Sentences with phrase «federal high court judge»

Daudu also maintained that the charges filed by a then Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Muslim Hassan (now a Federal High Court judge), when the office of the Attorney - General of the Federation had not been occupied by any person, were incompetent.

Our correspondent reports that it all started in the early hours of Saturday when scores of DSS agents besieged the house of a Federal High Court judge at No. 35, Forces Avenue.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has reiterated his call for the sack of Federal High Court Judge, Okon Abang.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to charge suspended Federal High Court judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, who the National Judicial Commission recently recommended for retirement.

«I believe that the 1st defendant as a Federal High Court Judge has a lot to lose if she considered the idea of jumping bail.

Justice Ademola, a Federal High Court judge, and the two other defendants are standing trial on charges of corruption.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has slammed 14 charges against a Federal High Court judge, Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, who was cleared and reinstated by the National Judicial Council last week.

A Federal High Court judge has ordered that the custody of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be relinquished by the Department of State Services.

The anti-graft agency then re-arraigned Turaki and the three companies before Justice Dimgba in Abuja, being the only judge sitting as a vacation judge in the northern region of the country while the other Federal High Court judges proceed on vacation.

Our correspondent visited the houses of the two Federal High Court judges early Saturday morning.

Not exact matches

Although the federal circuit judges in the cases decided in opposite directions, that discrepancy is likely to mean that the High Court will once more need to adjudicate the fate of the ACA.

Judge Andreas Korbmacher said on Thursday the country's highest federal administrative court would rule on Feb. 27 on an appeal brought by German states against bans imposed by local courts in Stuttgart and Duesseldorf over poor air quality.

Judge Rothstein, believing she was following the implications of High Court logic, became the first federal judge to find the right to die in the ConstituJudge Rothstein, believing she was following the implications of High Court logic, became the first federal judge to find the right to die in the Constitujudge to find the right to die in the Constitution.

The judge, who noted that the Coroner Law was an enactment of the Lagos State House of Assembly, which is constitutionally empowered to make laws in the state, said «the Federal High Court could not dabble into the affairs of the state and start dishing out injunctive orders.»

While Nwaoboshi was dragged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged money laundering and conspiracy, two counts of money laundering and conspiracy before Mohammed Idris, a judge of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Ccourt by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged money laundering and conspiracy, two counts of money laundering and conspiracy before Mohammed Idris, a judge of the Lagos Division of the Federal High CourtCourt.

Justice John Tsoho of Federal High Court, Abuja who adjourned hearing in the trial of Kanu with his co-defendants in a motion of notice filed on their behalf by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, asked the Judge to disqualify himself from hearing the case over alllegations of «manifest bias.»

Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdu Kafarati, had on September 20, 2017, ordered the proscription of the Nnamdi Kanu - led group.

Consequently, Justice Tsoho returned the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, for reassignment.

«There is that banner headline «Dogara sues Oyegun», but when you go to the main body of the story, you will discover that a case has been filed before the Abuja Federal High Court but the Chief Judge of the High Court has not even assigned that case to a jJudge of the High Court has not even assigned that case to a judgejudge.

One of the counts reads: «That you Nwobike, on the 19th day of March, 2015 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, intentionally gave the sum of N750, 000 to Hon. Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court directly through your United Bank for Africa Plc Account No. 1002664061 in order that the said Judge acts in the exercise of his official duties».

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has reinstated Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court and five other superior court JuCourt and five other superior court Jucourt Judges.

Justice Abdu Kafarati, Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, fixed the date during today's resumed hearing.

A three - man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Helen Ogunwumiju, unanimously agreed with the decision of Justice A.M. Liman of the Federal High Court in Enugu that there was no legal basis to grant the prayer sought by the former Chief Judge.

Recall that the media reported Tuesday that Babatunde Adepoju, a Department of State Services (DSS) operative, alleged that Kola Adewoyin, counsel to President Muhammadu Buhari, gave Adeniyi Ademola, a judge of the federal high court Abuja, N500, 000 while the president's certificate forgery case was before him.

The commission had earlier arraigned Olaniyan before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court 7, Maitama - Abuja, but had to seek for the transfer of the case to another trial judge due to the criminal charges preferred against Ademola by the Federal Government.

Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a suspended judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos, to face trial for alleged corruption.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of Federal High Court 6 then adjourned the case to Wednesday last week for ruling on the two issues being sought by both prosecution and defence but the court failed to sit on that day because of a seminar organised for judges by the National Judicial Institute (Court 6 then adjourned the case to Wednesday last week for ruling on the two issues being sought by both prosecution and defence but the court failed to sit on that day because of a seminar organised for judges by the National Judicial Institute (court failed to sit on that day because of a seminar organised for judges by the National Judicial Institute (NJI).

Although, the court clerks declined comments, it was learnt that the Judge was part of the Federal Capital Territory Judiciary delegation attending the burial ceremony of Justice Victoria Ayodele Uzo - Amaka Onejeme, a pioneer Judge of the Abuja High court who died recently.

