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THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned John Kester Ifeanyichukwu, a professor, over bribery allegations and inducement of officers of the Commission. In a single-count charge brought before Honourable Justice A.O. Otaluka of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),…

The Lagos State High Court in TBS has asked the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Onikan, Bode Adeleke Adeyinka, to appear before it over the review of a judgment affirming the ownership of a land title belonging…

The absence of Justice Daniel Osiagor yesterday stalled the money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, at a Federal High Court in Lagos. Fani-Kayode is charged alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, and Yusuf Danjuma,…

A Shari’a court sitting in Minna, Niger State, has remanded an Islamic teacher, Mallam Yahaya Isah, of Maitumbi area, Minna, for keeping a housewife of his Islamiyya in his house for over a month without the consent of her husband. The suspect…

A Lagos High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square, on Monday, adjourned till May 23, trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, charged with murdering Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Mr Usifo Ataga. Ojukwu is standing trial for alleged murder, stealing and forgery alongside…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, fixed May 24, 2022, for a definite hearing in a suit filed against President Muhammadu Buhari by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the controversial Section 84 (11)  and (12) of the Electoral…

President Muhammmadu Buhari and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami have asked the Supreme Court to void the provision of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Their request is contained in a suit they filed April 29, 2022 before…

Justice DC Maidoh of a Delta State High Court, Kwale Division has granted an order restraining the Board of Central Bank of Nigeria and Independent National Electoral Commission from stopping the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele from seeking an elective post, SaharaReporters reports. The…

A mild drama played out in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State’s capital on Friday, as the Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo, was carried into the State High Court by three policemen. Dagogo who looked unconscious was brought to…