Femi Falana, a human rights activist, has dragged Ikeja Electric Plc before the Federal High Court in Lagos for breaching the 20-hour Band ‘A’ power supply to its customers.l The judge, Justice Lewis Allagoa, specifically granted Falana leave to obtain a writ of mandamus compelling the electricity company to provide detailed information regarding its compliance…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, made an order proscribing the Lakurawa sect. The court also proscribed other similar groups in parts of Nigeria, especially in the North-West and North Central regions of the country. Justice James Omotosho made the declaration while delivering a ruling in a motion ex parte originating summons filed…
By Prof. Mike Ozekhome Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq., is a vibrant and dynamic young man whose depth and breadth of knowledge in the law are remarkable. I have chosen to celebrate you through this short tribute on the remarkable occasion of your 50th birthday. I celebrate a man whose entire life epitomizes courage, resilience, audacity, bravery,…
President Bola Tinubu has once again bypassed the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) by unilaterally appointing Dr. Mainasara Umar Kogo as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Kogo’s latest appointment by Tinubu was communicated in a letter dated January 20, 2025, signed by Senator George Akume, the…
Olasanmi Ogunkanmi, a 58-year-old Lagos magistrate has reportedly slumped and died the same night he returned from a three-week holy pilgrimage in Jerusalem. However, another source claimed that Ogunkanmi who is also a pastor, only died in his sleep. According to the report, Ogunkanmi, performed his last pilgrimage exercise to Jerusalem with the first batch…
The Lagos State High Court has scheduled March 10, 2025, to hear the withdrawal of a joinder application filed by Afamefuna and Nwachukwu, sons of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu. The application, dated December 16, 2024, seeks to retract their earlier request to join a 2011 property suit involving Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL). The original suit, marked LD/794/2011,…
Mrs Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is back in Nigeria. A report by Daily Post quoted a competent source to have disclosed on Wednesday that Mrs Ekweremadu returned to Nigeria on Tuesday. Mrs Ekweremadu, her husband, Senator Ekweremadu and one Dr Obinna Obeta were sentenced to prison by a…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has lodged five terrorism-related charges against self-styled activist, Muhammad Mahdi Shehu. It was gathered this move followed his rearrest by security operatives last week at his clinic in Unguwar Dosa, Kaduna. A Kaduna State High Court had two weeks ago granted Mahdi Shehu bail in the amount of N3…
Moniepoint Microfinance Bank is currently battling to recover a N1.1 billion allegedly stolen by fraudsters from the bank. The hacker, Sunday Ozimede, was said to have invaded the vault of Moniepoint and defrauded the lender of a sum of N1,190, 728, 076 billion. The hacker who has been arrested by the operatives of the Police…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday, arraigned Bashir Sa’idu, ex-Chief of Staff for Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for alleged forex racketeering and money laundering. It is the second charge the anti-graft agency would file against Sa’idu, who also served as Commissioner for Finance during the El-Rufai administration. Earlier,…
