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 Lagos State Government has arraigned the driver of a Bus Rapid Transport Andrew Nice Omininikoron before the State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. He was arraigned on a four-count bordering on rape, conspiracy and murder of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution DPP, Jide Martins, told Justice Sherifat Sonaike…
An Ogun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abeokuta has discharged one of the four teenagers accused of killing and burning the head of the girlfriend to one of them for money rituals. The teenagers, Balogun Mustakeem, Majekodunmi Soliudeen, Abdulgafa Lukman and Wariz Oladeinde were earlier arraigned and remanded at a correctional centre in the state for the…
The Yaba Magistrate Court has remanded for thirty days a BRT driver, Andrew Nice Omininikoron suspected of involvement in the death of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole. The prosecuting officer, SP Cardoso Yetunde prayed the court to remand the suspect in the prison until investigations are concluded. Magistrate Omobola Salawu ordered that Andrew Nice be remanded in Ikoyi…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Governor DAVE UMAHI of Ebonyi State, together with his deputy, Kelechi Igwe. Justice Ekwo took the decision because of the defection of Umahi and Igwe from the People’s Democratic Party PDP to the All Progressives Congress. The trial judge declared that the action by the…
The Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order Ten on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. The court in a split decision agreed that President Buhari exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing Executive Order Ten. Six out of the seven members of the panel rejected and set aside the Executive…