A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a man, Charles Ogagbe to 16 years in prison for defiling a 15-year-old girl. Ogagbe, originally from...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered a man found guilty of stealing a woman’s purse to sweep the court grounds for three weeks. Inspector Chidi...
A Federal High Court in Osogbo presided over by Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, has struck out the suit filed by Mr Kanmi Ajibola, asking to be allowed...
There was confusion in an Area Court in Ilorin when the judge sentenced a divorce-seeking woman, Adenike Aliyu to three weeks of community service for admitting...
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted and sentenced a man, Tunmise Aluko to a one-year imprisonment over cybercrime. The...
Kano Chief Judge, Justice Dije Abdu Aboki, has transferred the corruption case involving the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of Haruna Abdullahi, 27, who allegedly defilied his neighbour’s 10-year-old daughter, in a correctional facility. According...
Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a four-count charge bordering on printing N684 million notes...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained Norwegian company, Dolphin Drilling Limited, or anybody acting on its behalf, from removing, demobilising or decommissioning the Blackford...
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and the Independent National...
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and its governorship...
Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele is slated to be arraigned this Wednesday on charges of financial misconduct following the postponement of the originally...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking an order compelling INEC to conduct a...
An FCT High Court in Gwagwalada has convicted one Mrs Ramat Mercy Mba for forging the signature of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, the...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has convicted one Mrs Ramat Mercy Mba, a mother of five, for forging the signature of...
Justice P. T. Kwahar of the Benue State High Court, sitting in Makurdi, has fixed May 23, 2024, for the hearing of a suit challenging the...
A Kano State Shari’ah Court, sitting in Kura, has ordered a 25-year-old Haruna Abdulkarim to be given 10 strokes of cane as punishment for falsely claiming...
Gombe State High Court has convicted and sentenced one George Habu Nuhu to six months imprisonment for fraud. Nuhu was prosecuted by the Gombe Zonal Command...
The Nigerian Navy has demanded the establishment of a Special Maritime Court to expedite adjudication on maritime cases. This call was made on Friday in Abuja...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has barred the Speaker, Martin Chile Amaewhule, and 24 other lawmakers from parading as members of the...
The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court in Awka, has discharged and acquitted Michael Arinze, 20, accused of raping three young ladies in Awkuzu, Oyi Local...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello for vacation of the...
The Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 6, has summoned two social media users for “criminal defamation” of a socialite, Dorcas Adeyinka. In the court summons dated...
The Kano State High Court, Appeal Division, has issued an order for the service of a hearing notice on Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara, a Kano cleric who...
The trial of the former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, charged with abuse of office and alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop the Federal Government from securitising the sum of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 30-year-old man, Mojeed Oseni, in a correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 17-year-old girl. Oseni whose address...
Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that the trial of oil magnate, Akintoye Akindele in an alleged $5.6M fraud...
Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for his arraignment on alleged misappropriation of public funds. Sirika is expected to...
The Nigeria Police were absent and unrepresented as Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court presided over a N50 million damages claim instituted against them...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Umar Damagun as the party’s acting national chairman. Justice Peter Lifu...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is preparing to bring former registrar of Zamfara State Upper Sharia Court 1 Gusau, Abubakar Garba Dandare, before Justice...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of 41 internet fraudsters to one-year imprisonment, each, with an option of fine...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a woman, Telma Bestman and a security guard, Wilson Okelekele, to death by hanging for...
A Lagos High Court has adjourned the libel suit filed by billionaire property developer, Sir Oluwatumininu Okeowo, against his siblings, Joe Faraday (a company belonging to...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has modified the bail conditions handed down to one Abayomi Oluwasesan, alongside his wife, for stealing the sum of...
The National Administrative Council, NAC, of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association, UGONSA, commonly known as Graduate Nurses Association of Nigeria, GNAN, has restated its commitment...
A Magistrate’s Court in Abuja has ordered the FCT Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) to seal the premises of a company over non-filing of annual returns. Magistrate...
A Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Friday ordered the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, FCT-IRS, to seal off a company, Ifedi...
A Kano High Court has granted an exparte order restraining the Inspector General of Police IGP; Assistant Inspector General, AIG Zone 1 Kano; Commissioner of Police,...
A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has ordered that a teenager, Joshua Olayiwola be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo Town, for allegedly defiling an...
A federal high court in Kano has granted an interim order restraining the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) from implementing a hike in electricity tariff for...
In a new filing, Google is pushing back against Fortnite maker Epic Games’ numerous proposed remedies after a court determined Google engaged in anticompetitive practices on...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned until May 8, 2024, the N3.1 billion money laundering case against former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam. This...
The Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has said that former Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello should stop avoiding the law...
The Chief Magistrate Court 1 in Makurdi, Benue State, has remanded a civil rights activist and secretary of the Global Integrity Crusade Network, GICN, Mr Uchenna...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has set May 30, 2024, for delivering a verdict on the bail plea filed by Bello...
