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Senate President Bukola Saraki last night described the police invitation as “a mere after thought which is designed to achieve political purpose.” In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki said he had it on good authority that the Police had already decided on the suspects to arraign in court in Ilorin, Kwara State ...
Court Cases
July, 2018
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23 July
4 SARS Officers Kidnap ‘Bishop,’ Collect N7m ransom
Four policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have been arrested in Lagos for kidnapping a bishop and collecting N7 million from him. The policemen were also dismissed by the Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Adamu Ibrahim, in charge of Zone 2 Command, after conclusion of investigation. The policemen, Sergeants Adeoye Adekunle, Adenira Adebowale, Agbi Lucky and Odighe Hehosa, were said to ...
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18 July
A/ Court In Enugu Dismisses Innoson’s Preliminary Objections Against GTBank
The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has dismissed the preliminary objections brought before it by the Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma and his company, Innoson Motors Ltd. Innoson arguing through his counsel, Prof. McCarthy Mbadugha had at the last hearing of the matter on June 14, 2018 raised objections to a motion brought before the court by ...
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11 July
Court Adjourns Zakzaky’s Case to August 2
A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday adjourned the case instituted against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibraheem Zakzaky, to August 2. The presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada, adjourned the matter to enable the prosecution serve the 3rd and 4th defendants in the case. Zakzaky and his wife are standing trial on an eight-count charge, bordering ...
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5 July
For the sixth time, Innoson fails to appear in court
Innocent Chukwuma, the Chairman of Innoson Motors Ltd, on Wednesday in Lagos failed to appear for his scheduled arraignment for the sixth time over alleged fraud. Innoson was scheduled to appear before a new judge, Justice Olusola Williams, at an Ikeja Special Offences Court. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Mojisola Dada, the judge initially assigned to hear ...
June, 2018
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19 June
Malabu: Italy’s Supreme Court rejects Shell’s appeal
Italy’s Supreme Court threw out an appeal by Shell and four of its former managers to stymie a trial on alleged corruption in Nigeria, which also sees Eni’s chief on the bench, legal sources said on Wednesday. The long-running graft case revolves around the 2011 purchase by Eni and Shell of Nigeria’s Oil Prospecting Licence 245, an offshore oilfield, for ...
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15 June
Evans abandoned as lawyer withdraws from kidnap cases
Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, no longer has a lawyer for his criminal and civil matters. Evans’ former counsel, Olukoya Ogungbeje, Friday withdrew his representation. Ogungbeje, who represented Evans in his multiple kidnapping, murder and attempted murder trials at the Lagos High Court and two civil suits at the Federal High Court in Lagos, cited “personal reasons” for his decision. In ...
April, 2018
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17 April
Heritage Bank MD, Oyo governor’s in-law Kolapo, 5 others arraigned over N1bn fraud..messy details
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged the Managing Director of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifiesimama Sekibo, and five others before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for an alleged fraud of N1bn. Sekibo was charged along with Dimire Dike, Wumi Adeniyi, Kolapo Daisi, Funmilayo Taiwo and Akeem Durotoye. The charges border, among others, on conspiracy, stealing, obtaining money ...
March, 2017
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3 March
Court dissolves marriage of Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike to wife, Suzanne
Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike’s 17-year-old marriage has been dissolved by a Lagos Customary Court sitting in Lagos Island, on Thursday. His embattled wife, Suzanne Emma, in a suit filed against the actor, complained to the court of incessant beating, molestation and torture by her husband. A three-man panel, presided over by Chief Awos Awosola, dissolved the union, while delivering judgment ...
June, 2016
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6 June
N300m Stolen From Saraki’s Bedroom…No,It’s N12m -Saraki
Nigeria police in Ilorin questioned and then released several domestic aides as well as some members of the security detail assigned to Senate President Bukola Saraki in connection with the mysterious disappearance of N300 million from the senator’s bedroom in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State. An investigation by SaharaReporters confirmed that the money that went missing at the home of ...
