Justice B. Bassi of High Court 12, Jos, Plateau State has remanded Mrs Nneamaka Nwachuku for allegedly torturing her 11-year-old house help, Margret Joshua to death. Late Margret was reportedly tortured to death on November 11, 2022, by Nwachukwu after pouring hot water on her body, a development that subsequently …
Read More »Court strikes out former minister’s lawsuit which sought to disqualify Tinubu and Atiku over alleged vote buying
A lawsuit filed by the immediate past Minister of state for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, which sought to nullify the candidacy of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has been struck out by …
Read More »UEFA claim landmark victory over ESL in court ruling
You may remember the small matter of 12 of Europe’s biggest clubs standing up to the continent’s organising body in April 2021, looking to create a breakaway super league that undercut UEFA. While the move ultimately failed, UEFA and FIFA have made moves to completely squash any talk of a …
Read More »Court remands man, 75, for raping and impregnating 13-year-old girl in Anambra
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has remanded a 75-year-old man, Sunday Muoghalu in prison for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl put in his custody. Recall that last weekend, a video of the minor, who was impregnated by Muoghalu, her guardian went viral on the internet which prompted …
Read More »Dartmoor camping ban could hit birdwatchers and climbers, court told
Banning wild camping on Dartmoor could also end up affecting birdwatching and rock climbing, lawyers for the national park have said, as a landowner tries to stop people sleeping overnight in the park. The judge hearing the case, Sir Julian Flaux, the chancellor of the high court, has said he …
Read More »N50m bribery: Sokoto court dismisses Chinese nationals’ bid to stop trial
Two Chinese nationals, Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuai standing trial before a Sokoto State High Court on a two count charge of conspiracy and attempting to bribe one Abdullahi Lawal, former Head of the Sokoto Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday December 13, 2022 …
Read More »Obstruction Charge Takes Center Stage at Jan. 6 Court Hearing
Prosecutors and defense lawyers squared off on Monday at a federal appeals court hearing in Washington over the use of a criminal charge whose viability could affect the cases of hundreds of people indicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — and could help decide …
Read More »High court to rule on attempt to ban wild camping on Dartmoor
On a freezing afternoon underneath the ice-encrusted turrets of the Royal Courts of Justice, about 100 ramblers gathered on Monday to protest for their right to wild camp on Dartmoor. In a case being heard this week, a wealthy landowner is trying to overturn the legally enshrined right to camp …
Read More »Court sacks Ebonyi council chairmen again
The Ebonyi Local government election has been nullified a federal high court sitting in Abakaliki, the state’s capital. All the 13 Council chairmen in the state and the 171 ward councilors elected on same day were also sacked again by the court. The court had on August 25 nullified the …
Read More »NJC reinstates Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia as judge of federal high court
Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia has been reinstated as a judge of the federal high court by the National Judicial Council (NJC). This is coming after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia in 2016, on allegations of money laundering and breach of public trust. The courts however quashed and …
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