A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, awarded a cost of N6 million against the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in favour of a businessman, Igwe Dennis Nwaokpara. Nwaokpara was unlawfully arrested, deported from Kenya and detained in Nigeria. The court also restrained the NIS, whether by itself or its officials from further deporting, arresting, detaining or in any …

A chief magistrate’s court on Tuesday ordered that a former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Idris Wada-Saleh, be remanded in Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission(PCACC) Custody over alleged N1 billion fraud. The defendant, a commissioner to former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, is charged with giving false information and cheating. Chief Magistrate Tijjani Sale-Minjibir ordered the defendant’s remand in …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, nullified the expulsion of former Governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged anti-party activities. Justice James Omotosho held that Nnamani was not given a fair hearing in accordance with the PDP’s constitution. He said that going by the Article 57 of the Constitution of the …

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday remanded nine close associates of immediate past state Chairman of Parks Management System, Mukaila Lamidi (popularly known as Auxillary), in prison for alleged conspiracy, armed robbery, attempted murder and unlawful possession of firearms. The police had declared Auxillary wanted following the invasion of his hideout, where 78 hoodlums …

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arraigned a lawyer, Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding the Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, to the tune of N19.3 million. Eseyin, a former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, was arraigned before Justice Funsho Lawal of the Kwara State High …

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday fixed 13th July for ruling on the enforcement of fundamental rights’ suit filed by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Justice Hamza Muazu fixed the date after listening to submissions made by parties in the case. Listed as first to third respondents in the …

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) said on Wednesday that the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay it N1 million damages for wrongful denial of access to information. In a statement, the group said the court also directed the CBN to make available all the information it requested in its 22nd May 2020 …

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday fixed 18th October for the arraignment of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah and his firm, Capital Oil and Gas, for allegedly making false claims to the Assets Management Corporation (AMCON). Justice Nicholas Oweibo fixed the date following the Federal Government’s complaint that Ubah had repeatedly been absent to take his plea on the charge. …

The Deputy Comptroller and Officer in charge of Ikoyi Correctional Centre, Julius Ogueri has appealed to Lions Club and other charity organisations to donate a bus to Ikoyi prison to enable it to transport inmates to court on a daily basis. During the recent commissioning of the renovated and equipped Lagos Ikoyi Lions Club Vocational Centre at the Ikoyi correctional …

A Benue State High Court in Makurdi on Friday ruled that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu can no longer hold office as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) having lost membership of the party in his Igyorov council ward of Gboko Local Government Area of the state. A PDP member in the state, Conrad Terhide Utaan dragged Ayu to …