Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, was on Monday arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was brought before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja to answer charges of corruption levelled against him. He appeared in court today looking lively, but was…
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Shizzi Writes Tunde Ednut, Masterkraft Over Infringement
Counsel to famous Nigerian music producer, Oluwaseyi Christian Akerele, alias Shizzi, has sent a letter to comedian turn singer, Tunde Ednut and another top producer, Sunday Nweke, fondly called Masterkraft. The lawyer, Abimbola Fakeye, on behalf of his law firm, Fakeye & Co, wrote a letter to the duo, informing them of an alleged infringement…
Ex-PDP Chair Appears In Court On Wheelchair
Former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mohammed Haliru, on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, appeared in court on a wheelchair. Haliru is facing trial over allegation of aiding the diversion of funds meant for arms procurement by the Office of the National Security Adviser in the immediate past government of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. He…
Nnamdi Kanu Appears In Court
Last week, an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court directed the Department of State Services, DSS, to produce in court on Monday, November 23, 2015, the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. This followed failure of the DSS to produce the accused in court in the past to answer criminal charges levelled…
Sunny Odogwu In Trouble As Court Freezes Properties, 19 Bank Accounts
Nigerian businessman, Sunny Odogwu, has been stopped by a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, from accessing some of his properties and his accounts with about 19 banks in Nigeria. The court also ruled that his two companies; Robert Dyson & Diet Limited and SIO Properties Limited, are affected by the judgement. The order of…
N164b Debt: Bank Sells More Akingbola's Properties In London, Cayman Island
Erastus Akingbola This is not the best of time for former Intercontinental Bank boss, Erastus Akingbola, as he lost more of his properties to pay up debts he has been battling with for some time now. Following the recovery action filed against Akingbola by the then Intercontinental Bank Plc in a London High Court for…
Nyanya Blast: Court Frees Prime Suspect, Aminu Ogwuche
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit filed against one of the key suspects docked for the bomb blast that occurred at a bus station near Abuja in April 2014. The suspect, Aminu Ogwuche, son of a retired military officer in Nigeria, was extradited to Nigeria from Sudan by Interpol…
Glo Ambassador, D’Banj Dragged To Court Over Debt Mess, Dud Cheque
Popular Nigerian music artiste, Dapo Oyebanjo, better known as D’Banj, has been taken to a Lagos High Court over allegations of bad debt, City Rovers has exclusively reported. He was said to have been indebted to a company known as Mindhub Technologies and other persons. D’Banj was also alleged to have presented a dud cheque…
Boko Haram Funding: Ndume To Be Tried Secretly
The trial of Senator Mohammed Ndume, an alleged sponsor of Boko Haram, will now be conducted in the secret, an Abuja court has directed. The lawmaker was accused of having links with the Islamic sect, which has carried out deadly attacks in some parts of northern Nigeria. The Federal Government moved to have Ndume tried…
We Banned Hijab In Schools To Foster Unity–Ipaye
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Lagos State, Ade Ipaye, has explained that the decision to ban the use of veil worn by female Muslims in Lagos State public primary and secondary schools was to promote orderliness and peace in the state. Ipaye also commended the recent judgment of an Ikeja High Court to…