A retired director in the Procurement Department, Ministry of Aviation, Musa Odiniyan on Monday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court that Al Buraq Global Investment was not qualified for the contract awarded for the repairs of Katsina Airport by the Ministry under Hadi Sirika’s leadership. Odiniyan is the fifth prosecuting witness in the trial of the former Minister of …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday heard how former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika approved contracts to a company, Al Buraq Global Investment Limited in which his daughter, Fatima, and son-in-law, Jalal Sule Hamma, have interests. A former Director of Procurement in the ministry, Musa Odiniyan, said this while testifying as the fifth prosecution …

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Thursday adjourned the N1 billion defamation suit filed by human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son Folarin, popularly known as Falz, against Martins Otse alias VeryDarkBlackMan, to 19 February 2025. The court fixed the date to hear a preliminary objection filed by VeryDarkBlackMan, through his lawyer, Marvin Omorogbe, challenging the …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. According to the court’s judgment on Thursday, the appellate court noted that the judgment by the …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday, overruled the verdict of the Federal High Court, Kano Division, over the appointment of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. In the Kano State Government’s appeal on the chieftaincy issue, the appellate court overturned the lower court’s decision, which had questioned Sanusi’s appointment as the 16th Emir of Kano. In a …

The trial of a former Chairman of the Park Management System in Oyo State, Mukaila Lamidi popularly called Auxiliary, on Thursday, suffered another adjournment as his counsel raised objection to the call of one of the witnesses at the state High Court in Ibadan, the state capital. It was reported that Auxiliary is facing trial on a 17-count charge bordering …

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has dismissed the plea application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, challenging its jurisdiction to hear the $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Delivering the ruling on Wednesday, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the court had jurisdiction over counts …

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the interim forfeiture of over ₦228.4 million, linked to former Abia State Governor Theodore Orji, to the Federal Government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, represented by its counsel Fadila Yusuf, filed an ex-parte application alleging that the funds were proceeds of money laundering. Justice Emeka Nwite, in his ruling, directed …

An Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, will next Monday rule on the bail application filed by a former Queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, and Abdulahi Fasasi. Hamzat is the proprietor of an Ibadan based radio station, Agidigbo FM, while Fasasi is the Principal, Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan. They were …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has okayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC’s) application to freeze 24 bank accounts domiciled in different banks over allegations bordering on terrorism financing. Justice Emeka Nwite, who granted the application after EFCC’s lawyer, Martha Babatunde, moved an ex-parte motion to the effect, gave the commission the go-ahead to freeze the accounts for …