By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Seven years after his emergence as Nigeria’s military Head of State, in the third quarter of 1974, General Yakubu Gowon placed a telephone call to the then Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Taslim Elias. The subject matter of the call, according to Atanda Fatayi Williams,Continue Reading
• Abuja: – The Federal Government on Monday arraigned a 70-year-old Briton, Andrew Martin Wynne, and nine others for allegedly attempting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) brought the charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The other accused persons are Michael TobilobaContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted applications filed by the police to remand 124 arrested #EndBadGovernance protesters for 60 days pending the conclusion of investigation. Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on ex-parte motions moved by Ibrahim Mohammed, counsel for the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, granted theContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies’ linked to the 10-day #EndBadGovernance Protest organised across the country pending investigation and prosecution of the case. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the Inspector-GeneralContinue Reading
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Rights are only worth having if they are occasionally boisterous, often inconvenient and frequently tiresome.” Inigo Bing, The Ten Legal Cases That Made Modern Britain, 169 (2022)Two years after his inauguration in October 2021 as Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal CapitalContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews A company, Haril Global Solutions Limited, has filed a N10 billion suit against Globus Bank Limited at the Federal Capital Territory High Court over an alleged breach of loan contract, among other issues. The firm, through its lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, sought the relief in a writ of summonsContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews Alhaji Aminu Yakubu Wambai, a traditional title holder in Zazzau Emirate in Kaduna State, says he is neither an associate nor a relative of Abdulrasheed Maina, the convicted former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT). Wambai, who holds the title of Wakilin Raya KasarContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned the alleged money laundering case against Ali Bello and his co-defendant, Dauda Suleiman until Oct. 7 for continuation of trial. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had called seven witnesses toContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the Medical Doctor at the health facility of Kuje Correctional Centre, over alleged refusal to produce the medical report of Tigran Gambaryan, the detained executive of Binance Holdings Ltd. JusticeContinue Reading
