BUHARI NONINATES BELLO, FCT CHIEF JUDGE FOR ICC
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Ishaq Usman Bello, chief judge of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, as judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC which began…
OBASEKI: PDP REPORT’S PORT HARCOURT JUDGE TO CJN
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a petition against Justice Emmanuel Obile of the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court. The petition, which was dated June 23,…
COVID-19: FG SEEKS TO CRIMINALISE NON-WEARING OF FACEMASKS •Pushes for law to punish Violators ▪675 new cases push tally to 20,919
With the uptick in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the country, the federal government yesterday advocated ways to make it a criminal offence for anyone in the country…
CJN TO NEW APPEAL COURT PRESIDENT: SUSTAIN COURT’S INTEGRITY …Inaugurates Dongban-Mensem as new PCA
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhamma formally inaugurated, on Friday in Abuja, Justice Monica Bonna’an Dongban-Mensem as the substantive President of the Court of Appeal (PCA). Justice…
FG TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL COURTS FOR RAPE CASES
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says plans are underway to establish special courts for the speedy trial of rape cases. There has been surge in the number of…
COURT JAILS EX-BORNO JUDICIARY OFFICER 16 YEARS FOR DEFRAUDING 194 WIDOWS
Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, on Tuesday, May 16, 2020, sentenced and convicted an ex-Borno State judiciary officer, one Ramat Mohammed (alias Gaddafi), to 16 years…
DELTA COURT SLAMS N10M ON POPULAR BLOGGERS DEFAMING LAWMAKER
A Delta State High Court sitting in Akwukwu-Igbo, Judicial Division has slammed a N10 million fine on a popular blogger, Mr. Fejiro Oliver and Mr. Kingsley Kuyenum in a libel…
SUSPENSION: APPEAL COURT MISDIRECTED ITSELF -says Edo APC
The anti-Governor Godwin Obaseki’s camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has accused the Court of Appeal, Abuja of misdirecting itself over the suspension of National Chairman…
NO GOING BACK ON AUTONOMY FOR LEGISLATURE, JUDICIARY -says Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will not go back with Executive Order 0010 which granted autonomy to state…
COURT VACATES FORFEITURE ORDER ON ODUAH’s ‘ASSETS ‘ •EFCC to appeal Verdict
A Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated the interim forfeiture order it made on October 18, 2019, on some assets the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) claimed belonged…