Category: Legal

Edward Onoja Files N100m Defamation Suit Against Austin Okai

The Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state, Mr. Edward Onoja, has filed a lawsuit in Kogi State High Court against social media crusader and the national...

Kogi CJ Seeks Implementation of Financial Autonomy for State Judiciary

The Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Nasir Ajanah, on Tuesday called for immediate implementation of financial autonomy for state judiciary, as enshrined in the 1999...

Court Grants APC Reps Candidate, Ibrahim Halims Bail

**as solidarity jubilation takes over court premises amidst vindicating commentaries. By A. M. Nasir. A front line politician and standard bearer of the All Progressives...

Trial: Fanwo, 4 Others to Testify Against Austin Okai

Justice Okorowo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Monday, October 22 adjourned the trial of the national coordinator of Peoples Democratic...

Ex- Kogi SSG Denies Writing Petition Against FMC Lokoja

Mr Stephen Yakubu, a former Secretary to the Kogi State Government (SSG), said that he did not append his signature to a petition written against the management of the...

Obaro of Kabba: Ilajo Quest to Stop Presentation of Staff of Office Suffer Major Setback

… case adjourned till 12th November, 2018 for hearing. The effort of the Ilajo clan to restrain the Kogi state government in presenting the Staff of Office to His...

Kogi East Senate Tussle: Appeal Court Judges Withdraw From Case

By Yusuf Abubakar. The battle for Kogi East Senate seat had taken another dimension as the chairman of the Appeal Court panel, Justice Stephen Adah and Justice Ige...

Court Quashes Compulsory Retirement of Four Permanent Secretaries in Kogi

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Thursday set aside the compulsory and untimely retirement of four permanent secretaries in the...

Court Restrains Kogi Govt from Installing New Eje Olamaboro

A high court sitting in Lokoja on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Kogi state government from installing Mr Simeon Ujah as the new Eje of Olamaboro in...

AfriBank Shareholders Sue EFCC, INEC Over Kogi APC Senatorial Aspirant, Echocho

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has been asked to order the arrest and prosecution of Jubril Isah Echocho, a former governorship candidate in Kogi State. Echocho...