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Judiciary

Buhari Ratifies Appointment of Husseini Baba-Yusuf As FCT Acting Chief Judge
14Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Buhari Ratifies Appointment of Husseini Baba-Yusuf As FCT Acting Chief Judge

President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the appointment of justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. This was contained in a press statement issued by the Director of Information, Soji Oye, on Saturday. Read Also: No Group Or Individuals Must Stop Anambra Election – Buhari Orders Military Chiefs The statement indicated that “The acting appointment takes effect from 1, August 2021. “Hon Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf will be sworn in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR, on Monday, August 16, 2021 by 10am at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”   Source: Punch
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Court Remands Businessman In Prison For Allegedly Insulting Fintiri on Social Media
11Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Remands Businessman In Prison For Allegedly Insulting Fintiri on Social Media

The Magistrate Court 2, presided by Magistrate Japhet Ibrahim Basani, on Monday remanded a businessman, Ali Numan, in Prison for allegedly insulting Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State on social media. It was gathered that Numan had on the 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 20th and 29th of July 2021, criticised the governor in posts published in Hausa and Fulfulde languages on his Facebook page. He was said to have allegedly described Governor Fintiri as “a thief and father of all thieves in Nigeria.” Numan allegedly claimed that the governor stole noodles and spaghetti and also hundreds of billions of naira. Read Also: EFCC Detains Anyim Over N780m Aviation Ministry Fund According to a statement of complaint by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Afraimu Jingi, lo...
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Court Remands Ex-President Yar’Adua’s Son For Allegedly Killing Four Including 2-Year-Old
6Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Remands Ex-President Yar’Adua’s Son For Allegedly Killing Four Including 2-Year-Old

Aminu Yar’Adua, son of the late former President Umar Yar’Adua of Nigeria, has been remanded in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. A Magistrate Court in Yola remanded the 36-year-old Aminu, on Thursday after he appeared in court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving on June 23, 2021. The suspect is a student of the American University of Nigeria, Yola in Adamawa state. According to the police, First Information Report (FIR) tendered in court by the prosecutor, Insp. Zakka Musa, the accused had, while driving along Yola bye-pass on June 23, 2021, crushed six people as a result of excessive speeding, News Agency of Nigeria reports. Read Also: International Airfares Rise As Naira Crashes On IATA Platform The court heard that four of th...
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Benin Republic Set To Determine Sunday Igboho’s Asylum Request This Week – Lawyer
2Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Benin Republic Set To Determine Sunday Igboho’s Asylum Request This Week – Lawyer

Speculations are rife that the Benin Republic will decide on the asylum application by Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, this week, The bail application for Igboho was initially delayed by his lawyers because of his medical report and the expected outcome of his asylum application among others, Punch reports. Igboho’s lawyers were considering different options to get him out of a detention facility in Cotonou without being extradited to Nigeria. Igboho and his wife were arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on their way to Germany. Ropo was later released. This was after DSS raided his house in Ibadan and declared him wanted for stockpiling arms. W...
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SAN Urges Kyari To Turn Himself In If Sure Of Innocence
2Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

SAN Urges Kyari To Turn Himself In If Sure Of Innocence

Muiz Banire, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has urged a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to turn himself into the Interpol if he is sure that he is innocent of the allegations preferred against him by the United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California. The American court had issued an arrest warrant against Kyari for his alleged role in the case of alleged international fraud involving five other persons and running into over $1m. He noted, however, that Kyari’s indictment by the American court is a dent on Nigeria’s image. Banire spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. The Lagos State ex-Environment commissioner was reacting to DCP Kyari’s suspension by the Police Service Commission on Sunday. According to a statement by the commi...
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Hushpuppi: Why Kyari May Not Be Extradited To US – Police  
1Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Hushpuppi: Why Kyari May Not Be Extradited To US – Police  

Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police and Commander, IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team, Abba Kyari, is prepared to oppose his extradition to the United States for criminal prosecution. Reports say that the quest to extradite Kyari to the US to face trial for alleged involvement in a $1.1m Internet fraud would be fought hard at the courts. Already, the DCP has been advised to constitute a strong legal team to challenge and, possibly, frustrate the extradition request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in court. An FBI criminal complaint lodged at the United States District Court in California had listed Ramoni Abass, alias Hushpuppi, and Kyari among six suspects indicted in a $1.1m international fraud conspiracy. The other suspects include AbdulRahman  Juma (Ab...
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Sunday Igboho Set To Be Transferred To Different Facility As Lawyers Allege Right Abuse
27Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Sunday Igboho Set To Be Transferred To Different Facility As Lawyers Allege Right Abuse

The Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, is set to be transferred to another detention facility following a court order. The Cour D’Appel De Cotonou in the Benin Republic gave the order after Sunday Igboho’s lawyers raised concerns that his basic human rights were being abused. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Sunday Igboho, said the activist needed support to eat and use the toilet because of the hand-cuff. Before the new order, Igboho was detained at Brigade Criminelle facility, Punch reports. Read Also: Heavy Security Deployment Not To Intimidate Voters, Says IGP, Warns IPOB Though the new detention facility is yet to be disclosed, it was gathered that the activist would possibly be moved to a Cotonou...
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Sunday Igboho Granted Access To Medical Doctors In Benin Republic   
27Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Sunday Igboho Granted Access To Medical Doctors In Benin Republic   

Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, has been granted permission to seek medical care which gives his doctors access to him in custody. The permission was granted by the Cour De’Appel De Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Monday after his counsels battled to secure his bail. “The court has granted him access to medical care, although what the lawyers were fighting hard for was to secure his bail. The court is still investigating the three main allegations brought against Igboho by the Federal Government of Nigeria which claimed that Igboho is a gun runner, a terrorist and a criminal who wants to divide Nigeria. All these have yet to be proven by the Nigerian government’s lawyers,” a source stated. Recall that the Benin Republic police arrested Igboho two...
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Names Of 10 Journalists Approved Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Disclosed AS FG Limits Press Presence
26Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Names Of 10 Journalists Approved Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Disclosed AS FG Limits Press Presence

Ahead of the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Monday (today), names of the few media houses and journalists approved to cover the proceedings have surfaced. A document that lists the 10 media organisation and 10 journalists accredited for the trial, was signed by Catherine Oby Christopher, Chief Information Officer, Federal High Court of Nigeria, and dated July 23, 202, as obtained by SaharaReporters Those accredited include Daily Independent (Paschal Njoku), Premium Times (Ameh Ejekwonyilo), Thisday (Alex Enumah), The Nation (Eric Ikhilae), The Herald (Kayode Lawal), and the News Agency of Nigeria (Taiye Agbaje). For broadcast media, listed are the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA-Vera Chiwuba), Channels Television (Ella Daniels), Afr...
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Ohanaeze Appoints Ezeife To Lead Delegation To Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial
25Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Ohanaeze Appoints Ezeife To Lead Delegation To Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has appointed former Anambra State Governor, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, to lead the group’s delegation to the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in Abuja on Monday. The appointment was made by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide President General, Prof George Obiozor, Vanguard reports. Other members of the delegation are; the National Legal Adviser, Barrister Joseph Ojobu and Chief Goddy Uwazurike. Ohanaeze said the duo would be the lawyers representing the group on a watching brief. The court is expected to sit on Monday, July 26, 2021 in Abuja. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to Kanu, had on Friday urged Nigerians to remember him (Kanu) in prayer as the IPOB leader appears in court on Monday. ...
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