A Kano State Magistrate Court presided over by Aminu Muhammad Gabari has ordered public flogging for Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala for defaming the character of Kano State Governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tiktok. The pair who are to receive 20 lashes each were also ordered to ...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court.Justice Chizoba Oji, in a ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will on Monday, November 7, set in motion the legal fireworks for the 2023 election with the inauguration of over 300 members of the election petition tribunal.The spokesperson for the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, said this in the ...

TRIBUNAL ACCEPTS BVAS REPORTS SHOWING OVER-VOTING AGAINST ADELEKE.Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has admitted in evidence, the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) reports showing the over-voting in favour of Ademola Adeleke during the ...

The five fraudsters convicted by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf are Salim Mohammed Sarki; Sani M. Auwalu; Bashir Bashir Nasidi; Aliyu Mika'il Muhammed and Yahaya Abdullahi Abubakar, popularly known as Shoki.A High Court in Kano State, Nigeria has convicted and sentenced five Nigerian men to two weeks ...

By Ikechukwu NnochiriIt is more trouble for the All Progressive Congress, APC, as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has okayed a fresh suit that is seeking to bar all its candidates from contesting the 2023 general elections.The suit marked; FHC/ABJ/CS/1864/2022, was brought before the court ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday stopped the execution of its own judgment which faulted the rendition of Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and also set aside the terrorism charges against him.Justice Haruna Tsanami in a ruling upheld the application of the Federal Government and ordered that the ...

By Alex Enumah:The federal government yesterday renamed the Legal Aid Council Headquarters Building after the late Chief Chimezie Ikeazor.The renaming which was made on behalf of the federal government by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Mr. Abubakar Malami, was ...

…Insists he’s threat to national security.…As court reserves ruling on request to stay execution of judgement. The Federal Government yesterday adduced reasons it has not obeyed the judgement of the Court of Appeal that ordered the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi ...

The Court of Appeal on Monday refused to grant the request of the Federal Government to adjourn the application seeking to stay the execution of the judgment that struck out the terrorism charges against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.Rather, the court ...

By Alex Enumah:President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police (IG) have been dragged before a Federal High Court, Abuja over their refusal to grant Nigerians licences for the possession of assault rifles for self-defence. The suit filed by human rights lawyer, Chief Malcolm ...

Professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, who is standing trial over alleged electoral malpractice in 2019 collapsed in court on Wednesday.Professor Uduk, who served as Returning Officer for Essien Udim Local Government Area in the 2019 elections, collapsed in the dock ...

Katsina State High Court, has recovered over N900 million from Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) loan defaulters across the State, through its Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) centres set up across the stateThe State Chief Judge, Justice Musa Danladi stated this while addressing journalists in ...

A coroner’s inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jumoke Oyeleke, a lady reportedly killed by a stray bullet during a Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos state, has returned a verdict indicting the police.The coroner, Magistrate Mukaila Fadeyi, who sat at the magistrate court in the Ogba ...

With Justice Olukayode Ariwoola formally sworn in as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, Alex Enumah recounts some of the challenges he needs to tackle in the two years he will be at the helm of affairs in the country’s judiciaryPresident Muhammadu Buhari last Wednesday swore in Justice Olukayode ...

By Hammed Shittu:An Ilorin Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, yesterday ordered two journalists to be remanded at Oke-Kura Correctional Centre over allegations of defamation.The two affected journalists are Mr. Akogun Abdulrasidi and Dare Akogun.Prior to their arrangement, the ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa state has nullified the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that produced Senator Aihatu Dahiru Binani as the governorship candidate of the party.Justice Abdul-aziz Anka on Friday declared as null and void the election ...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has reacted to the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday quashing the charges against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, saying that Kanu was only discharged by the court but ...

UPDATEOnyendu MAZI NNAMDI KANU’s abduction and extraordinary rendition from Kenya is declared illegal and consequently constitutes a bar to further proceeding /trial . Court Held that It was done in clear and egregious violation of extant international laws , there is no justification whatsoever ...

Nollywood film-maker and producer, Olajide Kareem, alias Seun Egbegbe, has been discharged and acquitted by a Federal High court in Lagos, after after spending six years and eight months in prison custody.Egbegbe was remanded on February 10, 2017, after allgedly obtaining money by false pretence ...

A Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced an Italian woman, Floriana De Stefani, to three years’ imprisonment for laying claim to property belonging to a company, Waterside Properties Limited.Justice Mojisola Dada, who handed down the verdict on Friday, gave her a ...

Court freezes 3 firms’ accounts over non-disclosure of lifted crude oil Justice Daniel Osiagor, of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has directed 18 commercial banks to freeze and place a Post No Debt (PND) on any sum of money, standing to the credit of accounts belonging to three oil and gas ...

Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit instituted by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu against the Chief Judge of the FHC on his secret trial for alleged terrorism.The suit which had the Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho as ...

By Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo:The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu has challenged the federal government to show any evidence to prove that his extradition from Kenya in June 2021 was lawful and followed due process.He threw the challenge yesterday at a Federal High Court ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOLrhoMTEskA young Nigerian Jude Bela has won the Nigeria Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the appellate court for illegal detention, and confiscation of his properties all in the name of "he's too young to make money from Google Adsense"According ...

By Alex Enumah:The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria  (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday stated that “timely and efficient adjudication” of cases enhances stability in the Nigerian financial sector.To this extent, the Acting CJN said time is of essence for a cross discussion of the legal ...

The landmark judgment by the Yobe State High Court, sitting in Damaturu last week, which disqualified the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, from participating in the 2023 National Assembly election, has ended his 24-year sojourn in the federal parliament, reports Sunday AborisadeThe decision of the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara state on Friday declared Alhaji Dauda Lawal Dare winner of the governorship primary election rerun in the state.The governorship primary poll rerun was conducted after a Court nullified the primary election that produced him as party’s flagbearer for the ...

The Appeal Court in Abuja has rejected Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s request to relocate the sitting of the tribunal to Abuja.The Chief Registrar Court of Appeal, Bangari Umar, in a letter titled: RE: PETITION NO, EPT/OS/GOV/01/2022, ADEGBOYEGA ISIAKA OYETOLA & ANOR V. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ...

The Supreme Court has struck out a suit instituted against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking to enforce the zoning and rotatory policy in the 2023 presidential election.In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro on Friday, the court struck out the suit on the ground of lack ...

By Wale IgbintadeAn Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday  refused post-conviction bail application filed by convicted actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha.Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo rejected the bail application on the ground that he did not meet exceptional circumstances and ...

The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, Monday Ubani, has threatened to sue the Federal Government if it bans cowhide, popularly called pọnmọ.Ubani said this in a statement signed by him on Wednesday, noting that pọnmọ “is the most common ...

By Alex Enumah: Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday dismissed the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and that of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, in the ...

By Wale Igbintade:The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained all parties in the suit pertaining to the Ikoyi Cancer Treatment Center from demolishing, destroying or tampering with the building located at No.16, Alexander Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, pending the determination of all the cases ...

Court Refuses To Stop Labour Party's Presidential Rally In Lagos As Lawyers Sue Peter Obi, Datti Baba-Ahmed, OthersTen lawyers have dragged the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State, seeking ...

By Alex Enumah:The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BoSAN) has told the National Judicial Council (NJC), the body responsible for the appointment of judicial officers, that it is high time the NJC stopped the current replacement policy for the appointment of Justices of the Court of Appeal and ...

By  Sami Tunji The Director General of the National Identity Management Commission, Aliyu Aziz, says the commission has so far captured 89 million persons in the ongoing nationwide National Identity Number enrolment. The DG disclosed this on Thursday at a press conference in ...

An Ikeja Special Offences Court will on Monday rule on a bail application filed by Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha, whether the convict has met special circumstances for the court to grant him bail.Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo fixed the date after taking arguments from both the prosecuting ...

 Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a domestic worker, Genesis Ezebong, his brother, Micheal and one Ikade Moses, to life imprisonment for armed r%bbery in the Palm Groove area of Lagos State.The convicts were arraigned on December 18, 2020 while the trial ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days.Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as ...

By Alex Enumah:Barely two weeks after an Appeal Court voided his declaration by a Federal High Court as the Delta State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election, Mr. David Edevbie, has asked the Supreme Court to re-affirm his candidacy.Edevbie, ...

By Wale Igbintade;Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON) has warned that it may file contempt charge against Lagos State Surveyor General, over his failure to respect court judgement, which nullified Section 5 of the State Survey Practice Law, and granted registered surveyors to practice the ...

By Alex Enumah;A former member of staff of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Williams Olanrewaju, has dragged the anti-drug agency and four others before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Abuja, over his alleged unlawful dismissal from office. Olanrewaju, in the ...

ByAbdul Babajide  The Chief Magistrate Court in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Friday issued arrest warrants for two individuals who had been parading themselves as traditional rulers in Irele and Igodan Lisa in the southern part of the state.The court also ordered the Commissioner of Police to ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has again refused to admit suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari, to bail.Kyari, put on trial by the Federal Government on alleged drug trafficking offences, is to remain in Kuje prison pending his trial on ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America.The judge, in a judgment on Monday, held that the ...

By Godwin Aliuna The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state on Thursday voided the local government election that took place in the 13 LGAs of the state.DAILY POST reports authoritatively that the local government election was conducted on 30th July; 2022 by the ...

By Onozure Dania The Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has remanded a social media influencer, Portia Emilia, in prison, over an alleged fraud of N110m.Emilia was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside her company, Savanah Crest Investment Limited.The defendants, who ...

By Friday Olokor and Bola Bamigbola Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Friday asked the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo to nullify the election of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke.According to the governor, the election was fraught with ...

The Lagos House of Assembly has denied a report that it secretly passed a Sharia Bill to get Northerners support for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Mr Setonji David, made this ...