THE Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, popularly known as VIO from stopping vehicles on the road, confiscating vehicles, and imposing fines on motorists. https://newsextra24.com/court-sentences-former-singapore-minister-to-a-year-in-prison/ Justice Evelyn Maha issued the order on Wednesday October 2, 2024, in a judgment on a fundamental rights …
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THE Federal High Court (FHC) will, on Tuesday, resume its annual vacation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual vacation, which began on July 23, was expected to end on Sept. 13. Although normal court sitting was supposed to begin on Monday, however due to the public …
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THE Federal Government on Monday charged 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters with counts bordering on treason before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024 filed on Aug. 30. 10 of the 124 persons …
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a woman, Omolola Kayode, who trafficked in Marijuana. Kayode, 30, was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before Justice Mohammed Kala on a count charge of drug trafficking. She pleaded guilty. Following her guilty plea, the court reviewed …
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the closure of two companies linked to the alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd scandal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two companies are Trinity Biotech Nigeria Limited and Resorts Express Concept Nigeria Ltd linked …
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has dismissed a N20bn suit instituted by a legal practitioner, Ejumejowo Anthony against two Abuja-based hospitals and the FCT Minister on the alleged negligence he claimed to have led to his wife’s death. Justice Edward Okpe on Tuesday at the …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the remand of two staff members of the Account and Finance Department of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in Kuje Correctional Centre for alleged N1.853 billion fraud. Presiding judge Justice Emeka Nwite, on Thursday, June 13, 2024, ordered the remand of …
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The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, sentenced 12 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. While Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu convicted and sentenced 11 internet fraudsters – Nwaeke Vitalis Ndubisi, Kingsley Goodnews, Inyang Victor, Ekere-Obong Adams, Usang Enang, Ogudu James, Arinze …
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the final forfeiture of the sum of N204,849,859, 15 property and eight high-end vehicles from a fraud suspect, one Jedidiah Ibrahim Ezenwa. The EFCC said the property, money and vehicles were …
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THE Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted a popular medical doctor and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju. Newsextra24 learnt that this was disclosed on Friday by a former Director-General of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Babatunde Irukera. According to FIJ, Dr Anu was convicted over …
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