Tag: court
Don’t turn court to playground, Judge warns PDP, APC, LP
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Justice Olatunregun Ishola of Federal High Court, sitting in Asaba, Delta state, has warned political parties not to…
Nigeria Police can prosecute all offences, says Court
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division held today that the Nigeria Police Force can prosecute all offences, including those under…
18 suspects in court over failed Burundi coup
Burundi took 18 people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza to the high court, relatives…
Court fails to stop Buhari’s presidential bid
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A legal plot to stop the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress from contesting the 28 March…
BREAKING: Court bars soldiers from polling stations
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Monday, restrained the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government…
N11bn Scam: Ex-Kogi Gov, Audu beats EFCC official in court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said on Wednesday that former governor of Kogi state, Abubakar Audu, who it…
JUSUN Strike: Lagos Courts Shut
Henry Ojelu In compliance with the nationwide strike embarked on today by judiciary workers, all High and Magistrates Courts in…
Court Orders Arrest of Estate Agent For Defrauding 120 House Seekers
Henry Ojelu Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court in Ikeja today issued a bench warrant against an estate…
Court Refuses To Stop Obanikoro From Lagos Polls
Henry Ojelu An Ikeja High Court on Thursday dismissed an application seeking to restrain a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship…
Court bars DSS, others from Invading APC Data Center
Justice Mohammed Nasir Yenusa of the Federal High Court in Lagos today gave two orders in respect of the case…
Court asked to halt PDP convention
Nnmadi Felix/Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party’s rescheduled national convention may not hold as a chieftain of the party has instituted…
Tambuwal Asks Court To Stop PDP From Removing Him As Speaker
Felix Nnamdi/Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal and his party, the All Progresives Congress, APC, on…
Truck Driver Diverts N14m Goods
Cyriacus Izuekwe A company truck driver, Wasiu Bello, has been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, western Nigeria, for…
Jos Court To Hear NFF’s Stay-of-Execution case Wednesday
The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation led by Mr. Amaju Pinnick has filed a Stay of Execution at the…
Court dissolves marriage over husband’s refusal to allow wife work
An Abeokuta Customary court sitting in Ake on Friday dissolved a four-year old marriage between Esther Onakomaya and Seun Onakomaya…
N155m theft: Court orders EFCC to arrest bureau de change operator
An Ikeja High Court on Monday issued a warrant of arrest against a Bureau de Change operator, Dipo Adedokun, over…
In Picture: TB Joshua supporters protest in court Monday
Henry Ojelu Supporters of Prophet TB Joshua, General Overseer, Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, staged a peaceful protest today…
FCT court discharges and acquits Ogbulafor of all charges
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted former chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent…
Husband seeks divorce over wife’s bad friends
A 42-year old man, Lawal Idris, on Tuesday told an Ilorin Area Court that his wife, Mulikat, was in the…
Bi-Courtney floors AMCON in court
By Simon Ateba A Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out an order obtained by the Assets Management Corporation…
Ekiti shuts all courts indefinitely after Fayose beat up Judge
Ekiti State authorities have on Thursday ordered the immediate closure of all state courts after governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, thugs attacked…
Court rejects Suntai’s attempt to stop medical panel
A Taraba High Court in Jalingo on Tuesday refused to grant the prayers of ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai, asking for…
Entitlements: Casual PHCN workers get judgment on Oct.15
The National Industrial Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday said it would on 15 October decide on an application filed by the…
India court sends 13 men to jail over gang-rape of tribal woman
An Indian court on Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a…
Applicant drags university to court over employment exam
Jethro Ibileke/Warri An applicant, Mr. Omoyibo Emmaunuel, has dragged the Federal University of Petroleum Resource, Effurun, Delta state, before a…
Court Jails 3 For Drunkenness
An Upper Area Court, Kuje , FCT, on Wednesday sentenced three men, Micheal Adibe, Ogunlade Micheal and Warya Terso to…
Court Permits Indian Fraud Suspect To Travel Over Illness
By Henry Ojelu An Ikeja High Court has ordered that the international passport of an Indian national, Ashok Isran allegedly…
Spanish court presses ahead with Messi tax fraud case
A Spanish court on Monday rejected public prosecutors’ request to drop charges of tax fraud against four-time world footballer of…
Thai court sentences first anti-coup protester under junta rule
A Thailand court Thursday passed a suspended prison sentence on an anti-coup activist for breaching a ban on political gatherings,…
Defection: Court grants fresh service orders
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday granted an ex-parte application filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for substituted…