Category: Legal
Prosecutor’s Absence Stalls Hearing on Melaye’s Assassination Suit
For the second time in one week, hearing in the suit over the assassination attempt on the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Dino Melaye was stalled...
Kogi: Court Nullifies Oba Egbe’s Appointment
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Isanlu has nullified the purported appointment of the Oba of Egbe, Abiodun Agbana, declaring the appointment illegal. The court said...
$1.6bn Fraud: Witness Narrates How Omokore Received $140m in 12 Months
Ayilara Abdul, a witness, has narrated how Jide Omokore, a business associate of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, used his company’s...
Alleged Frame-Up; Dino Melaye Arraigned, Granted Bail
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman FAB. The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned the Senator representing Kogi Western Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye before the High...
How Omokore Bought 48 Cars for Muazu, Secondus – Witness
Fifth Prosecution Witness in the ongoing $1.6billion fraud trial of one of a former Petroleum Minister Diezani Allison Madueke’s ally, Jide Omokore, yesterday, told...
Kogi Seeks Speedy Criminal Justice Reform
Kogi State’s desire is to en-sure speedy criminal justice reform, its Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Ibrahim Mohammed (SAN) has said. He spoke at a...
Court Fines Two Men N1m For Obstructing Governor Yahaya Bello’s Convoy in Abuja
Two men, Ahmed Abdullahi, and Nura Musa were on Tuesday arraigned in a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abuja, for allegedly blocking the convoy of Kogi State...
Court Remands Four Over Alleged Attempted Kidnap Of Pupil In Kogi
A Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday remanded four men in Federal Prisons, Koton-Karfe, over alleged attempt to kidnap a primary school pupil for a N5 million...
Prof. Iyayi: Ex-Gov. Wada’s Driver Jailed 7 Years
Danladi Baba, a driver with Kogi Government House, Lokoja whose reckless driving caused the death of Prof. Festus Iyayi in 2013, has been sentenced to seven years...
In Kogi, Gang Leader to Die by Hanging
By Friday Idachaba. A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced the leader of a six-man gang, Mohammed Audu, to death by hanging for stabbing one Hussein...