Abuja: A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Tuesday, set aside a judgment directing the Human Rights Radio and Television Ltd. to pay a N10 million in damages to Mr Samuel Onaibre over alleged violation of his fundamental rights. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the Jan.Continue Reading
Abuja: Mr Umar Babangida, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, revealed how top government officials aided Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd.’s directors in the alleged $9.6 billion scam against Nigeria. Babangida, who was the 2nd prosecution witness (PW2) in the ongoing trial ofContinue Reading
Abuja: President Bola Tinubu has been urged to correct the appointment of the Federal Character Commission (FCC)’s chairman and secretary by the previous government A legal practitioner, Mr Festus Onifade, made the call in a letter to President Tinubu on Wednesday and a certified true copy made available toContinue Reading
Abuja: The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja has adjourned ruling on a motion filed by Muhuyi Magaji, Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), challenging the competence of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to prosecute. The ruling, which was earlier fixed for todayContinue Reading
Abuja: Mr Mubarak Isa, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, has told a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja that Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, immediate-past Head of Service (HoS), did not disclose some property she owned in her asset declaration form. Isa, an Assistant Superintendent of EFCC, told JusticeContinue Reading
Abuja: The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja has granted an application by Ms Lilian Onoh, a former Nigerian ambassador, to testify via Zoom in a libel suit filed by Geoffrey Onyeama. Ms Onoh, who was Nigeria’s ambassador to Namibia and head of mission in Jamaica, is expectedContinue Reading
Abuja: Kano Stare government and four local government councils (LGs) listed as plaintiffs in a suit filed by 44 LGAs in the state have prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction. The applicants, in separate preliminary objections filed by their lawyers,Continue Reading
Abuja: A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the release of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), on a temporary bail to enable him go for a glaucoma surgery. Justice James Omotosho made the order following an application byContinue Reading
Abuja: The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed Jan. 12 for ruling on a motion filed by Muhuyi Magaji, Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). The motion challenged the competence of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to prosecute him inContinue Reading
