Asaba Court Sentences Man To Death Over Killing Of Twins For Ritual
LAGOS JULY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A High Court sitting at Asaba, the Delta State capital, has sentenced one Onuwa Ijie to death while his accomplice, Nwanozie Uzor, bagged 14 years imprisonment for murder and conspiracy More...
Breach Of Contract: Warri Court Dismisses Davido’s Preliminary Objection
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-A Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun has dismissed the preliminary objection by Nigerian-American singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido and his company, More...
Ground Rent: Court Upturns Revenue Board Exparte Order, Slams N.1m Fine
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-A High Court in Warri, Delta State, has upturned the exparte order that was obtained by the Delta State Revenue Board against DeWayles International Limited for being unconstitutional. More...
Warri Court Restrains Police, Others From Arresting Delta Human Rights Activist
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-High Court 4 sitting in Warri, Delta State, has given an order restraining the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Zone More...
APC LG Chairmanship Aspirant Sues Delta Electoral Commission Over Imposition
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-A chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Izu Iloba-Agafiena, has dragged the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, before the High Court in More...
Clash Between Lawyers, Police Disrupt Trial Of Suspects Of Ritual Murder Of Elozino
LAGOS JANAUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Proceedings at the Delta State High Court, Asaba were temporarily disrupted as a result of a melee between lawyers and escort policemen on the convoy of the Commissioner of Police, More...
Corruption: Court Sentence Ex- Adamawa Gov To Five Years Imprisonment
Bala James Ngilari LAGOS MARCH 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Yola High Court on Monday sentenced a former Governor of Adamawa State, James Bala Ngilari, to five years in prison without the option of fine. He was found guilty More...
Court Sentences Kidnappers of Delta Speaker, Monday Igbuya to 104 Years Imprisonment
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Monday Igbuya LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Delta State High Court sitting at Kwale presided over by Honourable Justice O. Jaloggo-Williams has sentenced eight accused More...
Abuja Judge Insists on Hearing Buhari’s Certificate Case
Buhari LAGOS MAY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-A Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ademola Adeniyi, has endorsed a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s eligibility to contest the 2015 presidential election More...
Kogi Election: Activist, Okunbor Drags INEC, APC to Court, Sought Stoppage of Primaries Election
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A human right activist and an Engineer Alex Okunbor has dragged Independent National Election Commission and All Progressive Congress (APC) to Federal High Court, Abuja seeking More...
Delta Court Jails Abductors of Ex-Delta Lawmaker’s Wife, Children 67 Years
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-A Delta State High Court sitting at Asaba, the state capital, on Friday sentenced four persons to a total of 67 years imprisonment with hard labour for kidnapping one Mrs. Ighowoh More...
Okowa in Trouble, to Appear in Court over N185m Debt
Ifeanyi Okowa LAGOS APRIL 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A week to the governor election, the chances of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa winning the governorship seems More...
Court Discharges Ajudua Of $1.9m Fraud Charge
Fred Ajudua LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday discharged a socialite and businessman, Fred Ajudua, of $1.69m (about N252.8m) fraud charge. Justice Kudirat Jose discharged Ajudua and More...
Ibori Heads to Supreme Court to Reverse Benin Court of Appeal Ruling
Chief James Ibori LAGOS MAY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Embattled former governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, is to appeal Thursday’s ruling of the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City which quashed More...
$1.69m Scam: Ajudua Loses Bail Bid, to Stay in Kirikiri Prison
Fred Ajudua to stay in Kirikiri prison though out trial By Wilson Uwujaren LAGOS MARCH 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Justice Kudirat Jose of Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, March 31, 2014 declined to grant bail to Fred More...
Court Orders 37 Defecting Reps Members to Vacate Seats
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-An Abuja High Court has ordered the 37 members of the Federal House of Representatives who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) More...
Delta: Contractor Drags DESOPADEC to Court over Non-Payment N9.5m Debt
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A contracting firm, Stecla Nigeria Limited has dragged Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to High Court of Justice Delta State of Nigeria in the Warri More...
Jonathan is Free to Contest in 2015 -Kaduna Court Declares
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS MARCH 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Federal High Court in Kaduna on Monday struck out a suit seeking to restrain President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking re-election in the 2015 general More...
Sanusi Drags Jonathan to Court over Suspension
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has dragged President Goodluck Jonathan before a Federal High Court in Abuja over his suspension from More...
APC Fingers Wike’s Group over Rivers High Court Bombing
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Rivers State chapter of All Progress Congress (APC) has fingered party fingered the Supervising Minister of Education Nyesom Wike, Hon Evans Bipi and their loyalists as likely masterminds More...
Court Awards Ijaw Community N100bn over Illegal Military Raid
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba has declared that the bombardment of Gbaramatu Kingdom, comprising 53 communities, by the Joint Task Force JTF during the military raid of More...
Nigerian Fraudster Fred Ajudua Remanded In Kirikiri Prison
Fred Ajudua A Lagos State High Court judge today remanded high profile fraud suspect, Fred Ajudua, in prison custody until June 24 2013. Justice Olubunmi Oyewole ordered that Mr. Ajudua remain jail pending the commencement More...
AMCON vs Fiogret: Ogboru Wins Round One
Chief Great Ogboru A former governorship aspirant in Nigeria’s Delta state, Great Ogboru, on Thursday filed an application for a stay of contempt proceedings before a Federal High Court, Lagos, pending his appeal. Ogboru More...
62 Yrs Old Sunny Ade Guitarist Bags 3 Years for Trafficking Cocaine
Fatoki Abiodun By Oghenekevwe Laba Justice S. Seidu of the Federal High Court Lagos on Tuesday May 14, 2013 sentenced a veteran guitarist Fatoke Abiodun to three years imprisonment for drug trafficking. The convict More...