Category: Justice

AAN Condemns Supreme Court for Upholding Sunday Jackson’s Death Sentence ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has condemned what it termed a travesty of justice in the case of Sunday Jackson, a young farmer and student sentenced to death for defending himself against a violent attacker. In a statement signed by its Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, on Thursday,…

Obasa’s Suit Challenging Impeachment Adjourned till March 17 Justice Yetunde Pinheiro of an Ikeja High Court adjourned the hearing of a suit filed by the reinstated Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, until March 17. Justice Pinheiro fixed the new date following submissions of lawyers representing parties. Obasa challenges the allegations…

Alleged $340,000 Fraud: Court Adjourns Mercy Chinwo’s Ex-Manager’s Case till May 14 Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has adjourned the alleged $340,000 fraud case involving Ezekiel ThankGod, the former manager of gospel artiste Mercy Chinwo, to May 14, 2025, for a hearing. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and…

Court Orders Final Forfeiture of $1.4m Linked to Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, March 6, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of $1,426,175.14 ( One Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy Five United States Dollars, Fourteen cents) linked to a former…

Court Grants Psquare Ex-Manager 50M Bail Over Alleged $1Million, €34,537 Theft Justice Rahman Oshodi of Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has granted bail to Jude Okoye, the former manager of the hip-hop artists of the defunct music group P-square, in the alleged theft of $1 million US dollars 34,537 pounds. The judge admitted him to…

Lagos Court Reserves Judgment in BRT Driver’s Rape and Murder Case The Lagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) annex, has reserved judgment in the trial of a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) driver, Andrew Nice Ominikoron, who is accused of killing a fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwola, for May 2. Andrew Nice…

Court dismisses fraud charges against Alaka, citing lack of evidence A Lagos Special Offences Court has acquitted Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka of financial fraud charges brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), citing the prosecution’s failure to establish a prima facie case. Justice Mojisola Dada dismissed the charges, centring on allegations that Alaka had…

Lecturer Bags Life Imprisonment for Rape An Ikeja special offences and Domestic Violence court has sentenced one Kolawole Muyiwa to life imprisonment for rape. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution has proved the ingredients of defilement against the convict beyond reasonable doubt. The convict committed the offense on October 11, 2021, at Adeniran Ogunsanya…

Appeal Court In Rivers Set Aside Federal High Court Judgement Katherine Abayomi, Port Harcourt An appeal court sitting in Port Harcourt has set aside the judgment of the federal high court presided over by Justice LAMBO AKANBI, which sacked local government Chairmen elected under the platform of the All Progressive Congress in 2015. Upon the…

Court Refuses Emefiele’s Request to Withdraw from Trial, Adjourns till May 26 Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on February 26, 2025, refused an application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, asking the trial judge to recuse himself from the case on the…