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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summons against immediate past Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count charge pending against him.  Bello is to attend court on October 24 in response to the summons and for his arraignment along with two other defendants.  Justice Maryanne Anenih issued …

The Directorate of Road Traffic Services also known as VIO has been barred by a Federal High Court in Abuja from further stopping vehicles on the road, impounding or confiscating vehicles, and imposing fines on motorists.   Justice Evelyn Maha issued the order in a judgment on a fundamental rights enforcement suit: FHC/ABJ/CS/1695/2023 filed by a human rights activist and …

Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted former Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, bail to the tune of 150 million Naira and two Sureties in like sum.   The two sureties must be residents in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with their house addresses verified by the registrar of the court. The judge …

A Kwara State Magistrate Court has sentenced a teenage boy to one year imprisonment for arson and theft.     It will be recalled that the teenage boy, Olawumi Ayomide, set a building on fire in Ilorin after stealing items belonging to the occupants.     The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, arraigned Ayomide on …

One Shehu Usman on Monday September 30th dragged his niece and sister in-law Hauwa’u Muhammad and Jamila Kasim respectively to a Shari’a court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State over alleged intimidation of his wife.    The defendants are being charged with intent insult, intimidation and trespass.   Mr Usman, a resident of Unguwan Shanu area of Kaduna, said that …

An Ikeja High Court has discharged and acquitted 29-year-old Ibrahim Yusuf, who faced charges of k!lling a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officer, Mr Olatunde Awotola.    The ruling was delivered by Justice Oyindamola Ogala on Monday, September 30, following a thorough examination of the prosecution’s evidence.   Justice Ogala concluded that the prosecution failed to substantiate the two …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has approved a lawsuit seeking to compel the Federal Government to investigate the alleged connection between the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, and the activities of bandits in Zamfara State.   The suit, filed by Zamfara-based human rights activist Abubakar Dahiru, names President Bola Tinubu, the Attorney General of the Federation …

In the early hours of September 27, 2024, Folakemi took to Instagram and fired back at the social media personality over a series of defamatory statements of his that have now stirred controversy. Recall that on September 24, 2024, Verydarkman alleged that Falz and his father, Femi Falana, helped Bobrisky drop money laundering charges against him by the Economic and …