Category: Legal

Austin Okai Floors Yahaya Bello at Appeal Court

The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld an appeal brought before it by Mr. Austin Okai, convener of the Youth Roundtable, stating that the Kogi State High Court lacks...

Senator Melaye’s Younger Brother, Others Remanded In Kuje Prison

A court in Abuja has ordered that a brother to Senator Dino Melaye, Samuel Melaye and three others be remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja for allegedly aided the Senator to...

Court Threatens to Close $1.6 billion Fraud Case Against Omokore, Others

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, threatened to close the suit on alleged fraud of $1.6 billion instituted by the federal government against Jide Omokore and...

Kogi Court Remands Two Farmers For Killing Colleague

A magistrate court in Kogi State has remanded two farmers, Innocent German and Benjamin Echekwe both 25 years in prison custody for alleged conspiracy and killing of a...

$1.1bn Malabu Deal: Court Stops Adoke’s Trial

A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped further prosecution of former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN)...

Assassination Attempt: Court Orders Arrest of Senator Melaye’s Assailants

A Kogi high court has issued a bench warrant against Ade Obege, one of the five persons charged over the alleged attempt to assassinate Dino Melaye, senator representing...

Judge Washes Hands Off Dino Melaye’s Criminal Case

The criminal case brought against the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Dino Melaye and three others, at the Federal High Court, Lokoja was stalled on...

Mbaba: Police Dismiss Sergeant For Killing Livestock Trader in Kogi

…charged for culpable homicide By Amuda Dan Sulaiman FAB. The Kogi State Police Command has dismissed a police sergeant, Ibrahim Isah, for allegedly killing a...

Libel: Onoja Slams N100m Suit on Online Publisher, Elombah Michael, Drags Daily Post, Others to Court for Fake News

By Onogwu Muhammed. The Chief of Staff to the Kogi State Governor, Hon. Edward Onoja has instituted N100m suit on an online publisher, Elombah Michael for making...

Cattle Colony: Court Sets Date As People of Kogi Drag Government to Court

A suit challenging the Kogi State Government over land allocation to Fulani herdsmen for cattle ranches has been set for the 17th of April, 2018 at the High Court in...