«It is on record that when anti graft agencies sent invitation letters to judges suspected of corruption, they had rushed to the Federal High Court to obtain interlocutory injunctions to prevent their arrest, investigation and prosecution.

Alex Kozinski, 67, a high - profile federal court judge in California, is retiring after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment, prompting a formal inquiry.

Again, A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joe Agi, who is being prosecuted along with Justice Ademola of a Federal High Court, had told the Department of the State Service that Buhari's lawyer paid N500, 000 to Justice Ademola in 2015 at the time the judge was presiding over Buhari's certificate case.

Fani - Kayode added that the case had been assigned to a judge and the date for arraignment had been set for November 10 before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

One of the charges read in part, «That you, Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa, between January 18 and December 16, 2013, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, being a judge of the Federal High Court, did enrich yourself with an aggregate sum of $ 144,000 through your account number 328446178210 domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, so as to have a significant increase in your assets that you can not reasonably explain the increase in relation to your lawful income.&rcourt, being a judge of the Federal High Court, did enrich yourself with an aggregate sum of $ 144,000 through your account number 328446178210 domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, so as to have a significant increase in your assets that you can not reasonably explain the increase in relation to your lawful income.&rCourt, did enrich yourself with an aggregate sum of $ 144,000 through your account number 328446178210 domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, so as to have a significant increase in your assets that you can not reasonably explain the increase in relation to your lawful income.»

Dasuki to Appeal Judgement on Unlawful Detention... Judge Says EFCC is Different from DSS A Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed an application brought before it by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.

Another charge read, «That you, Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa, between January 6 and November 17, 2014, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, being a judge of the Federal High Court, did enrich yourself with an aggregate sum of $ 102,000 through your account number 328446178210 domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, so as to have a significant increase in your assets that you can not reasonably explain the increase in relation to your lawful income.&rcourt, being a judge of the Federal High Court, did enrich yourself with an aggregate sum of $ 102,000 through your account number 328446178210 domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, so as to have a significant increase in your assets that you can not reasonably explain the increase in relation to your lawful income.&rCourt, did enrich yourself with an aggregate sum of $ 102,000 through your account number 328446178210 domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, so as to have a significant increase in your assets that you can not reasonably explain the increase in relation to your lawful income.»

The anti-graft agency alleged, for instance, that Tarfa offered N5.3 m gratification to a judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, in order to allegedly compromise the judge.

Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a suspended judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos,...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, has granted bail to the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, to the tune of N300million with two sureties in like sum.

The beneficiary judges: Justice John Inyang Okoro (Supreme Court), Justice Uwani Abba Aji (Court of Appeal), Justice Hydiazira A. Nganjiwa and Justice Adeniyi Ademola (Federal High Court) and Justice Agbadu James Fishim (National Industrial Court).

He is asking the judge to decline jurisdiction and transfer the case to Abuja Division of Federal High courts.

Justice Ofili - Ajumogobia, a serving judge of the Federal High Court, is being prosecuted alongside Obla by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over N5m bribe.

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, had re-assigned the case to Justice Quadri when Justice Ademola was on suspension as a result of the joint trial.

«It is deserving to be heard during the vacation by the judge nominated by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Cjudge nominated by the Chief Judge of the Federal High CJudge of the Federal High Court.

Their case was later transferred to the Federal High Court, Abuja, where Justice Gabriel Kolawole, a vacation judge, granted them bail and adjourned the matter to Sept. 22, 2015.

A judge of Federal High Court in Abuja has lampooned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged shoddy handling of a fraud case before him.

At the hearing in the matter, Friday, MTN's counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, led a team of MTN lawyers made up of 10 senior advocates, told the presiding judge, Mohammed Idris, on Friday at the federal high court, Ikoyi, Lagos, that MTN has opted to settle out of court.

The Chief Judge, CJ of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta had re-assigned the case to Justice Quadri, shortly after Justice Ademola's trial along with his wife and Joe Agi, SAN, commenced at a Federal Capital Territory High Court, for offences bordering on money laundering charges.

The EFCC also claimed that Nwobike engaged in illegal text messages with four registrars of the Federal High Court in a bid to unduly influence cases he was handling before the judges.

It said at the expiration of the July 20 order given by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba (of the Federal High Court, Abuja) for 45 days, it went before another judge of the court — Justice Okon Abang — for a new order of interim forfeiture granted on November 3 this Court, Abuja) for 45 days, it went before another judge of the court — Justice Okon Abang — for a new order of interim forfeiture granted on November 3 this court — Justice Okon Abang — for a new order of interim forfeiture granted on November 3 this year.

Justice Ademola was also said to have on January 5, 2015 in his capacity as a public servant «corruptly received from Joe Odey Agi a BMW Saloon 320i valued at N8, 500,000 through your son, Ademide Ademola, as gratification in the exercise of your of your official functions as the judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria».