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Nigeria’s former finance minister Kemi Adeosun, who was caught in a certificate forgery scandal, got what appears to be a reprieve from a court on Wednesday. The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Mrs Adeosun did…
Popular Nigerian Big Boy, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Federal High Court in Lagos over “unlawful re-arrest and detention.” Recall that the Nigerian…
Justice F. N. Azinge of the Delta State High Court sitting in Otor-Udu has convicted and sentenced one Pastor Glory Okeoghene Aberefa and Reverend Vincent Okpogo to 16 and 10 years imprisonment respectively. The duo,…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday dismissed the entire 40 counts bordering on alleged N34bn fraud filed by the Federal Government against Global West Vessel Specialist Limited, a company linked to a former…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos state has asked the federal high court to dissolve the Buni-led caretaker committee. In the suit marked FHC/L/CS/789/2020, Arigbaruwo is faulting the NEC meeting of…
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has declared dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II as a global citizen who is well connected and known all over the world. El-Rufai, who was in Awe on Friday, said he came to…
The dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, has departed Awe in Nasarawa State with the Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai. This comes after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja granted an interim order releasing…
A federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the former spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, to seven years imprisonment. Metuh and his company, Destra Investment Limited had earlier being found…
The Federal High Court has found the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh guilty of laundering a sum of 400 million, on count one of the seven-count charges slammed…
The family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha lost, on Friday, its bid to regain access to the many accounts held by its members in banks in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechenstein and…
The High Court of the Federal High Court in Nyanya, Abuja on Thursday sentenced one Obinna Echianu to death for killing an Uber driver identified as Edwin Ali in Abuja on December 26, 2016. Delivering judgment, Justice…
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it cannot disqualify Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, for double registration because it is not an offence under the electoral act. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned two British Nationals, James Richard Nolan, and Adam Quinn before a Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday for their alleged complicity in the $9.6 billion…
Former President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, has cried out over the temporary forfeiture order granted the government to take over his properties in Ikoyi. The Federal High Court in Lagos had granted an…
A Federal High court in Lagos has reportedly ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties located in Ikoyi area of Lagos belonging to Bukola Saraki, past senate president , to the Federal government. This followed…
Security has been tightened around the Federal High Court in Abuja today ahead of #RevolutionNow mastermind Omoyele Sowore’s appearance today. Sowore is on trial for treasonable felony, alongside Olawele Bakare. News…
#RevolutionNow convener and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has spoken about his ordeal in detention, saying that he has not been in touch with the outside world. Despite having been granted bail by Justice Taiwo…
News sources indicate that the Federal Government is planning to report Justice Taiwo Taiwo to the National Judicial Council (NJC) over his granting bail to the embattled convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele…
The Department of State Services, DSS states the reason eason why they are still holding embattled Sahara Reporters' Publisher, Omoyele Sowore in detention despite fulfilling his bail conditions on Wednesday, September…
The Department of State Security (DSS) has continued to hold Omoyele Sowore after fulfilling his bail condition and his lawyer, Femi Falana has been denied access to see him. It'd be recalled that only yesterday…
