed: Magu’s EFCC in perspectives
By Sufuyan Ojeifo and Ariyo-Dare Atoye Writing about the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and its leadership is one and the same thing. EFCC is its leadership and the leadership of the commission is the commission. Dissecting the leadership of Mr. Ibrahim Magu at the EFCC is an enterprise that
Court verdict: Is Magu still the EFCC Chairman?
Court orders release of 475 Boko Haram suspects
A Nigerian court has released 475 people allegedly affiliated with Boko Haram for rehabilitation, the justice ministry said on Sunday, as the country’s biggest legal investigation of the militant Islamist insurgency continues. The first person convicted for the kidnapping in 2014 of Chibok schoolgirls, sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment last week,