The Lagos State Correctional Service on Wednesday released Nollywood filmmaker and producer, Olajide Kareem, aka Seun Egbegbe, who was on Tuesday, October 11, sentenced to seven years imprisonment ‘with hard labour’ for fraud. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed that the Command released Seun Egbegbe from its custody following the court’s order. Justice … Read more
Play video content NBC Amber Heard‘s lawyer has a million gripes over the jury verdict … saying the trial was a “zoo” and the jury was influenced by social media. Elaine Charlson Bredehoft went on “Today” Thursday and complained that social media attacks against Amber made their way to jurors. True, she said, jurors were … Read more
Rotimi Amaechi The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgment in a lawsuit by former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi seeking to stop his probe into alleged N96B fraud and fraudulent sales of valued assets belonging to Rivers State during his tenure as a governor. A hearing notice at the Apex Court indicated that the … Read more
The Supreme Court of Nigeria The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the suit filed by the President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, to void the provisions of section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022. The court will announce a date to parties involved. On May 19, the apex court admitted … Read more
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday stalled the judgement in the suit seeking the declaration of the seat of Yakubu Dogara vacant. The suit, filed against Mr Dogara, was on account of his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The judgment in two separate suits filed against him was … Read more
David Umahi says his “enemies” failure to unseat him as governor of Ebonyi means he’ll conclude his tenure on May 29, 2023. Mr Umahi was on Friday reacting to the Appeal Court judgment sitting in Enugu, and which affirmed the judgment of the Ebonyi High Court on his defection. The Ebonyi High Court had quashed … Read more
Nigeria’s 36 governors have appealed the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court judgment, which dismissed their suit challenging the planned deduction of $418 million from the federation account. The money is meant to settle debts owed consultants engaged by state and local governments on the Paris Club refunds. The court on March 25 dismissed … Read more
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has postponed the judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to April 6. On Tuesday, Justice Taiwo Taiwo had fixed March 25 for the judgment. However, it was gathered from Court 7, where Mr Taiwo presides, Friday … Read more
The Senate has concluded it will challenge the nullification of the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Recall that a Federal High Court in Umuahia, last Friday nullified the section of the act. The resolution was reached during plenary on Wednesday, following the consideration of a motion entitled, “urgent … Read more
Gov Dave Umahi Governor Dave Umahi has alleged that his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, was the brains behind the Abuja High Court judgment which sacked him as governor. In a statement issued on Monday by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Francis Nwaze, the governor alleged that a video showed how the governor … Read more
Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe are seeking a stay-of-execution from the court that sacked them from office. The duo have now approached the Federal High Court for the decision. In a motion filed by their counsel, Chukwuma MaChukwu- Ume (SAN), the governor and his deputy prayed the Justice Inyanag … Read more
Lagos State High Court sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi has ordered all banks to disclose all investments including fixed deposits, treasury bills and cryptocurrency in the name of Global Holding Company Limited and Imagine Global Solutions Limited. Founders of the companies, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi, are wanted for allegedly defrauding Nigerian investors of N18.8 billion. Justice … Read more
Victor Osibodu A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned till March 17 to begin hearing of Ecobank Nigeria Limited’s N8,701,770,328.83 dispute with a businessman, Victor Osibodu and his firm, Vigeo Limited. Victor is the husband of Funke Osibodu, a former managing director of Ecobank Nigeria, a former top Group Executive of the Ecobank Group … Read more
De General Skit maker Sunday Joshua aka De General has returned to social media after he was convicted of drug trafficking by a Federal High Court. The social media influencer was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) alongside Caleb William, a cinematographer on Monday, January 24, 2022. Delivering judgment, Justice Osiagor held … Read more
Tunde Ayeni For highly controversial Nigerian businessman, John Olatunde Ayeni, popularly known as Tunde Ayeni, it’s been one day, one trouble. The latest in the plethora of his travails is that he has lost another company, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Limited, a DisCo he purchased in 2013, to the Nigerian government, six years after … Read more