Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has commended security agencies in the state for the rescue of Justice Ebieyerin Umukoro from his abductors. Justice Umukoro, a Judge of the state High Court, regained his freedom on Thursday evening after 12 days in the kidnappers den. A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr….
..Demands N500bn Damages. By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Nigerian World boxing champion (WBC), Bash Ali has dragged the former Minister of Sports, Mr. Sunday Akin Dare, before an Abuja High Court over alleged extortion and defamation of character. In the case with suit number: FCT/HC/CV/6411/2023, Bash Ali (OON) is asking for N500 billion in damages from…
From Rhoda Godwin, Yenagoa The Yenagoa Branch of Nigeria Bar Association in Bayelsa on Monday stayed away from courts to demand the release of Justice E.G. Umokoro kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday evening in Yenagoa. Umokoro, a Bayelsa State High Court Judge was kidnapped at an eatery in Ekeki area of the state capital…
By Rhonda Godwin There is heightened tension in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, following the abduction of a High Court Judge, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro and a former NBA chairman, by unidentified gunmen on Saturday evening. The shocking incident occurred at about 7:00 p.m. near a popular eatery in the Ekeki area, a bustling suburb of…
….call for forensic probe of Shimite Bello’s mysterious death in Delta National leadership of the Association of Women Against Gender-Based Violence (AWAGBV) has commended the judiciary for the recent ruling on the death of late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, describing the sentencing Peter Nwachukwu to death by hanging over 2022 killing, as big hope for…
By Naseer Al-sirajdeen, Minna The Chief Judge of Niger State Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik has admonished Magistrates in Niger State to always uphold justice, integrity and the rule of law in the overall interest of the ethical norm of Justice. Justice Halima Abdulmalik also reminded them to operate within the realm that will shape the…
By Naseer Al-sirajdeen, Minna Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, Chief Judge of Niger State, has raised alarm over the involvement of teenagers in kidnapping and banditry activities in the state. The Chief Judge who was speaking at the end of her working visit to the Minna old Correctional Custody Tuesday, described the increasing oroportion of the…
By Naseer Al-sirajdeen, Minna The Chief Judge Of Niger State Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, has threatened to issue a bench warrant on the head of the Legal unit of the State Criminal investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID),CSP Adama Musa, of the Niger State Police Command for his refusal to be in Minna Correctional Custody. Justice…
By Naseer Al-sirajdeen, Minna The Chief Judge of Niger State Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik,has embarked on her annual prison visit aimed at decongesting the facilities. Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik during the visit to the Suleja Federal Medium Correctional Custody, granted bail to four inmates who were on awaiting trial at the Magistrate court,while three others…
By Naseer Al-sirajdeen, Minna The Minna Chief Magistrate Court One, has discharged twenty six suspects standing trial on the case of criminal conspiracy and belongings to a gang of thieves. The suspects were some time in the Month of October,2024, arraigned by Niger State Police Command. According to the police Prosecutor Inspector, Bello Mohammed Beji…