COURTROOM NEWS

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay a compensation fee of N1.12bn to Mike Madu’s family after he was killed by an INEC driver in Imo State. Justice Inyang Ekwo also ordered INEC…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Mohammed Idris, a supervisor at the Hajj and cargo terminal gate of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, for making false returns and corrupt self-advantage. In a…

Ten years after their employment was wrongfully terminated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, three staff of the bank, Akagwu Audi Yakubu, Idris Auwal, Daciyal Longji David have gotten the nod of the appeal court directing them to be reinstated to…

The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), has prosecuted and secured the conviction of Mr. Joseph Kola Bamigboye for impersonation and fraud. Bamigboye pleaded guilty to two count charges of falsely representing himself as an officer of LASBCA,…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, have closed their case against the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. The petitioners closed their case yesterday, shortly after calling 19 witnesses who testified of alleged irregularities, especially during the…

A State High Court in Lokoja on Monday sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu gave the order in a judgment he delivered in Lokoja, charging Ahmed-Anaje not to parade himself as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. Chief Daudu Adeku-Ojiah, Hussain…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tendered Bimodal Voters Accreditation Machine before the Edo State governorship election tribunal in Abuja. Anthony Itodo, a senior technical officer in INEC’s ICT department, who appeared before the court on subpoena, issued by the Tribunal on…

The Court of Appeal Abuja has affirmed the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organization. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Hamma Barka, the appellate court affirmed the judgement of the Federal High…

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu, of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday vacated an ex parte mareva injunction that froze the assets of General Hydrocarbons Limited, a Nigerian oil and gas services company, in connection with a disputed $225.8m loan debt. The court…