Author: Ibe uwaleke

By our correspondent National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), on Friday, last week, presented a lady, Okere Adaobi Mariam and a man, Hamzat Kayode before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos for arraignment over alleged attempt to export 6.24 kilogrammes and 1.16 killogrammes of cocaine respectively. Arraigning Okere before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, the prosecutor, Mr. Abu Ibrahim told the court that she was arrested on March 30, at NACHO Export Shed, Ikeja-Lagos, during the examination of export laden cargoes.Abu…

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A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has revoked the bail granted to banker, Chester Onyeamachi Ukandu who is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on forgery and impersonation.The court presided over by Justice Olusola Williams revoked Ukandu’s bail for breaching the conditions of bail granted him and acting in a manner capable of jeopardizing the course of justice in the case.Ukandu, a former Managing Director of Mainstreet Bank Registrar Limited alongside one Achi George were first…

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Justice Adejumo, President, NIC.By Gbenga Agbede, Ado EkitiThe president of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NIC), Justice Babatunde Adejumo , has declared that  no corrupt person can succeed if appointed into the bench of the court.Justice  Adejumo said those aspiring to be judges of industrial court  and expected to scale the hurdles of screening  must be incorruptible and hardworking individuals .He said the industrial court,   has been limited in the performance of its duties of settling  trade disputes…

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Hon. Akeem Bello. By A.O. Ibe Uwaleke A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Akeem Bello has lost the bid to validate his return to the Assembly next month. The judge, Justice Ayotunde Faji, who presided over his matter at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, dismissed his originating summons on the ground that he filed it out of time. But Bello has indicated interest to appeal the judgment. According to Faji, Bello filed his summons…

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By A.O. Ibe Uwaleke A former Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose went into a serious closed door meeting with his lawyers on Friday immediately after a court session, as a witness, Oladele Clement Oladegbola, called by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), became manifestly ‘recalcitrant’ and appeared ‘hostile’ in the opinion of the prosecution, thereby forcing the court sitting before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun to reluctantly grant a short adjournment at the request of the prosecuting counsel, Mr….

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A Federal High Court, Lagos, sitting before Justice Rilwan Aikawa has ordered the arrest of a businessman, Chukwunonso Nwobi, over his failure to appear before the court to answer the criminal charges filed against him by the men of Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (Force CIID) Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos.Force CIID had charged the businessman alongside his company, Trade Block Energy Limited, situated at 10, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, on a 17-count-charge of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence, unlawful fund conversion,…

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