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1 week ago | 
allafrica.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered trial-within-trial in the seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge the Federal Government initiated against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
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1 week ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA– An Abuja High Court sitting at Garki, on Tuesday, ordered the arrest of the Director of Investigations and Prosecution of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Mr. Joseph Eriki, over his alleged involvement in a land fraud.
Justice Suleiman Belgore issued a bench warrant against the FCTA boss, following his failure to appear before the court to enter his plea to a nine-count charge the Federal Government L preferred against him and 11 others.
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2 weeks ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA– The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, warned that it would no longer entertain any form of delay in the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Trial Justice James Omotosho who noted that the case has dragged for about 10 years, slated six different dates for the Federal Government which is prosecuting Kanu on a seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge, to wrap up its case.
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2 weeks ago | 
allafrica.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
Abuja — ....as ASF France seeks protection of digital rightsCivil Society Organizations, CSOs, in the country, on Tuesday, flayed what they termed as continued misapplication of the Cybercrime law against journalists and social media activists.
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3 weeks ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA—The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has redeployed three judges of the court with immediate effect.
The redeployment came barely three weeks after the National Judicial Council, NJC, descended on judges of the court for engaging in sundry judicial misconducts.
The court in a statement yesterday, disclosed that six judicial officers were affected in the immediate redeployment.
While Justice M. G.
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3 weeks ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, slated June 27 to deliver judgement on the suit the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, filed to quash the six-month suspension that was slammed on her by the Senate. Justice Binta Nyako okayed the matter for judgement, after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument.
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1 month ago | 
allafrica.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
Abuja — The Federal Government, on Thursday, adduced reasons why it has not extradited a self-styled Prime Minister of Biafra, Mr. Simon Ekpa, who was arrested and detained in Finland, back to Nigeria for prosecution. FG, through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, disclosed that Ekpa committed cross-border offences that also required his trial in Finland.
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1 month ago | 
allafrica.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit that MultiChoice Nigeria Limited filed to challenge the intervention of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) in the recent increase in DStv and Gotv subscription fees. The court, in the judgement that was delivered by Justice James Omotosho, held that the suit constituted an abuse of court process since the same subject matter is pending before another court.
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1 month ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA— The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, admitted in evidence, video clips containing a series of inflammatory broadcasts that were made by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The videos, which were contained in a flash drive, were played in the open court after the Federal Government tendered them through an operative of the Department of State Services, DSS, which was codenamed PW-BBB.
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2 months ago | 
allafrica.com | Ikechukwu Nnochiri
Abuja — The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, on Wednesday, asked the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to forthwith, stop the parading of suspects in custody, describing the action as unlawful and unconstitutional. The rights body stressed that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, presumed every accused persons to be innocent. It maintained that the practice of parading suspects before their trial or conviction, amount to a gross violation of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution.
