Court Cases

28 July

11 lawyers battle for Igboho’s bail,.. faces more charges

11 lawyers are battling to secure the bail of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who has been transferred to a new detention facility in Cotonou, Benin Republic. After Monday’s hearing, Igboho lawyers said the activist’s trial had taken a new twist, noting that new charges had been filed against him. His lead counsel, Ibrahim ...

19 July

Burial laws Obi Cubana may have breached

With the Glamorous Burial of his Mother, Obi Cubana could be charged for some of the following: – Section 6(1) disallows the deposit of corpses in a mortuary beyond two months after death. -Section 5(1) restrains the erection of billboards, banners or posters. – Section 7 bans the blocking of roads without permission of the Local Government Authority. Section 8 ...

16 July

Mike Adenuga’s secretary accuses him of abandonment after 30 yrs dating

A Sierra Leonean, Lora Olumide Johnson, has accused Globacom boss, Mike Adenuga, of being behind moves to throw her out of her apartment after 30 years of dating him. The accusation comes amid court rulings granting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission power to retrieve the property from Johnson in a case of misconduct against her and some other staff ...

14 July

Man arrested for duping OSUN monarch N525 million

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested one Philemon Ibrahim Gora for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, stealing, issuance of dud cheque and money laundering to the tune of N525,000,000.00( Five Hundred and Twenty-five Million Naira) in Lagos. The suspect, through one of his front companies, Gracious Environ Workers and Planners Nigeria Limited, ...

14 July

11 parties ask Court to stop July 24 Lagos LG election

Eleven political parties have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to stop the scheduled July 24, Local government election in Lagos State, due to the failure of the Lagos State Independent Election Commission (LASIEC) to register them for the Election. The 11 political parties are: Alliance of Social Democrats; All Grand Alliance Party; Change Advocacy Party; Mega Party ...

13 July

Nnamdi Kanu’s wife, Uchechi raises alarm.. “I am scared for his life”

Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, wife of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has reacted to the re-arrest of her husband by the Nigerian government. Recall that Kanu was recently re-arrested by the Nigerian security and intelligence agencies, in collaboration with authorities from other countries to resume his trial after jumping bail in 2017. The secessionist ...

13 July

Court fixes date for Naira Marley’s trial

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday, adjourned the continuation of trial in the case of Afeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, till October 5, 2021. The artiste was arraigned in 2019 on 11 counts of credit card fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to which ...

6 July

Heavy knocks on Yomi Fabiyi for producing real life movie on case in Court

Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, is under fire for his new film ‘Oko Iyabo’ (Iyabo’s husband), which depicted a case involving a fellow actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, fondly known as Baba Ijesha, who was accused of sexually assaulting a minor. The minor in the case is the foster daughter of comedienne, Princess, and actresses like Iyabo Ojo and Nkechi Blessing had spoken ...

5 July

FRSC to begin Operation Show Driver’s Licence July 5

The Plateau Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will on Monday begin a special patrol tagged “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence”, in an effort to improve road safety. The Sector Commander, Mr Alphonsus Godwin, made the disclosure on Sunday in Jos in a statement signed by the command’s Public Education Officer, Mr Andrew Bala. ‘This to inform the ...