The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned the alleged money laundering case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed hearing on the money laundering case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the immediate former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Naija News reports that Nwite picked October 30, 2024, for the next sitting on the suit. This comes […]

Mr Bello’s latest absence from court on Wednesday comes about a week after his controversial surrender at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on 18 September.

Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after Shaibu’s counsel, Reuben Egwuaba, informed the court that a contempt charge had been filed for the committal of Omobayo, who took over as deputy governor, to prison due to his refusal to comply with the valid order of the court.

Former Kogi State Governor Bello has been avoiding court since April, stalling on six occasions his arraignment on charges involving alleged diversion of more than N80 billion belonging to the Kogi State Government.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 24 for the hearing of a contempt charge filed by the reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu,

Solicitor General requests delay in hearing marital rape cases, Supreme Court to hear cases in regular order.

The Centre on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court not to hear this week the pleas on the vexed legal question of whether a husband should enjoy immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex.

The former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been advised to present himself in court on Wednesday over an alleged ₦80.2bn money laundering case

The Supreme Court said it would decide the pleas based on legal principals after noting that the Centre did not file an affidavit making its stand clear on marital rape.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court, challenging the recently introduced Practice and Procedure Ordinance, which it claims violates a Supreme Court ruling. The petition argues that the ordinance breaches constitutional principles and calls for its immediate suspension pending a judicial review. In its petition, PTI stated that the […]