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Court acquits 50 ‘IPOB members’ of terrorism, says police didn’t provide evidence
The federal high court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted 50 suspected members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) charged for alleged terrorism. On Friday, trial judge James Omotosho ruled that the police failed to establish a prima facie case against the 50 defendants, including four women. The trial judge upheld the no-case submission […]
DSS officials who ‘invaded’ our office used fake names, unmarked vehicles, SERAP tells court
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) who invaded the organisation’s office used fake names and came with two unmarked vehicles. On September 9, SERAP said the DSS agents were “unlawfully occupying” its office in Abuja, the nation’s capital, adding that the operatives had demanded to […]
Court orders arrest of Dana Air MD Over Alleged N1.3 billion Fraud
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, issued an arrest warrant against the Managing Director (MD) of Dana Air, Hathiramani Ranesh, over alleged refusal to appear in court to stand trial. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling, held that the arrest of Mr Ranesh is necessary following his refusal to appear in court after […]
Police officer regains freedom after 11 years in detention
After more than a decade of incarceration, Sergeant Emmanuel Uyanweke, a police officer attached to the Ojo Police Division, Lagos State, has been discharged by Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), who struck out his manslaughter case for lack of diligent prosecution. Hon. Justice Harrison gave the ruling […]
Court Sends INEC’s Yakubu Contempt Warning for Refusing to Prosecute Election Offenders
The Abuja Federal High Court has issued a notice of contempt of court against Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for failing to investigate, identify and prosecute perpetrators of election offences in the 2023 general elections. According to a statement the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a civil society […]
FG panel clears Bobrisky of prison scandal allegations
The Federal Government investigative panel has revealed that the convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, served out his six-month prison sentence in custody. Findings of the investigative panel contradicted an earlier report that Bobrisky was kept out of the custodial centre while serving his jail term in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, where he […]
JUST IN: Court summons Yahaya Bello over alleged breach of trust, others
A former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been summoned to appear before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of criminal breach of trust and possession of unlawfully acquired property. The summons, issued by Justice Maryann E. Anenih, alleged that Bello committed the offences between 2016 and 2023. The summons, […]
Breaking: Court Remands Whistleblower, ‘PIDOM Nigeria’
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja has ordered that a Nigerian whistleblower, Isaac Bristol, believed to be behind the prominent whistleblower account “PIDOM Nigeria”, be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre till September 23. Isaac entered the dock at about 12:30pm and pleaded not guilty to the nine counts charge bordering on cybercrime […]
Ondo monarch bags three years imprisonment for court contempt
An Ondo State Chief Magistrates’ Court in Igbokoda has sentenced the Baale of Ebute Ipare Community in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, Francis Ogundeji, to three years’ imprisonment for disobedience to a court order. The judgement was delivered on Monday by Senior Magistrate E.A Manuwa, but a copy of the ruling was made […]
Court convicts 125 Boko Haram terrorists, financiers in mass trial
The Federal Ministry of Justice has disclosed that no fewer than 125 Boko Haram terrorists and financiers have been convicted in the resumed mass trial held over two days in Kainji, Niger State. Kamardeen Ogundele, the spokesman to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi made this public in a statement on Friday, […]