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Justice Alexander Owoeye of a Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit filed by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   Bobrisky had sought N200 million from the EFCC for “psychotic trauma” and demanded N1 billion from the National Assembly for the “violation of his right to …

The federal high court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted 50 persons alleged to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and charged with alleged terrorism.   On Friday, Nov. 29, trial judge James Omotosho ruled that the police failed to establish a prima facie case against the 50 defendants, including four women.   The trial judge upheld the no-case …

The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has nullified the conviction of Femi Olaleye, managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, accused of r@pe.    In a ruling delivered today November 29,  the appellate court held that the lower court erred in its judgment as it had no direct evidence to     The appeal court thereafter discharged and acquitted Olaleye. …

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal will on Friday, November 29, 2024, rule on the appeal filed by the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, who is challenging his rape conviction and life imprisonment sentence.   Olaleye was sentenced to life imprisonment on October 24, 2024, for r3ping his wife’s 16-ear-old niece.    Olaleye …

The Court of Appeal has affirmed a lower court’s ruling in the case between the Nigeria Customs Service and Chikaosolu Ojukwu.    The judgment declared that personal items not intended for sale, exchange, or barter are exempt from import duties and other levies under the Customs and Excise Act.   The court further clarified that the definition of “luxury goods” …

Finnish authorities have announced that pro-Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa is set to face trial in May 2025 on charges of alleged terrorist activities.    Ekpa, a Nigerian-Finnish citizen and leader of the Autopilot faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was arrested on November 21, 2024, alongside four others in Finland.   The Finnish police accuse Ekpa of financing …

The European judges dismissed HSBC’s procedural challenge against the cartel fine imposed by the European Commission in 2021. ADVERTISEMENT The EU General Court on Wednesday upheld a fine slapped on HSBC for online trader collusion with other banks to manipulate euro interest rate derivatives, dismissing a procedural challenge against the sanction. In 2016, the European Commission fined Crédit Agricole, HSBC …

Embattled music mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs compared himself to soon-to-be US president Donald Trump in another attempt to be bailed out of jail before Thanksgiving.The disgraced rapper’s lawyers cited Trump in a Monday court filing, pointing out the similarities between their respective legal situations.Lawyers quoted an appellate decision from Trump’s election interference case regarding the First Amendment.’Only a significant and imminent threat to the administration …

Former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been produced by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for arraignment before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama.   Bello is billed to enter his plea to a 16-count charge bordering on his alleged complicity in a N110.4 billion fraud.  The former governor’s whereabouts remained unknown …

Federal High Court to hear N5bn suit against Sinach for alleged copyright infringement The Federal High Court will hear a N5 billion infringement suit filed against international gospel artist Osinachi Joseph Egbu, popularly known as Sinach, by music producer Michael Oluwole, also known as Maye. In the proceeding set to start on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, the plaintiff, in suit …