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The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria, has granted the order that Wunmi, the wife of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, be served notice of the pending DNA test application by substituted means. This was contained in a statement signed by a member of the legal team to the Aloba […]
Continue ReadingNot less than 25 arrested Yoruba Nation agitators were, on Wednesday, arraigned before the Chief Magistrates Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for their involvement and roles in the failed invasion of the Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly. On Saturday, April 13, 2024, some masked persons suspected to be Yoruba Nation […]
Continue ReadingFederal government of Nigeria has today, arraigned the detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, at a Federal High Court, Abuja on a three-count charge bordering on terrorism. Bodejo, who was arrested on Jan. 23 in Malia, Nasarawa State and kept in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), was arraigned before Justice […]
Continue ReadingIn a ruling delivered on Tuesday March 19, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria, rejected the bail application filed for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Instead, the court ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving the embattled IPOB leader who is facing charges […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja Nigeria, on Friday, ordered Nigerian government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murder of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Mr Giwa was 39 years old, when, on October 19, 1986, he was blown to smithereens by a parcel bomb […]
Continue ReadingImmediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday, appeared as a witness in the ongoing trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and that $6.2m was released from the CBN in February 2023 using a forged document. Mustapha stated this […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, presided over by Justice M.W Danagogo, on Tuesday, ordered a factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, to preside over the activities of the legislative arm of the state pending the determination of a motion before it. The court also stopped lawmakers […]
Continue ReadingA divorce-seeking Nigerian man, Kazeem Yekini told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday, November 30, that his wife bullies and intimidates him NAN reports He pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage between him and his estranged wife, Opeyemi, saying the marriage had ruined his life. He said Ms. Opeyemi […]
Continue ReadingThe Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s court in Awka, Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, for allegedly r@ping and impregnating a teenager. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit the original case file to the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of […]
Continue ReadingEnugu State High Court, Nigeria, presided over by Justice A. O. Onovo, on Thursday, declared the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the South-East Governors’ Forum as illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void. In 2017, the South-East Governors Forum, led by former Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi State, proscribed IPOB activities. The […]
Continue ReadingOyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye. The stool had become vacant since the demise of HRM, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, in December 2021, at the age of 95 years after he reigned for 48 years. On September 8, 2023, […]
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Kenya have arrested a fake lawyer, Brian Mwenda Njagi, who has won 26 cases while parading himself as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. According to reports, the lawyer handled 26 cases before High Court Judges, Magistrates, and Court of Appeal Judges before his arrest, all of which he won. He […]
Continue ReadingA Magistrate court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, has remanded singer Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley and Balogun Eletu, aka Sam Larry in police custody for 21 days. At the court sitting, the Lagos police requested that both suspects be remanded for 30 days pending investigation completion over the death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, […]
Continue Reading25-year-old Kenyan woman who allegedly set her ex-boyfriend’s house on fire, destroying property worth Sh120,000, has been charged with arson. Patience Cherotich is accused of setting fire to the house located at TRM Drive in Kasarani, Nairobi on August 10, 2023. “On the 10th day of August, 2023, at Veeland Apartments, you did willfully and […]
Continue ReadingAfter a long detention and massive condemnations by Nigerians, the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele has finally been arraigned for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. Emefiele arrived at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for his arraignment on two counts charges. He was brought to court by officials […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, was on Friday, arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of graft. Oduah, who served as Aviation Minister from 2011 to 2014, is facing trial over an allegation that she laundered public funds to the tune […]
Continue ReadingThe fundamental rights enforcement lawsuit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of State Services (DSS), has been dismissed by a federal high court. Kanu had sued the Director General of DSS, the DSS, and the Attorney-General of the Federation as 1st to 3rd respondents respectively, […]
Continue ReadingIn a landmark judgment, Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot recovered by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.” The court ordered the government of President Bola Tinubu to “disclose the […]
Continue ReadingFormer head of the Rapid Response Team of the Inspector General of Police (IRT IGP), ACP Abba Kyari has been granted bail after 18 months in prison custody. Kyari alongside some members of his team was taken into custody in February 2022 after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), alleged tampering with drug exhibits. […]
Continue ReadingDivorce-seeking woman, Taibat Abubakar, has told a Magistrate court sitting in Ipata, Ilọrin, Kwara State, Nigeria, that she can’t explain how she got pregnant without having sexual intercourse with her husband, Abubakar Salihu. “He said I should marry him but I said no because I don’t love him. But he insisted and said whether I […]
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