The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out two appeals filed by a former Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson and his party – the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The appeals were against the January 7, 2021 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt Division, which held among others, that a suit seeking Dickson’s […]
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From Left: SDP Ondo State Secretary, Dr Shola Agboola; the party’s counsel, Barrister Tayo Owolabi; State Leader, Chief Korede Duyile and the State Publicity Secretary, Mr Remi Olayiwola The Federal High Court sitting in Akure has reserved judgment in a suit filed by members of the Ondo State Working Committee (SWC) of the Social Democratic […]
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has set aside its interim forfeiture order made against the properties of former Senate President Bukola Saraki, located at 17 and 17A MacDonald Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Justice Mohammed Liman held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, failed to prove that the monies used to purchase the property […]
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An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday, ordered that seven men be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo, for alleged arson and murder during the Shasha marker crisis. The police charged Tajudeen Oladunni, 50; Saburi Lawal, 37; Ojo Joshua, 25; Adekunle Olanrewaju, 38; Olagunju James, 24; Rasaq Yahya, 32 and Olaide Olawuyi, […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, refused to grant Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team (PRTT), a bail. Delivering a ruling, Justice Okon Abang, held that Maina’s application for bail lacked merit. Justice Abang said though it was at the court discretion to grant bail, the ex-pension reformed boss did not […]
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By Banji Ayoola About four months after he was sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, in his church in November 2019, the founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Akure, in the Ondo State capital, Prophet Babatunde Alfa, has approached the Appeal court to quash the conviction. He […]
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Kwara State Government on Tuesday reclaimed court order to proceed construction on Ile Arugbo land in Ilorin after a court in Ilorin struck out the Bukola Saraki’s case challenging government’s take over the land. Justice Abiodun Adewara of the Ilorin High Court struck out the Saraki’s case for “lack of diligent prosecution.” The judge struck […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed a case brought to challenge the nomination of Yahaya Bello as a candidate in the governorship election held in Kogi State in December 2015. A three-man panel of the court, in a unanimous judgment on Thursday, held that, not only was the suit filed late at the […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has given reasons why it wants the election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, annulled. It unveiled the grounds on which it approached the tribunal in a statement on Sunday by its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. This is coming barely 48 […]
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A poultry farm in Ibadan, Redi Foods, through its Managing Director, Sina Kawonise, has sued Hybrid Feeds Limited, for N12.5 million over the loss of thousands of birds in the farm due to alleged poisoning by poultry feed bought from the company. It named as the second defendant in the suit filed before Oyo State […]
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