The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, has lamented the rising number of litigations in the country. He said apart from several new crimes being committed which had contributed to the steady rise of court cases in the country, political cases were taking a monumental toll on courts’ dockets across the country. Ariwoola disclosed this at the swearing-in of …

An Abuja High Court has sentenced a public officer, Dr Abubakar Danraka, to life imprisonment for rape (sodomy) under section 1 of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, (VAPP ACT) of 2015. Trial judge, Justice A. Akanbi-Yusuf handed the sentence, having found the convict guilty. The convict, Abubakar, a former Chief Pharmacist of National Hospital, Abuja, and Senior Special Adviser …

An Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, has admitted more documents in evidence against Ismaila Mustapha, the socialite better known as Mompha. Mompha alongside Ismalob Global Investment Limited, his company, are facing an eight-count charge of conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity, retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, laundering of funds obtained through unlawful activity, failure to disclose assets …

The National Industrial Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered Guinness Nigeria Plc and three others to pay an aggrieved former employee of the company, Mr. Bright Nwosu, N52,456,000 million over wrongful termination of employment. Nwosu. who was employed by Guinness Nigeria Plc in 2004 as a Sales Executive, filed a suit against the firm as a defendant on 18th …

Fifteen internet fraudsters have been jailed by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. The court, presided by Justice M. Itsueli, sentenced the fraudsters after convicting them of offences bordering on internet fraud and obtaining under false pretences. The convicts are Seth Chukwumah, Hart James Okoh, Berta Aghogho Akpoveta, Obinna Okoh Patrick, Ugwoke Chinecherem Johnson and Akpovona –Momoh …

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos has invalidated the election victory of Hon. Thaddeus Atta of the Labour Party at last February’s National Assembly poll for Eti Osa federal constituency. In a late-evening judgement on Monday, the tribunal ruled that the elections were inconclusive and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct …

The sex scandal rocking the University of Calabar has taken on a legal dimension as the embattled Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon has instituted a suit against the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, and other officers at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. However, the university’s management has …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Department of State Services (DSS). The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached the court, seeking …

A former lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Peter Ekemezie has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for publishing defamatory statements against one Prof. Alex Asigbo. Ekemezie, who was charged with three counts bordering on forgery and defamation, was however given an option of N300,000 fine. While delivering the judgement at an Awka Magistrates’ …

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the “illegal possession of firearm” charge against suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, following an application by the Federal Ministry of Justice to withdraw it. Justice Nicholas Oweibo struck out the charge on Thursday after holding that the prosecution had the statutory powers to withdraw a …