How Abuja High Court sentenced Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, finally handed down life jail to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, after convicting him on terrorism charges. Th sentence came within hours after prosecution…
DSS demands death sentence for Nnamdi Kanu
Following conviction of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on all charges brough against him, the prosecution lawyer is calling for death sentence for the embattled leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The government lawyers also call for continued detention of Nnamdi…
Abuja court convicts Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charge
Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has been convicted of terrorism based on the prevailing charges pressed against him by the government. Early reports from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has it that the judgement is…
Former Zambian minister sentenced to 4 years of hard labour
Former Zambia’s foreign minister, Joseph Malanji, and the country’s erstwhile Treasury Secretary, Fredson Yamba, have been jailed after a court sentenced them for misusing public funds and acquiring illicit property. Joseph Malanji would now serve four years with hard labour…
Woman faces 30 year jail for burning 1 month baby in oven
A Missouri mother who allegedly killed her 1-month-old by placing the baby in a hot oven has been charged with felony child endangerment, authorities said. Mariah Thomas, 26, allegedly said that she accidentally placed her infant daughter in the oven…
Labour Party rejects PEPC judgement
Directly walking into predictions by analysts, the Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgements of the Presidential Elections Petition Court (PEPC) which refused all the reliefs sought by the party and its presidential candidate against the ruling All Progressive Congress…
Feb Polls: PEPC clears Tinubu, Shettima, INEC of all allegations
Sopuruchi Onwuka The growing fear of all aggrieved parties in the February presidential elections at today’s rulings at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) have morphed into total despondency following a clean swipe of all cases concluded today in favour…
PEPC wipes 25% votes in FCT from winning requirement
Sopuruchi Onwuka In a quashing spree that bored the audience at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja on Wednesday, judges determined that winning 25% in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was not necessary in becoming president of Nigeria….
Election Court dismantles APM’s, LP’s petitions against Tinubu
Sopuruchi Onwuka The much awaited verdicts of the Presidential Election Petitions Court or PEPC began today with initial discarding of two major petitions by Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and The Labour Party (LP) respectively. In the first petition to be…
Appeal Court vacates interim orders against Seplat
Sopuruchi Onwuka Seplat Energy Plc has declared that the orders of an appellate court reinstating its board chairman and executive officers earlier sacked by a High Court which heard grievances of factions in the company. The ex parte Interim Orders…
