A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Nation Capital, has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Bola Ahmed-Tinubu's candidacy as the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.
Judge Fadima Murtala, who dismissed the case on the grounds that plaintiff Ngozika Ihuoma had no status to file, identified Iheoma as an intervener.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba to three months in prison for disobeying a court order.
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon, delivered the ruling Tuesday, 29 November 2022.
TheFact Daily learns that the order followed a suit filed by a former police officer, Patrick...
A Federal High Court today sitting in Portharcourt, Rivers state has dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Morgan West, challenging the candidacy of the party governorship candidate, Siminalaye Fubara.
Chief West had prayed the court to stop Fabura from contesting the 2023...
The FCT Police Commissioner, Mr Babaji Sunday on Thursday September 29 sent 20 policemen to enforce the Court of Appeal judgement that reinstated members of the ‘’Incorporated Trustees of Apo XK Extension Residents Association’’ titles to over 400 plots of land.
The policemen accompanied about seven bailiffs from the FCT...
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has ordered the arrest of British national, James Nolan, for jumping bail and failing to appear for trial.
Justice Mohammed, while delivering the ruling on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, stated that Nolan had broken the terms of his bail...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit instituted by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari, to the United States of America (USA).
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, Monday, described the extradition request as “an abuse of court process,”...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has secured a judgement of three (3) years jail term fine against a falsified drugs merchant at the Federal High Court, Kano, Kano State.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Resident Media Consultant of NAFDAC, Sayo...
A Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, kidnapper and killer of 6-year-old schoolgirl, Hanifa Abubakar, to death by hanging.
Justice Usman Na'aba, who gave the sentence, also slammed a five-year jail term on the murderer for all the five charges levelled against him.
TheFact Daily recalls that Hanifa, who...
Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom, Ekaette Obot has sentenced a human right lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to one month imprisonment over perceived contempt of court.
Effiong who alleged in a Twitter thread on Wednesday, said the judge sent him to prison when he came to court to defend Leo Ekpenyong, a...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja has ordered the remand of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, over alleged N109 billion fraud charges.
Idris was arraigned alongside three others:Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited, by the...
