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Jun

2024

Suspended Police Chief, Abba Kyari Released After 27 Months In Detention

Suspended Police Chief, Abba Kyari Released After 27 Months In Detention A suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory after spending 27 months in detention. Kyari was detained following his arrest on February 14, 2022, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel. Kyari, along with four members of the Police Intelligence Response Team—Sunday Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba, and John Nuhu—was arraigned on March 7, 2022. Two suspected drug traffickers, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who were arrested at…

Jun

2024

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Erisco: Court Grants Tomato paste Reviewer, Chioma Okoli N5 Million Bail

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ERISCO: Court Grants Tomato Paste Reviewer, Chioma Okoli N5Million Bail The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to a lady, Chioma Okoli, who has been in detention since 2023 over her alleged negative review of a tomato paste. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, granted the defendant bail to the tune of N5million with two sureties in the like sum. Justice Lifu held that one of the sureties must be the defendant’s spouse or blood relative with a verified source of income, stressing that the person must reside within the…

May

2024

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Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash, World News

Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records A Manhattan Court has set the sentencing hearing for July 11 in former President Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial case. Judge Juan Merchan, on Thursday, set the sentencing hearing for July 11 at 10 a.m. ET. Trump was found guilty by the jury on multiple counts in his ‘hush money’. The jury reached a verdict on Thursday and found the former president guilty on all 34 counts. The 34 counts stemmed from 11 invoices, 12 vouchers and 11 checks that make up Trump’s monthly reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen who fronted the $130,000…

May

2024

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CJN Summons Chief Judges Over Conflicting Injunctions On Kano Emirate Dispute

Judiciary, Kano, News Flash

CJN Summons Chief Judges Over Conflicting Injunctions On Kano Emirate Dispute In response to the legal turmoil surrounding the Kano Emirate, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court. The summons follows the issuance of conflicting interim injunctions by the two courts, creating uncertainty and tension within the state. The conflicting rulings have exacerbated the ongoing legal and political tussles over the Kano Emirate, a situation that has prompted the CJN to intervene. The disputes center on the status and authority…

May

2024

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Emefiele In Fresh Trouble As Court Orders Forfeiture Of Another $1.4Million

Judiciary, Crime, News Flash

Emefiele In Fresh Trouble A Federal High Court, sitting on May 29, at Ikoyi, Lagos has again ordered an interim forfeiture of the sum of $1, 426, 175.14 million, linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. In addition to forfeiting the money, Justice Ayokunle Faji also ordered the EFCC to publish the interim forfeiture order in a national newspaper. This is to allow anyone interested in the money being sought to be forfeited to appear before the Court within 14 days and show cause why the final order of forfeiture of the said…

May

2024

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Court Orders Police To Evacuate Dethroned Emir, Ado Bayero From Kano

Culture, Judiciary, Kano, News Flash

Court Orders Police To Evacuate Dethroned Emir, Ado Bayero From Kano A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu on Monday, May 27, ordered the commissioner of police in Kano to immediately evacuate Aminu Bayero from the Nasarawa palace where he is presently staying. The court issued an interim injunction restraining Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and four other dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the applicants. The presiding judge gave the order upon hearing of exparte application…

May

2024

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Court Grants Abba Kyari Bail

FGN, Judiciary, News Flash

Court Grants Abba Kyari Bail Former Commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, has been granted two weeks’ bail by an Abuja Federal High Court. Kyari was granted bail to enable him to return home and complete the burial rites of his late mother. The court subsequently set Friday, May 31 for determination of his bail application in trial over drug-related charges filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA following his arrest over two years ago on February 14, 2022 Kyari is currently facing drug-related charges filed against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement…

May

2024

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Fubara Wins As Court Nullified Amendment Of LG Law By Pro-Wike Lawmakers

Judiciary, News Flash, Politics

Fubara Wins As Court Nullifies Amendment Of LG Law By Pro-Wike Lawmakers The Rivers State High Court has invalidated the amended Local Government Law proposed by the Martins Amaewhule faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The ruling was delivered in a suit numbered PHC/1320/CS/2024, which challenged the extension of tenure for LG chairmen for six months after the expiration of their term. Justice D.G. Kio, presiding over the case, declared the amendment invalid, citing its inconsistency with the 1999 Constitution and Section 9(1) of the Rivers State Local Government law No. 5 of 2018. The court emphasized that…

May

2024

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Court Rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s House Arrest, Fresh Bail Request

Human Rights, Judiciary, News Flash

Court Rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s House Arrest, Fresh Bail Request The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the request of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for bail or to be moved from the Department of State Security Service custody to a prison or house arrest. The trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako, said the same request had been brought before her by the defendant and it was dismissed for lack of merit. While delivering her ruling, Justice Nyako, held that she found as a fact that Kanu jumped the bail when he was earlier granted.…

May

2024

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Court Dismissed Suit Seeking To Compel INEC To Conduct Fresh Election To Replace Defected Rivers Lawmakers

Judiciary, News Flash, South South

Court Dismissed Suit Seeking To Compel INEC To Conduct Fresh Election To Replace Defected Rivers Lawmakers A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit filed by the Labour Party seeking an order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct fresh election in the Rivers House of Assembly to fill the seats of the defected lawmakers. Justice James Omotosho struck out the suit after counsel for the party, F. I. Adariku, applied to withdraw the suit. In the suit, the LP had sought the order of the court to compel the commission to conduct fresh election…