Metro

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted ₦100m bail each to a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his daughter, and two others. They are being tried over an alleged fraud to the tune of ₦2.7bn. According to the court, they are…
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Kano-based legal practitioners Barrister Ahmad Sani Bawa, Jarman Tokarawa, and Barrister Gidado Aliyu Gidado have filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), seeking a legal interpretation on whether it has the authority to…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former registrar of Zamfara State Upper Sharia Court 1 Gusau, Abubakar Garba Dandare before Justice Bello Shinkafi of Zamfara State High Court sitting in Gusau. Dandare…
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A Kano State High Court Division of Appeal on Monday, fixed May 9, to hear a suit filed by a Kano Cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara, who was sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy. NAN reports that an Upper Shari’a Court on Dec.15,…
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has declared illegal Regulations 126 and 127 of the Nigerian Police which allows for the dismissal of an unmarried policewomen who become pregnant during their service. The three-man panel of the…
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A former manager of the Onitsha branch of First City Monument Bank, FCMB, named Nwachukwu Placidus, has been handed a total sentence of 121 years in prison. This comes after he diverted fixed deposit funds totalling N112,100,000 (One…
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The Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Political Violence and Missing Persons set up by Kano State Government to investigate the causes of political violence and missing persons from  2015 to 2023, has fixed Monday, May 6, 2024, for its…
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An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Friday, adjourned until May 9, for defence to study additional proof of evidence submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor,…
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The Court of Appeal Abuja Division has ordered the stay of execution and proceedings in the contempt proceedings initiated by former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello against the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
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A Kano High Court has granted an ex parte order restraining the Inspector General of Police IGP; Assistant Inspector General, AIG Zone 1 Kano; Commissioner of Police, Kano from inviting, arresting, and harassing the All Progressives…
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