A report has said that Innocent Umezulike, a judge who died in June, has been included in the list of 50 Nigerians banned from traveling out of the country. The list, according to The Nation, included the former Enugu Chief Judge, who was arraigned in September 2017 for alleged corruption. He died before the executive […]
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A federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the bail application filed on behalf of Jolly Nyame, ex-governor of Taraba state. Recall that Nyame is in Kuje prison, Abuja, after a judge handed him a 14-year jail sentence on May 30. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had accused Nyame of criminally misappropriating the […]
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The Presiding Judge at a federal high court in Abuja, Nnamdi Dimgba, has ordered an interim forfeiture of two houses allegedly linked to Patience Jonathan, former first lady. He dismissed Jonathan’s objection to the application for lacking in merit. Situated at Plot No. 1960, Cadastral Zone A05, Maitama District, and Plot No. 1350, Cadastral Zone […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday dismissed the 13-count charge of fraud brought against a Supreme Court justice, Sylvester Ngwuta. Justice Ngwuta was arraigned by the federal government, after his house and the residences of six other judges were raided by operatives of the State Security Service in October 2016. The trial […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the compulsory retirement of Justice Adeniyi Ademola and the sack of Justice O.O Tokode, both of who served as judges of the federal high courts in Abuja and Benin respectively. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement said that the president’s decision followed recommendations from the National Judicial Council. The […]
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A former CJN died in the early hours of Tuesday at the age of 75, Premium Times reported, quoting post by his family members on social media. “My elder brother Justice Dahiru Musdapher former CJN passed on tonight,” the newspaper quoted Muneer Musdapher, a younger brother of the former CJN as writing on Facebook. He […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Itse Sagay (SAN), a constitutional lawyer, has said there is no law preventing the arrest of judges nor is there any immunity enjoyed by members of the judiciary.In a statement released on Tuesday, Sagay, the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC) noted that the country’s once-revered judiciary has now degenerated into […]
Continue ReadingAs reported by The Nation, detectives found a Rolls Royce in the fleet of about 15 cars of one of the seven judges under investigation by the Department of State Services (DSS).The judge was said to have hired a notable construction firm to build his palatial home and imported furniture from Brazil, Argentina and Spain. A […]
Continue ReadingJustice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday berated the Department of State Security (DSS) for flouting an order of the court to remand a defendant in prison.Mr. Dimgba had ordered that a retired Air Commodore, Umar Mohammed, who was arraigned before him on Thursday, be remanded in Kuje Prison pending the […]
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