Tag: High Court
Court jails Yobe Auditor General for N19.9m fraud
The Yobe State High Court has sentenced the Auditor General for Local Government in the state, Idris Yahaya, to five years imprisonment for fraud
Yahaya...
Old naira notes: Court stops CBN, FG from extending deadline
An Abuja High Court has stopped the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from extending the deadline for the validity of...
Court stops removal of INEC chair over asset declaration
A High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped an application seeking the removal of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof....
Motorcyclist bags life imprisonment for raping woman in Ogun
A High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Thursday, sentenced a 29-year-old motorcyclist, Jamiu Adegesin, to life imprisonment for raping a...
Court orders arrest of Chief of Army Staff for contempt
A High Court sitting in Minna, the Niger State capital, has ordered the arrest of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, for...
Kanu withdraws suit against Chief Judge, challenges deportation
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has withdrawn his case against the Chief Judge of Federal High Court...
Court orders FCMB to pay N540m damages to Prophet Omale
A High Court sitting in Abuja has awarded N540 million in damages to Prophet Emmanuel Omale against the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) over...
Court steps down Osinachi husband’s case over multiple counsel
The alleged culpable homicide suit against Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, in a High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday,...
Appeal Court nullifies judgement voiding Section 84 of Electoral Act
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has struck out the judgement of the Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, which nullified the...
Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing Ekiti monarch
An Ado Ekiti High Court, on Thursday, sentenced 42-year-old man, Ademola Omoniyi, to death by hanging for killing a traditional ruler.
Delivering judgment, Justice Olukayode...
