The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command, on Wednesday, secured the conviction of seventeen internet fraudsters before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court 1, Enugu,…
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AG Perarivalan: India top court frees killer of ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi
On Wednesday, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court invoked a section of the Indian constitution that grants it extraordinary powers “for doing complete justice in any cause” to release…
I’ve been Liverpool fan from childhood – Nnamdi Kanu to court after denying him bail
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Wednesday, informed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that he has been a fan of Liverpool Football Club…
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday struck out a six-count amended charge brought against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja for the ruling by the court on his request for…
Court fixes date to decide transfer of Orji Kalu’s N7.1bn fraud trial to Lagos
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed July 22 for ruling in the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking to move the trial of…
Jonathan reacts to Justice Mary Odili’s retirement from Supreme Court
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Justice Mary Odili on her 70th birthday and retirement from the Supreme Court. Jonathan, in a goodwill message he personally signed, described Odili as…
Kaduna: Teenage girl drags father to court for stopping her to get married
A teenager, Halima Yunusa, on Monday, dragged her father before a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for allegedly refusing to get her married to her lover, Bashir…
Indications have emerged that the Federal Government may defy an order by a Federal High Court barring parties from taking further steps in relation to the award of the disputed…
BREAKING: Electoral Act: Supreme Court fixes May 19 for Buhari’s suit against National Assembly
The Supreme Court on Monday invited President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it on Thursday, May 19 for a hearing in a suit he instituted against the National Assembly challenging…
Deeper Life High School saga: Parties resort to out of court settlement
Parties in the Deeper Life High School saga, where some senior students and teachers allegedly molested and abused a junior student, Don-Davis Archibong, have agreed to an out-of-court settlement. In…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded the member representing Degema-Bonny Federal Constituency, Farah Dagogo, in Port Harcourt Correctional Centre. The trial judge, Justice Chinwendu Nworgu,…
Court remands driver over reckless driving, killing of FRSC official, one other in Ondo
A commercial bus driver, Blessing Ovie, has been remanded in a correctional facility by a Magistrates’ Court in Araromi Obu, Odigbo Local Area of Ondo State, for killing a Federal…
Taraba Senator, Bwacha reacts to Appeal Court judgement on Electoral Act
Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, representing Taraba South Senatorial District, on Wednesday, reacted to the Court of Appeal judgment on the Electoral Act, saying it’s a good development for the nation’s democracy.…
Drug trafficking: My life at risk in Kuje prison – Abba Kyari cries out to court
Abba Kyari, former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the police has alleged a threat to his life in the Kuje correctional facility. Kyari lamented that he is…
Erudite jurist, Justice Mary Ekaego Peter Odili of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is to officially bow out of the nation’s Judiciary on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Mrs Odili, who…
2023 presidency: Group threatens to drag Buhari to court, gives reason
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, on Monday, threatened to drag President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to court. SERAP said it would sue the government in a bid to probe…
The Federal High Court in Osogbo has fixed May 18, for judgment on the governorship ticket tussle between Prince Dotun Babayemi and Sen. Ademola Adeleke both of the Peoples Democratic…
BREAKING: Court refuses Emefiele’s request for restraining order against INEC, AGF
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday refused to grant a restraining order requested by the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele against the Independent…
2023: FG reacts as Emefiele drags Malami, INEC, APC to court over Presidential ambition
The Office of the Head of Civil Services, OHCSF, has reacted to the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to drag the Attorney General of…