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Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun state, has challenged the outcome of the Osun governorship election at the election petition tribunal. Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner of the Osun governorship election which was held on July 16. Adeleke secured 403,371 votes to defeat Oyetola of the APC, who got 375,027 votes. In a ...
Court Cases
August, 2022
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5 August
Again, Court orders Ekweremadu & wife In Custody Over organ harvesting, till Oct 31
The Central Criminal Court in the United Kingdom (UK) has adjourned the alleged organ harvesting case involving former deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice, till October 31. Ekweremadu and a Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta, from Southwark, South London, are charged with conspiring to arrange or facilitate the travel of a man with a view to him being ...
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5 August
Murderer of A/Ibom job seeker, Iniubong Umoren tries to escape, as Judge oks death by hanging
Akwa Ibom State High Court, sitting in Uyo, the state capital, has sentenced a 21-year-old Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniubong Umoren. The court also found the accused guilty of rape and accordingly sentenced him to life imprisonment for having carnal knowledge of the deceased whom he lured to his father’s ...
July, 2022
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29 July
Death by Hanging for School owner who murdered 5 yr old Hanifa Abubakar
Kano Court sentence school owner to death for murder of Hanifa Abubakar ThevHigh court in Kano sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Noble kids academy to death by hanging for tgev murder of his 5 year old student Hanifa Abubakar in January this year The Judge Sulaiman Na Abba also sentenced Hashim Isyaku wey for helping to bury her remains, ...
May, 2022
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26 May
Blogger drags Ogun gov. to Court for detaining him over story on dirty criminal past
An Ogun State-based blogger, Olamilekan Hammed, has sued the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force over what he described as his illegal detention by the security agencies. The DSS arrested the blogger for allegedly publishing a story on the state governor. Mr. Olamilekan Hammed Bashiru who was arbitrarily arrested on the 13th of May, 2022 and detained ...
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21 May
Family of drowned 5-Yr Old Pupil Threatens RCCG with Legal actions
Family of Chidera Eze, the deceased five years old pupil of Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba Lagos has threatened to get justice at all cost for its son. The young boy who died during a swimming training at the Ivory Health and Wellness Club, Ogundana Street, Off Allen Avenue, Ikeja Lagos. Explaining how it all happened, the father of ...
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6 May
Court orders Ekiti prince to die by hanging for killing monarch
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 42-year-old prince, Ademola Omoniyi, to death by hanging for killing the traditional ruler of his community. Omoniyi was arraigned on one count of murder contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012. The charge read, ...
March, 2022
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26 March
Adamu’s corruption case trending, as he emerges APC Chairman
All Progressive Congress, APC National Convention, there are speculations that President Mohammedu Buhari has settled for the 74 years old Abdullahi Adamu. This is coming on the premise that the APC governors have thrown their weight behind the former governor of Nasarawa State and PDP founding member. Aside from being a PDP founding member, Adamu is said to be having ...
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19 March
Buhari’s Order from London on March 26 date, gets Court support
An FCT High Court has issued an order vacating the restraining injunction against the March 26 convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Bello Kawu on Friday held that a member of a political party cannot sue the party. An aggrieved member of the APC, Hon. Salisu Umoru, had sought to restrain the APC, Governor Buni and the Independent ...
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12 March
Imagine This :BRT driver tells court “I’m not guilty of Bamise’s Murder
The Police on Friday, arraigned Andrew Nice, the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of 22-year-old Bus Rapid Transit passenger, Oluwabaise Ayanwole (Bamise), before a Yaba Magistrate Court. At the hearing of the case, Nice pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against him. The court further remanded the suspect in custody for 30 days. The court order follows an ...
