Ahmed Mohammed, justice of the federal high court, Abuja, has granted bail in the sum N100m to Gabriel Suswam, former Benue state governor. The former governor was also asked to present two sureties, who must be senior civil servants, as a condition for his bail. He was remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until he fulfilled the conditions [...]
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The Abuja federal high court has momentarily halted the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) for alleged false declaration of assets. Mahmud Magaji (SAN), Saraki's counsel, had filed an ex parte application before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the court, asking him to halt his prosecution by the CCB. Consequently, the court ruled that the respondents (CBB, Code [...]
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Akure has sentenced three citizens of Benin Republic to three years in prison for attempting to sell a 13-year-old boy. The accused comprise Kareem Saibu, 39, who is the boy's father; Abdullateef Mumuni, 24; and Kadir Rasaq, also 24; who all conspired to sell the minor for N8 million. According to the prosecutor, ASP Zakari Ibrahim, the [...]
Mr.Olusola Aluko, presiding judge of a Magistrates’ court in Osogbo, Osun State, has pardoned 19-year-old, Olusola Tunde, who was confined to three months imprisonment for disrespecting a magistrate. Aluko said the remorseful countenance of the convict earned him the pardon. However, he gave Tunde an option of N2,500 fine. The prosecutor, Insp Isiaka Ajadi, had earlier told the court that the convict committed [...]
A Magistrates' Court in Sango-Ota, Ogun State has remanded a septuagenarian, Sunday Toyinbo, and one Adelani Ogundimu, 40, for allegedly being in possession of 18 human skulls and conspiracy. The prosecutor, Sgt. ItaIta Ebobimino, told the court that the accused and others now at large committed the offences on March 11 at Yewa and Ado-Odo area of the state. He alleged that [...]
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