Judiciary (Page 36)

A phone seller, Aminu Sani, on Friday prayed a Sharia Court ll, sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State to recover N35,000 from his friend, Abdulrahman Musa. Sani, who sells phones at Royal market, Kaduna, told the court that he sold Musa  a Samsung Galaxy J5 cell phone for  N35,000. HeContinue Reading

By Martins Odeh The Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) Unit of the Nigeria Police Force says it has opened investigation against on a former Chief of Naval Staff, retired Vice-Admiral Jubril Usman over alleged proxy ownership of three bank accounts. DCP Mr Ben Okolo, disclosed this in response to a petitionContinue Reading

By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, summoned the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to appear before it over plans to seize the property of the immediate-past Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara. Justice Nkeonye Maha, who gave theContinue Reading

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday reiterated his administration’s commitment to the ‘Rule of Law and Justice.’ The President said this while declaring open the 59th edition of the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference (NBA-AGC) in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the opening of the 2019Continue Reading

An Magistrates’ Court in Ile-Ife, Osun, on Wednesday ordered that an applicant, Adesina Saheed, who allegedly sent threatening test messages to a man, be remanded in correction custody. Magistrate Habibat Basiru, who refused to admit the defendant to bail, ordered that he be remanded in Ile-Ife correction custody. Basiru adjournedContinue Reading

A security guard, Nasiru Abubakar, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing 8,000 dollars ( about 2.8 million) and a cell phone, belonging to an expatriate. The Abubakar, who resides in Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way in Ikeja, is charged with theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. PatrickContinue Reading