Chief Magistrate J. I. Agu of the Enugu North Magisterial District has remanded two brothers, Chiamaka Ifezue, 26, and Chukwuemeka Ifezue, 21, for alleged murder. The duo was said to have murdered one Miss Ijeoma Nneka, on November 11, 2020. According to the charge, the two siblings conspired to kill the 27-year old lady, an … Read more
Ahead his arraignment the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja. EKO HOT BLOG gathered the ex-Governor will be docked before Justice Inyang Ekwo on money laundering related charges. Kalu was earlier found guilty and handed a 12-year jail term by the Lagos Division of the court … Read more
The Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT has been issued a restraining order from proceeding with its planned industrial action in Edo State. The union had earlier charged its members not to resume school on Monday when other schools in the State reopened. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Chaos As Security Agencies, PDP Faction Clash In Ebonyi … Read more
A 44-year-old father, Kazeem Olapade, has been remanded at Ilesa correctional facility by a Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun, for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter. Olapade was on Friday docked on three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, indecent assault and canal knowledge of his daughter (name withheld). Police prosecutor, Inspector Jacob Akintunde, disclosed that … Read more
The trial of music artiste, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, on an 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards, and fraud, continued on Wednesday with the court admitting more evidence. Trial judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Lagos admitted a C.D containing the phone analysis of the embattled singer. … Read more
A magistrate court in Adamawa has compelled seven persons to cure a three-year-old girl of the strange illness they afflicted her with. The defendants include 60-year- old Halima Jonta of Dumne town, in Song local government area of the state, and five other children between the ages of four and six were said to have … Read more
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced one Abioye Eluwole to 77 years’ imprisonment over N62m fraud. Eluwole, who is the Managing Director of Bytofel Trust and Securities Limited, was arraigned before the court on 30 counts bordering on stealing, contrary to Section 390(8)(b) of the Criminal Code, … Read more
Unlawful Society Four teenagers were on Tuesday arraigned before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over allegation of belonging to an unlawful society. You May Also Like Supreme Court Declines Abacha’s Family Access To Frozen Offshore Accounts Appeal Court Unseals Seplat Petroleum’s Offices The teenagers, Toheeb Owoyele; 15, Mubarak Tahir; 15, Abiodun Opeyemi; 16 … Read more
Justice Sule Hassan of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has fixed continuation of trial of a lawyer, Mr Olumide Gbadamoshi, and his sister, Kehinde Gbadamoshi, who are both facing charges of conspiracy, forgery and unlawful disposal of a N40 million property, until Mar 17 and 18.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, on Friday, dismissed two appeals filed by Adetokunbo Abiru and the All Progressives Congress (APC), in relation to the pending court case on the Lagos East Senatorial Bye-Election. Ekohotblog gathered that Court upheld the preliminary objection filed by Babatunde Gbadamosi and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), … Read more
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has on Saturday dismissed the alleged certificate forgery suit filed against Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. Justice Ahmed Mohammed delivered the judgment of the suit filed by the All Progressives Party (APC) and a chieftain of the party, Williams Edobor, against the governor. The APC and Edobor had … Read more
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress has appealed to the State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to withdraw the case instituted by the government against the organised labour union at the National Industrial Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State. This appeal was contained in a press statement signed by its Chairman, Issa Ore, and … Read more
Ekiti An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 38-year-old policeman, Tizhe Goji, in a custodial centre over the murder of a 31-year-old man, Abayomi Olaoye. The gun of the policeman, who was escorting a retired senior officer, went off in a hotel and hit two persons, including the victim, … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja has approved the request by Adeola Adedipe, a defence lawyer in the trial of former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abudlrasheed Maina, to be allowed to withdraw from the case. Adedipe had, until recently, represented Maina’s company -Common Input Limited – charged as the second defendant … Read more
Adjournment The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned hearing in a suit file by a legal practitioner, Aura Maisamari against the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) until Jan. 27, 2021. Justice Ahmed Mohammed adjourned the matter when Counsel to the 6the defendant, Hassan Yusuf, informed the court that Maisamari, a legal practitioner, died on … Read more
Divorce A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday dissolved a 12-year-old marriage between Itunun Osin and estranged husband, Kehinde over his refusal to get a job and cater for his children In a petition, Osin, a hair dresser prayed the court for a divorce on grounds that Kehinde was a lazy and irresponsible husband. … Read more
Arrested #RevolutionNow Protesters Will Be Charged To Court On Friday – Lagos CP Ekohotblog, October 2, 2020…. The Lagos State Police Command has ordered that the 30 Revolution now protesters, arrested yesterday, October1 for protesting peacefully in Lagos will be charged to court, Today October 2. Ekohotblog recall that protesters stormed the streets of Lagos on Independence … Read more
A Customary Court in the Mapo area of Ibadan on Thursday dissolved a 21-year-old union between a painter, Ojo Ayeni, and his wife, Sade, over her refusal to cook food for her family for two years. Earlier, Ayeni, alleged that wife stopped cooking for him and his three children in 2018. Delivering judgment, Odunade, dissolved … Read more
Bail The Iyatsere of Warri, Johnson Atseleghe, charged with alleged murder to bail in the sum of N2 million. A High Court in Benin on Monday admitted the Iyatsere of Warri, Johnson Atseleghe, charged with alleged murder to bail in the sum of N2 million. Delivering a ruling, Justice Efe Ikponmwoba, also ordered the defendant … Read more
Court Remands Man For Alleged Murder Of A 2-Year-Old Girl Ekohotblog, September 11, 2020… An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ibadan on Thursday remanded one Mustafa Afeez, 27, at the Agodi Correctional Centre, Ibadan, for the alleged murder of a two and half year’s old girl in Ibadan. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Olalekan Adegbite arraigned the … Read more