Gabriel Kolawole, a judge at a federal high court in Abuja, on Tuesday ruled that the national assembly lacks powers to investigate criminal cases, indict or absolve anyone of crime. Kolawaole said law enforcement agents or the executive have the powers to handle such issues. The case with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/163/2009 was filed by Festus […]
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A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered Atai Aidoko, senator representing Kogi east senatorial district, to vacate the national assembly. At its sitting on Wednesday, Gabriel Kolawole, the presiding judge, ruled that Aidoko’s emergence as the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was illegal. The judge ruled he was wrongly presented as […]
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A former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh, fell at a federal high court in Abuja on Monday, during the continuation of his “fraud” trial. Mr Metuh is facing trial on a seven-count charge for alleged diversion of N400 million. He received the money from the office of the former National […]
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Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege on Wednesday appeared before the Senate in plenary. Omo-Agege was seen signing the attendance register within the upper chamber. The Senate on April 12, suspended Omo-Agege (APC-Delta) over a “dissenting comment’’ on decision of the Upper Chamber on adoption of conference report on Electoral Act (2010) […]
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The crisis rocking the River state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Friday as lawyers and judges were chased out of a high court in Port Harcourt, with at least two persons killed and properties destroyed. The attackers breached the court security around 11 a.m. in violent bid to […]
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The Senate has filed a notice of appeal and a stay of execution on a High Court judgement nullifying the suspension of a senator, Ovie Omo-Agege. Olu Onemola, an aide to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, made this known Thursday evening. “The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Coram Nnamdi Dimgba .J. in a judgment […]
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The Nigerian Police Force has moved the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, to Lokoja in an ambulance. The Senator was earlier taken to the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the north-central state, was guarded by armed policemen. According to the police, Melaye is being arraigned […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was on Thursday ordered by an FCT High Court to pay five million compensation to a former minister of FCT, Bala Mohammed, for infringing on his human right. Mohammed, a minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the Goodluck Jonathan Administration, was in the custody of EFCC from […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, freezing the sum of $5.3 billion. The money is domiciled in a bank account and linked to the wife of the former President, Patience Jonathan and six others. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun struck out the […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday, re-arraigned Bright Chimezie, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on an amended three-count charge. Their re-arraignment was sequel to the severance of their trial from that of Nnamdi Kanu, whose whereabout has been unknown since Sept. 2017. When the matter was […]
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