By Rafiyat Sadiq The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Ali Bello, nephew of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, permission to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. Ali Bello, who currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo, is on trial for an alleged N3 billion …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The Federal Government has arraigned the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, at the Federal High Court in Abuja Monday. The charges relate to alleged cybercrimes committed against the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The prosecution accused the senator of making harmful imputations …
By Ubong Usoro & Rafiyat Sadiq The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, has expressed grave concern over the abduction of Justice E. G. Umukoro, a respected High Court judge in Bayelsa State, calling the incident a reflection of the growing insecurity in the state capital. Speaking on a national broadcast, the Chairman of the …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Bashir, has urged upcoming lawyers to carve a niche for themselves and adapt to modern innovations as artificial intelligence (AI) begins to challenge traditional legal practice. Speaking during a "Dean's Parley" organised by the Faculty of Law, University of Abuja, …
By Rafiyat Sadiq A High Court sitting in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, a gospel singer, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Ajayi, 31, was found guilty of killing Adaidu at his residence in Papaladna …
By Rafiyat Sadiq There was a brief moment of courtroom drama at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday when Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), referred to the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello as “a political case.” Pinheiro made the remark during arguments …