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has awarded the sum of N10 million as damages against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,...
Court has granted former President Donald permission to attend his son’s high school graduation in Florida next month. Trump had pushed for weeks to attend his...
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday sentenced one Abraham Walson to seven years imprisonment for employment fraud. The convict was...
A serving Deputy Director in the Enugu State Water Corporation, Mr. Emeka Edoh, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Enugu North Magisterial District over...
A High Court in Kano State has fixed May 27 to hear three applications over the suspension of National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi...
A Kano High Court sitting at Audu Bako secretariat has fixed May 27, 2024, for the commencement of hearing of three applications in the case of...
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Tuesday remanded a 45-year-old cleric, Mr Sunday Adewoye, who allegedly raped a 22-year-old lady. Adewoye, whose address was...
A 34-year-old woman, Njoku Chioma, on Monday, appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly assaulting her husband with a broken plate. Njoku,...
A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja, on Monday, restrained Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of Dstv and GOtv from increasing their tariffs and...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State on Monday, vacated the bench warrant issued for the arrest of a former state Commissioner for Finance,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an interim order sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze at least 1,146 bank...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, on Monday, slammed N10 million cost on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and three others for fundamental...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday slammed N10 million fine on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and three others for fundamental rights...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the police authorities to pay a cumulative sum of N300 million to the parents of three Shiite...
A Kano Federal High Court presided by Justice A. M Liman has restrained the acclaimed executive members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ganduje Ward from...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has acquitted a traditional ruler in Rivers State, Eze Ekpeye Logbo, His Royal Majesty Eze Kelvin Anugwo,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Rivers State Government from withholding the allocations of the 42 local government areas in the state pending...
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has adjourned to May 3, 2024, for the hearing of a suit filed by some civil society organizations, CSOs,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit seeking to reverse the appointment of Hannatu Musawa as Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy by...
The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on Thursday, has set aside the warrant of arrest against Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff of the Rivers...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 33-year-old man, Stanley Julius, in a corrections centre for alleged armed robbery. The police charged Julius, who...
A Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Ezekiel John has been dragged before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja over an alleged improper sharing...
A Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, sentenced two men, Oluwaseun Nwankpa and Olayode Fadaiya, to three months imprisonment each, for illegal currency trading amounting...
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Tuesday imposed a cumulative fine of N400, 000 on the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the 2023 election...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 10 for ruling in an application by former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, seeking vacation of...
A medical laboratory scientist, Oluroju Shola, has been docked at an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja, for allegedly exposing his ex-girlfriend’s nude pictures. The police charged...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old trader, Mohammed Abdulhamid, to five years imprisonment for receiving stolen property worth N2.19 million. The convict, who...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday did not sit to hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against the...
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered two men, John Simon and Yusuf Nikie, to be remanded in a correctional facility after they pleaded...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday dismissed money laundering charges filed against a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice under...
The Police on Friday arraigned one Prudent Umadike, 31, in a Grade’A’ Customary Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing television picture boards. Umadike, a security guard...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 45-year-old man, Samson Adedokun, at Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his 16-year-old daughter. The Magistrate, Mrs...
A Magistrate Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos has ordered that singer late Mohbad’s wife, Wunmi, be served notice of a pending DNA application,...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday ordered that a farmer, Terkula Chile, 30, be remanded at the correctional centre in the state, for allegedly attempting...
A 50-year-old man, Adetipe Idowu, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly inflicting harm on a female neighbour. The Prosecutor, ASP Abdullahi...
An Abuja Federal High Court, on Thursday, fixed April 23 for ruling in an application by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking a substituted service...
The faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State led by Emeka Beke has called on the national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje to step aside....
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court in Kwara State has ordered the remand of 14 suspected cultists who allegedly attacked three people identified as Basheer, Kareem and Quadri...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered that a warrant be issued to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the immediate arrest...
Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi, of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday admitted three documents as exhibits in the bribery trial of the...
A Federal High court, Abuja, on Wednesday, threatened to adjourn the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, indefinitely....
The Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan has ordered the remand of 29 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators for invading the premises of the Oyo State Secretariat...
A former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over the siege laid to his Abuja residence by dozens of operatives of...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday ordered that a 20-year-old man, Peter Ezekiel, who allegedly abducted and defiled a 14-year-old girl, be...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 45-year-old woman, Rayinat Bakare, in a correctional centre for allegedly stealing a nine-year-old girl....
A 42-year- old woman, Ihuoma Onunyere, was on Wednesday docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N2.1 million from her late boyfriend’s account. The...
A Kano State High Court on Wednesday affirmed the suspension of Abdullahi Ganduje, the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman. The court, while granting an exparte...
A Jos Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 28-year-old businessman, Peter Sunday, to one-year imprisonment for stealing vehicle parts valued at N200,000. The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi...
Nightlife entrepreneur Okechukwu Paschal, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, has objected to his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for naira abuse....