Tag: court
Court denies Binance executive bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a fresh bail application filed by the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan.
Justice Emeka Nwite,...
Appeal Court nullifies Rivers budget passed by pro-Fubara lawmakers
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, October 10, 2024, affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court which set aside the...
Man bags life imprisonment for raping 8-year-old girl
A Family Court in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has sentenced a 47-year-old man, Ita Okon, to life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old...
Rivers LG election: Police actions conform with court order, says IGP
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says the withdrawal of police operatives from Saturday’s local government election in Rivers State conformed with a...
Court summons Yahaya Bello over N110.4bn fraud
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued a public summons against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, over a fresh ...
N27bn fraud: Court grants ex-Governor Ishaku N150m bail
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Maitama area of Abuja, on Thursday, October 3, 2024, granted former Taraba State Governor...
71-year-old man bags life imprisonment for raping friend’s granddaughter
The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, sentenced a 71-year-old man, Sule Adeola, to life...
Court sends man to prison for raping daughter
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, remanded a 42-year-old man, Christopher Israel, in the correctional...
X agrees to pay Brazil fines as court orders bank to...
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the unblocking of the bank accounts of X in the country after the social media platform agreed to pay...
80-year-old man jailed for raping 8-year-old girl
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, September 30, 2024, sentenced an 80-year-old man, Ya’u Abdullahi, to seven years imprisonment for raping...
