Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa has ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. The presiding judge, Justice Isa Hamma Dashen gave the judgement on Friday. He also held that Jonathan’s right to vie for the office of president …
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The Supreme Court has declined a suit seeking to stop the planned probe of N96 billion fraud allegedly involving the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, during his time as the Rivers State Governor. While dismissing the suit on Friday, the appellate court in a unanimous judegment by a five-man …
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An Abia High Court sitting on Thursday ruled against the victory of All Progressives Congress aspirant, Chief Ikechi Emenike, the acclaimed winner of the governorship primary election. Emenike had been declared the victor of Thursday’s controversial primary election in Abia state but Justice O. A. Chijioke nullified the result. In …
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Eniola Akinkuotu and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole Published 27 May 2022 A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, will on Friday (today) rule on the eligibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the presidential election even as The PUNCH learnt on Thursday that the Presidency cabal led by the President’s …
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Babatunde Titilola Published 27 May 2022 An Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court has struck out a case of conspiracy, forgery, and stealing brought against five employees of UACN Property Development Company Plc. The five workers — Cyril Oaku, Ogundipe Victoria, Toyin Marcus, Adekoya Olushola, and Da-Silva Bankole – were arraigned before …
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Babatunde Titilola Published 27 May 2022 The absence of a defence lawyer at the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday stalled the ongoing trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, who was accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga. Ojukwu and …
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Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Ikeja High Court, Lagos State, on Thursday convicted a man, Augustine Ezeama, and his wife, Juliet, of $120m fraud. PUNCH Metro had earlier reported that the couple were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on November 16, 2016, over the alleged fraud. According …
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Friday Olokor and Adeyinka Adedipe Published 27 May 2022 A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising or accepting Adhoc delegates produced by Governor Godwin Obaseki’s led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State. But the faction said it had …
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A convicted Internet fraudster, Livinus Imoesi-Oshioke, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment. He was also ordered to refund the sum of N36.6m which he fraudulently acquired …
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A former Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of four cases filed against the leadership of the All Progressives Congress. The decision followed the reconciliation of the feuding camps in the Zamfara State chapter of the APC. The National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi …
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