Tag Archives: Court

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed April 12 to hear an application filed by a former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, over the alleged demolition of some of her property in Abuja. The former first lady had alleged that the said property was demolished by an agency of the federal government. The judge, Nnamdi Dimgba, fixed the date on Monday ...

The fight over the estate of late Nigerian music producer and singer, Babatunde Okungbowa otherwise known as OJB Jezreel seems to be getting messier. LIB reported that the late singer’s brother, Albert Okungbowa, has sued OJB’s first wife over the 5-bedroom property. The crisis which occurred last month revealed details of how the property located on Gbaja street, Surulere, Lagos ...

Property agent-An Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, has convicted and sentenced a woman, Folashade Adeleke as she bags six months imprisonment without an option of fine on a two-count charge bordering on stealing. The convict who was arraigned by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2016, pleaded not guilty to the two charges against ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned until February14, a suit seeking final forfeiture of two penthouse structures, allegedly linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The suit was adjourned to a further date following the absence of Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, who was said to be attending a workshop. Olatoregun had on December 5, 2017, ...

The Lagos State Government has unveiled an electronic real estate litigation system, which it said would help improve Nigeria’s rating on the ease of doing business. The state government added that the platform was equally designed to provide easy access to information to both indigenous and foreign investors with plan to procure real estate or property in the state. The ...

Lagos –  A 38-year-old real estate manager working with a company, Olaitan Faramaiye, who allegedly stole his employer’s N3.1 million, was on Wednesday docked at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused is facing a charge of stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty. But the Prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the accused committed the offence ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 24, 2018, asked Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, to order the interim forfeiture of properties purchased by Drexel Tech Nig. Ltd with proceeds of the recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Immigration service,( NIS Scam). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 24, 2018, ...

The EFCC had filed an application for interim order of forfeiture against Mrs Jonathan Patience’s accounts and her siblings but her lawyers led by Chief Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) opposed the application based on the fact that similar applications were pending before other courts in Abuja, which they claimed amounted to forum shopping and judicial abuse of court process. Justice Mojisola ...

The Ekiti State Government has banned the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, from holding public office in the state for 10 years for diverting funds meant for construction. The ban followed the indictment of Mr. Fayemi by a judicial commission of inquiry which probed his tenure as governor of Ekiti State between 2010 and 2014. A white ...

Edo State government has given illegal occupiers of its land ten days ultimatum to quit or forfeit their property. The Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele who read the riot act stated this at the premises of Benin Technical College, Benin City, where several portions of the state’s land have been taken over by businessmen and private ...