TheHILL | JUDICIARY | JUNE 27. The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad has resigned his office. Our source in Abuja; Vanguard reported that the jurist cited health ground as reason for his decision. The development is the latest on the rumblings that followed the altercation between the 14 justices of the […]
TheHILL | LEGISLATURE | JUNE 23 A Federal lawmaker representing Etinan /Nsit Ibom /Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency, Mr Onofiok Luke has called for legislative action to address the plethora of challenges facing the judiciary. Luke, member of the PDP in Akwa Ibom, made the call while presenting a motion on : “Urgent Need to […]
TheHILL | METRO | MAY 31. The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the former governor of Imo State and current President aspirant; Senator Rochas Okorocha. The Senator who represents Imo West Senatorial district at the 9th Nigerian Senate, was granted bail on Tuesday by Justice Inyang Ekwo in the sum […]
The former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has pleaded not guilty to the 17-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him and six others. Okorocha, who mounted the dock around 9:35am, took his plea alongside a chieftain of the All Progressive, APC, Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, and five […]
TheHILL | NEWS | APRIL 7. The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Thursday dismissed an appeal brought by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Obong Stephen Ntukekpo as the chairman of the Akwa Ibom chapter of the party. Delivering his judgement on the appeal, the Presiding Judge, Hon Justice Haruna […]
•••Orders Certificate of Return Be Withdrawn •••Orders Immediate Swearing-In Of Ntukekpo The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, in it’s judgement, nullified the swearing in of Senator John James Udoedehe’s factional Chairman, Mr Augustine Ekanem and ordered the immediate withdrawal of his Certificate of Return. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his judgement, ordered […]
TheHILL | News | February 24. The member representing Etinan/ Nsit Ibom/ Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency, Mr Onofiok Luke has stated that the constitutional alterations have not been able to capture much of the yearnings of Nigerians. Speaking as guest on Channels Television breakfast show The Sunrise Daily on Thursday, Luke said that restructuring […]
TheHILL | METRO | February 18 Four men have been arraigned before a Yola Chief Magistrate’s Court over the death of a 28-year-old man, Adamu Ahmadu, who was wrongly accused of stealing a phone. Ahmadu, who was the son of a security guard working with the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, Yola, was accused by Hamidu Umar, […]
TheHILL | News | FEBRUARY 15. One of the witnesses of Senator Bassey Albert (OBA, in the on going EFCC case with him at Justice Agatha Okeke led Federal High Court 1, Uyo, Oloyode Olawale, an Accountant with Skymit Motors told the court Tuesday 15th February, 2022 that he has been a staff of Skymit […]
TheHILL | METRO | February 11 A member of staff of the Department of State Services, Akwa Ibom State Command, Ama Okeke, has tendered evidence before the State High Court sitting in Uyo. The DSS officer, who appeared in court as the 10th Prosecution Witness, told the court that the first accused, Uduak Akpan, […]