Court Orders British Govt to pay £420m to 21 Coal Miners killed in Enugu by Colonial Masters

Justice Anthony Onovo of the Enugu High Court, on Thursday, ordered the British Government to pay £20 million each to the families of the 21 coal miners killed in Enugu State in 1949 by the Colonial masters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the massacre took place at the Iva Valley Coal Mine […]

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I’m disappointed Nigerian Federal High has not issued order restraining Trump ―Odinkalu

Nigerian human rights activist, lawyer, professor and writer, and former chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, has expressed his disappointment that some Nigerian judges have not issued order restraining the US. On November 5, Odinkalu took to his X handle to express the disappointment and asked of the whereabout of […]

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Court grants order for forfeiture of N11.14bn property linked to Emefiele

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday granted the Federal Government an order of interim forfeiture of property valued at N11,140,000,000.00 linked to the embattled former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Presiding judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, made the order following a motion filed and argued by the counsel for […]

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I’ll report judge who issued order to stop Sanusi’s reinstatement from United States ―Gov Yusuf

Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, on Friday, promised to report Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court for allegedly giving an order stopping the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido as the 16th Emir of Kano from the United States. Governor Yusuf said he would report the judge to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Justice Liman […]

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Tinubu files motion for emergency review of order asking Chicago State University to release records

President Bola Tinubu has filed an emergency application seeking a review of the judgement that ordered the release of his academic records by Chicago State University (CSU) to Atiku Abubakar. Judge Jeffrey Gilbert of the United States District Court had on September 19 ordered Chicago State University to release with deposition Mr. Tinubu’s records to […]

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