A Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, presided over by Justice A. Abubakar, has sentenced four traders to six years in prison for dealing in fake drugs. The convicts, Anayo Okoye, Ifeanyi Onuoha, Chukwudozie Eze and Okechukwu Nwafor, will…
South Africa’s Zuma seeks to have corruption case scrapped (Punch)
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Friday lodged a court application to try to have quashed $2.5-billion corruption case linked to a 1990s arms deal, state prosecutors said. Zuma has been charged with 16 counts of fraud, racketeering and…
Alleged N5m Bribery: Again Court Restrains Kano Assembly from Investigating Gov (ThisDay)
A Kano High Court Monday presided over by Justice A. T Badamasi has again ordered the Kano State House of Assembly Investigative Committee and all parties involved in the investigation of alleged $5 million bribery saga involving Kano State Governor,…
Certificate saga: APP chairman asks court to disqualify Buhari from 2019 poll (Punch)
The Chairman of Action Peoples Party, Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere, said on Thursday that he had filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to disqualify President Muhammadu Buhari from participating in the 2019 presidential election over what…
Disputed MSME Money Not Paid into Jang’s Account, EFCC Witness Tells Court (ThisDay)
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) witness, Mr. Uchenna Igwe, has told the Jos High Court presided over by Justice Daniel Longji that the disputed N2 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) fund, for which the commission dragged…
Patience Jonathan, others ask court to unfreeze her accounts (Guardian)
Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has asked a Federal High Court sitting Lagos to unfreeze her accounts in which $8.4 million and N7.4 billion were domiciled. The former first lady, through her counsel, yesterday, passionately argued…
Court remands Benue lecturer in custody for rape of 13-year-old (Punch)
The Chief Magistrate’s Court One, Makurdi, Benue State, on Thursday remanded a 51-year-old lecturer in the Department of Catering and Hotel Management, Benue State Polytechnic, Mr Andrew Ogbuja, in custody. The lecturer, who had earlier been charged for allegedly raping…
Man in court over alleged theft of car worth N3m (Vanguard)
A 25-year-old applicant, Austin Okocha, who allegedly stole a Toyota Corolla car worth N3million, was on Friday arraigned in an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ikorodu, Lagos State. Okocha of no fixed address, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and…
Is Toke Makinwa hooking up with Maje Ayida?
Anyone who saw OAP and author, Toke Makinwa and her estranged husband, Maje Ayida in court on Wednesday March 14th, 2018 would have assumed they had come together against a common foe. There was no trace of animosity or anger…