A High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Dayo Asiwaju, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty...
A High Court in Kaduna State has fixed July 28 for hearing on a no-case-submission filed by Femi Falana (SAN), the lawyer to leader of the...
The Kano State High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Salisu Muhammad-Yakasai, to death by hanging for stabbing his football coach, Mujittafa Musa, to death...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered that the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, be remanded in a Department of...
A court in South Africa has handed former President Jacob Zuma, a 15-month jail term for contempt of court following his refusal to appear before it...
Justice T.G. Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday adjourned till October 7, 2021 to hear a motion filed by the...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in 18 judges who were recently elevated to the Court of Appeal. The new judges of...
The Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday sentenced a 70-year-old man, Olawale Ogun, to seven years’ imprisonment for defrauding two companies of N75.5 million. Justice...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit challenging the appointment of 18 new justices for the Court of Appeal....
A 40-year-old Frenchwoman, Valerie Bacot, who admitted to killing her abusive husband, fainted with shock and relief when a court set her free on Friday. The...
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Thursday remanded a 32-year-old man, Afolabi Dada, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly robbing a man...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, fixed July 2 for adoption of all processes filed by parties in a suit by former Abia Governor, Orji...
Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay of a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old labourer, Philip Ikechi, to life...
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed two separate suits seeking the dissolution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee....
The Lagos State police command will arraign the Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka aka Baba Ijesha, for alleged sexual assault at the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on...
The Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Monday sentenced a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Oyeyemi Caleb, to two years imprisonment for a romance scam....
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay $951 million to the Bayelsa Government. The amount is the 13 per cent...
Three men have been remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly stealing seven refrigerators worth N1.4 million. The suspects, Ezekiel Egbe, Chigbo Nweke, and Chikodi Okaja...
A magistrate court sitting in Lagos State, on Wednesday denied the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, bail in the ongoing...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed June 23 to hear a suit filed by a socio-cultural group against the National Judicial Council (NJC) over...
Embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, better known as Baba Ijesha will be arraigned in court today, Wednesday, June 16. The comedian who has been accused of...
The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has declared that it nationwide strike will continue because no concrete resolution had been reached. This was contained in...
Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Gerald Uwuoma (a.k.a, Charlie Clifford Jimmy) and Promise...
A fake legal practitioner, Azeez Agboola who appeared in a Magistrate’s Court has been arrested by the police in Ogun. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Wednesday fixed June 9 for ruling on the admissibility of evidence filed against a former Secretary to the...
The Federal High Court, Bauchi, on Saturday awarded N210 million compensation to three victims of police brutality in the state. Justice Hassan Dikko held that two...
Justice Yemi Fasanmi of the Ondo State High Court, Akure, on Thursday, sentenced two brothers, Issac Sunday and Isaac Lucky, to death for armed robbery in...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday, March 16, fixed April 19, for hearing in an application filed by the Centre for Awareness on...
The Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, on Friday ordered that fresh processes should be served on a former Minister of Aviation, Femi...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Friday, quashed the purported service of court processes served on former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode...
The Akwa Ibom State High Court, Ikot Ekpene, on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old man, Edidiong Pius Ototi, to death by hanging for killing his father. The...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday, March 4, ordered that seven men be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo, for alleged arson...
Justice Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on Tuesday sentenced a 39-year-old labourer, Mohammed Ibrahim, to death over the murder of a two-year-old...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it has recovered the sum of $919,202.07 kept in an interest yielding account by some...
Justice Jude Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the freezing of bank accounts and shares of an oil firm, Rainoil Limited, and 13...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, has adjourned to April 20, 2021, a suit filed by former Abia State Governor and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, fixed March 15 to hear a suit challenging the ongoing process of linking the National Identification Number (NIN)...
A Magistrate Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has granted bail to the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Senator Rochas Okorocha, Eberendu Chiimechefulem, his legislative aide, Steve Asinuobi...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, February 22, set aside the interim order through which the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) seized property belonging...
A federal high court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of some #EndSARS protesters frozen...
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court has ordered that a 23-year-old man, Kolawole Taiwo, be remanded in the Correctional Centre at Aafo, Ado-Ekiti, over attempted murder. The police...
Justice M.L Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday sentenced one Clinton Onye to five years imprisonment for illegal dealing in...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Monday, February 8, remanded one Jemilu Sanni at the Agodi Correctional Centre, for allegedly setting a house on fire....
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday sentenced a pastor serving with the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Afolabi Samuel,...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday sentenced two internet fraudsters, Ighosotu Daniel Duwa and Eseoghene Oruteri Enoch, to one year...
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced one Temitope Awobeku to two years imprisonment for N200million fraud. Awobeku was arraigned by the...
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume seeking the reversal of an Appeal Court’s ruling which barred him from last...
Justice P. H. Malong of a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Felix Oyegbada to one year imprisonment for offence bordering...
Justice N.I Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu on Tuesday convicted and sentenced the duo of Ebene Favour and Desmond Onumajuru to one year imprisonment...
A resident in Lagos State, Nura Asumoge has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the defilement of a 13-year-old minor by the Lagos State Sexual...
