Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja has struck out eight of the fifteen terrorism and felony charges preferred by the Federal Government against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Nyako freed Nnamdi Kanu on the eight counts while ruling on a preliminary objection filed by the IPOB leader.…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has cleared former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu, of money laundering charges. Justice Ahmed Mohammed discharged and acquitted Yakubu of the charges on the ground that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. Justice Mohammed said that the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has obtained permission of a Federal High Court in Abuja to detain suspended DCP Abba Kyari and six others for fourteen days. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in an ex-parte ruling, granted the NDLEA’s request to detain Kyari, Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus in its facility in Abuja pending investigation. Justice Abubakar…
Former Minister of Water Resources, Serah Ochekpe, has been sentenced to three months in prison. A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State sentenced Ochekpe alongside two others who were charged with money laundering involving four hundred and fifty million naira. The other convicts are a former Plateau State chairman of the People Democratic Party, Raymond…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Federal Government from using money from the Federation Account to fund the Nigerian Police Force. The order by Justice Ahmed Mohammed also affects the funding of other agencies of the government that are not listed in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Justice Mohammed made…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared that it is unconstitutional for the Federal Government to conduct marriages, declaring as illegal and invalid all solemnisation of unions at the Ikoyi marriage registry. The court, presided over by Justice D. E. Osiagor, held that only the local government marriage registries were empowered to do such by…