Just in: Yinusa Arraigned in Court over ESE Oruru’s Abduction
Yunusa LAGOS AMRCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Made to coincide with a day being celebrated as the International Women Day, Yinusa Dahiru, alias Yellow – the alleged abductor of the 14 years old Ese Oruru, was on Tuesday More...
Court Grants EFCC Nod to Seize Tompolo’s Assets
LAGOS FEBRYARY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) nod to seize all but one of the properties belonging to Government Ekpemupolo, More...
Tompolo Asks Court to Vacate Arrest Warrant Placed on Him
Tompolo LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST 9URHOBOTODAY)-Former General Officer Commanding, GOC, of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, Chief Government Ekpumupolo, otherwise known as Tompolo has asked Justice More...
Appeal Court Upholds Victory of Delta Speaker, Monday Igbuya
Delta Speaker, Monday Igbuya LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya, on Tuesday labelled his victory at the Court of Appeal as triumph for the common man More...
N636m Court Judgement: Panic Withdrawing Grounded Activities at Access Bank
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Banking activities have been grounded in most Access Bank branches in Enugu State following the execution of a N636 million judgment against the bank. It was gathered that the legal More...
Falana Threatens to Drag Buhari to Court over Menace of Fulani Herdsmen
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Senior advocate, Mr Femi Falana, Sunday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari “to address the bloody clashes which occur regularly between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the More...
Independence Day Bombing Suspect, Charles Okah Attempts Suicide In Court
Charles Okah LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Security operatives attached to Justice Gabriel Kolawole at the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday prevented Charles Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence More...
Corruption: Go to Court, Amaechi Dares Wike
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Recall that Wike had made several corruption allegations against the former governor who is rumoured to be on the highly awaited ministerial list of ‘President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi More...
Court Orders Bukola Saraki’s Arrest
Bukola Saraki LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Solomon Arase and other relevant security agencies in ?the More...
Court Bars ICPC, EFCC, SSS, Others from Arresting, Probing Ex- Amnesty Boss, Kuku
Kingsley Kuku LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A federal high court has barred security agencies and anti-corruption bodies from arresting or probing the former Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty Programme, Kingsley More...
Caller Tunes: Musician Sues MTN N500m for Copyright Infringement
By Ijebu Afoke Dickson LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A legal battle between an Abuja based Isoko musician Mr Dovie Okson Omenuwoma, who claims that MTN has infringed on his copyright, is set to commence. This More...
Lagos Lawyer Drags Buhari to Court over Sack of AMCON Board
BuhariBuhari LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Lagos lawyer and activist Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, Esq., has sued President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking the nullification of the recently More...
Court Okays Probe of Amaechi’s Administration
Rotimi Amaechi LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-A Rivers State High Court, presided over by Justice Simeon Amadi, has dismissed the suit filed by former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi challenging the constitution More...
Group Alleged Ibru, Others Stole N10bn From Ikeja Hotels
Goddie Ibru LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Civil Society Network against Corruption has said that the embattled former chairman of Ikeja Hotels Plc, Goodie Ibru, and his “accomplices” mismanaged N10 billion More...
Sacked Keshi Threatens To Drag Nigeria Football Federation To FIFA Court
Keshi LAGOS JULY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Stephen Keshi, who was sacked on Saturday as head coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, is threatening to file a case against the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) at the FIFA Court More...
Kevin’s Gang Face Trial, Says they Receive N28m Ransom for Ozekhome’s Freedom
Kevin in front LAGOS JUNE 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Azuekor a member of the kidnap gang purportedly lead by Kokori’s kidnap kingpin, Kevin Ezeigbe had confessed that their gang received the sum N28m ransom for the More...
Court Declares Kashamu Buruji’s Arrest by NDLEA Illegal
Buruju Kashamu LAGOS MAY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Federal High Court has declared that Kasuhmu Buruji’s arrest is illegal because National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, failed to produce an arrest warrant More...
Man Who Fled UK after Stabbing DJ to Death Arrested in Delta
Okafor LAGOS MAY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Jeffrey Okafor, 24, of East Dulwich, south east London, is accused of stabbing Carl Beatson-Asiedu (DJ Chamz) to death outside a nightclub in the summer of 2009. The 19-year-old More...
Delta Election Results Justify Our Stand for Ogboru-UPU Factional Leader, Omene
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Factional Leader of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Chief Joe Omene has explained that the result of Delta State House of assembly and Governorship election has justified their earlier More...
Delta Gov: APC Legal Team Head for Electoral Tribunal
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finalized arrangements with a team of legal experts to challenge the results of the April 11 Governorship elections More...
APC Loyalists Heave Sigh of Relief as Buhari Escapes Disqualification
Mohammadu Buhari LAGOS MARCH 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Loyalists of All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential candidate Gen Muhammadu Buhari most have heave a sigh of relief as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja More...
Alison-Madueke Drags Premium Times, APC, 9 others to Court over Report on Missing $20bn
Allison-Madueke LAGOS MARCH 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has sued PREMIUM TIMES and 10 other individuals and organizations to restrain them from further reporting More...
Ivory Coast: Ex- President Gbagbo’s Wife, Son Jailed 25 Years
Sineone Ggbagbo LAGOS 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A court in Ivory Coast on Tuesday found former first lady Simone Gbagbo guilty of charges related to her role in a 2011 post-election crisis in which around 3,000 people More...
Tambuwal Stops APC Attempts to Take Over Control of House of Reps
Aminu Tambuwal LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-With the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the majority in the House of Reps, a plot by the federal lawmakers from APC to effect a leadership change More...
Bombs Rock Three Rivers Courts as Judiciary Workers Suspends Strike
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Barely 48 hours after the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria declared the suspension of the eight-month-old strike in Rivers State, unknown persons have bombed three separate High More...