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The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has sacked the House of Representatives member representing Igboeze North/Udenu Federal constituency of Enugu State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Simon Atigwe.   The Appeal Court decision upheld the earlier ruling of the Election Petition Tribunal which declared Dennis Ndubisi Agbo of the Labour Party as the rightful winner …

The Commissioner of Transport in Lagos state, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, has said that the Federal High Court judgment banning men of the Vehicle Inspection Service otherwise known as VIO from stopping vehicles on the road, impounding erring vehicles and imposing fines on the owners of such vehicles does not apply in Lagos state.   Justice Evelyn Maha on October 3, issued …

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a head teacher, Benjamin Ogba, to life imprisonment for def!ling two seven-year-old girls.    The judge held that the prosecution proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt, with the ingredients of defilement to the court’s satisfaction.   Sholadoye held that the evidence of the defence …

Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has blamed Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for the ongoing political unrest in the state.    Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Wike accused Fubara of inciting violence by proceeding with local government elections despite legal concerns.   “No person who believes in peace and stability of any nation will say he …

Facebook-owner Meta must minimise the amount of people’s data it uses for personalised advertising, the EU’s highest court says. The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) ruled in favour of privacy campaigner Max Schrems, who complained that Facebook misused his personal data about his sexual orientation to target ads at him. In complaints first heard by Austrian courts …

    Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has denied having anything to do with popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye known as Bobrisky and his alleged assistance to get him a presidential pardon while he served his term in Kirikiri prison.   Recall that social activist, Very Dark Man, a few days ago, released a purported audio conversation between Bobrisky and …

An Ekiti State Magistrate Court, Ado Ekiti District has ordered the remand of a 42-year-old man, Christopher Israel, in the correctional centre in the state capital for allegedly raping his daughter.   The defendant was charged to court by the state police command on a two-count charge of rape and assault.   The police prosecutor, Inspector Olubu Apata, told the …

The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as KAI on Wednesday, October 3, secured the conviction of 12 Commercial S$x Workers (CSW) to eight months imprisonment for offences bordering on prostitution, breach of peace during a dislodgement operation led by the Corps Marshal of the Agency.   The Corps Marshal, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd) made this disclosure at …

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 …