Uncertainty As Court halts police recruitment after release of successful candidates’ list
The list is unknown and a product of illegality, says police Commission The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday temporarily halted the recruitment process by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), pending the hearing and determination of the suit challenging the exercise by the Police Service Commission (PSC). Nigerian Tribune reports that the trial Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo who ordered parties in the suit before the court to maintain status-quo antebellum (Stay further action), warned parties not to take any further action till November 4, 2019, when the court will hear the matter. According to the Judge, “All parties
Court Grants Sowore, Bakare N150m Bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Mr Olawale Bakare. The trial judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, gave the order on Friday while ruling on the bail application filed by the two defendants. Sowore and Bakare were arraigned by the Federal Government on Monday before the judge on seven counts bordering on alleged conspiracy to commit treason and money laundering among other charges. After listening to arguments from the prosecutor and the defendants’ counsel, Justice Ojukwu adjourned proceedings to rule on the bail application by Sowore and
Why whistle blower bagged 2 years in prison over false information
Justice Angela Otaluka of an FCT High Court Apo on Monday sentenced a 29-year old whistleblower, James Urah, to two years in prison for giving false information with the intention to mislead the ICPC. The Judge, however, noted that the convict had spent two years in custody and as such, has been deemed to have served his sentence. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict was charged to court in 2017 on a two-count charge of knowingly providing false information and giving a false name. He was prosecuted by The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). The ICPC Counsel,
Breaking: Sowore arraigned in court on trump-up charges of treason, terrorism
The Federal Government has arraigned the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Channels TV reports that Sowore, the publisher of online news platform Sahara Reporters, was arraigned on Monday alongside his co-defendant, Mr Olawale Bakare. The duo were brought to the court by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). He arrived to the ecstatic arm of his supporters who did not realise that the trial judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, was already in court. This forced the trial judge to return to chambers. She, however, returned to the courtroom moments later.
Court remands housewife for beating mother-in-law to coma
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded in prison a housewife, Adenike Olowookere for allegedly attempting to kill her mother-in-law. The 30-year-old was accused of ruthlessly beating her 63-year-old mother-in-law, Mrs Comfort Olowookere, which almost led to the death of the latter. The mother-in-law was saved by the intervention of Good Samaritans who rescued her from the grip of her daughter-in-law. Adenike’s attack left the mother-in-law in a state of coma in an undisclosed hospital where she was rushed to after the incident. Police Prosecutor, Inspector Bankole Olasunkanmi, told the court that Adenike committed the offence on September 9 in
DSS seeks court order to detain Sowore beyond 48 hours
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has fixed August 8 to rule on an application by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) seeking an order to detain the convener of the #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore for 90 days pending the conclusion of its investigation. Sowore, who is the founder of Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 elections was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by operatives of the DSS in a hotel in Lagos. According to the agency, he was arrested on account of the #RevolutionNow protest which
Updated report: Court grants El-Zakzaky permission to travel for treatment
We will study the ruling for ground of appeal, says prosecuting Counsel The Kaduna State High Court has granted the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat, leave to seek medical attention abroad. In his ruling on Monday, Justice Darius Khobo ordered that the IMN leader be accompanied abroad by officials of the Kaduna State government. The presiding judge ruled that El-Zakzaky and his wife should proceed to India for medical treatment. He, however, did not give any time frame as to how long they will stay in India. No date has
Court reserves judgment in suit challenging Buhari’s academic qualification
Court of Appeal on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed against President Muhammadu Buhari’s academic qualification for the 2019 presidential election. The three-member panel of the appellate court presided over by Justice Atinuke Akomolafe-Wilson reserved judgment after listening to the arguments canvassed by counsel to parties in the suit. At the resumed sitting, counsel to the appellant, Mr. Ukpai Ukairo, insisted that President Buhari was not educationally qualified to have stood for the presidential poll. This, he said, on the grounds that the required certificates were not attached to his form CF001 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission
Court Throws Out Danjuma Goje’s Corruption Case Over Alleged Presidential Order For Stepping Down For Lawan
The Federal High Court sitting in Jos has decided to throw out the N6 billion fraid trial levelled against Senator Danjuma Goje on orders of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who is acting in the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari according to Sahara Reporters. SaharaReporters had exclusively reported a deal facilitated by President Muhammadu Buhari which required Goje to give up his Senate Presidency aspirations for Buhari's favourite Ahmed Lawan in exchange for his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be quashed. Goje is accused of stealing N5bn between September and November 2010,
Court Dismisses Miyetti Allah’s Suit Seeking To Restrain Open Grazing Law
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Okon Abang has dismissed a suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. The suit is challenging and seeking to restrain the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by the Benue State House of Assembly The court, on Thursday, also awarded a cost of N100, 000 against the plaintiff to be paid to all the 14 defendants before any other step can be taken in the suit. The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore had earlier approached the court with a prayer seeking a mandatory injunction of the court restraining the
