The Supreme Court has affirmed the provision of Section 84 of the Sheriff and Civil Process Act (S&CPA) requiring prior consent of the Attorney General before the initiation of garnishee proceedings to enforce monetary judgment against government or its agencies. The apex court’s five-member panel, in a split decisionContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, declined the application filed by Mr Kabiru Turaki, former Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Minister, seeking to stop the police from presenting the DNA test result in the paternity dispute with a lady, Hadiza Baffa. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a rulingContinue Reading
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday, arraigned Adam Yusuf, a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), over alleged N1.1 billion money laundering offences. Yusuf was arraigned alongside a company, Ummays Hummayd Energy Ltd, allegedly operated by him, beforeContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews The Federal Government, on Monday, prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a bail application filed by four suspects linked to notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji. Mr David Kaswe, lawyer who appeared for the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), told Justice Emeka Nwite not to grantContinue Reading
The Federal High Court (FHC) will, on April 16, commence its Easter vacation. The Chief Judge of FHC, Justice John Tsoho, made this known on Monday in a statement signed by the Director of Information, Dr Catherine Christopher, in Abuja. “The Federal High Court announces its 2025 Easter VacationContinue Reading
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In 1954 Sir John Verity lost his job because he won an argument. It was in his ninth year in office as Chief Justice of colonial Nigeria. Sir John arrived in Nigeria in October 1945 from British Guyana, where he had served in aContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, failed to call witness in support of its case in the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo, Asue Ighodalo. INEC’s lawyer and former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF)Continue Reading
Flowerbudnews The Initiative Against Human Rights Abuse and Torture (INAHURAT) on Friday, called on the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to order an investigation into allegations of unlawful arrest and detention of a foreigner, Mr Benjamin Rulisa. The Director, Legal Affairs of INAHURAT, Mr Maxwell Opara, made the call in aContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced a woman, Benedicta Usen, also known as Mrs Carol Omomoh, to a five-year imprisonment without option of fine for trafficking a lady for prostitution. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, said he found that the prosecution had provedContinue Reading
