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For Sending ‘Good Morning Babe’ To Married Woman, Osun Man Charged With Breach Of Peace In Marriage

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Court Sentences Man Seven Months For Raping Sister

38-year-old man, Sikiru Oluwaseun Jamiu, was on Tuesday, dragged before an Ijebu-Ode Magistrate’s Court in Ogun State, for allegedly texting a seductive WhatsApp message to a housewife. Jamiu was dragged before the court and charged by the police with misconduct in breaching peace in the marriage of one Mrs Opeyemi Adegbesan by sending a WhatsApp message to her on September...

Kidnappers Of UNIABUJA Lecturers To Be Arraigned May 13

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Federal High Court Announces 2025 Annual Vacation Schedule

A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled May 13 for the arraignment of four suspects arrested in connection with the abduction of the University of Abuja lecturers and their children in 2021. Gunmen, on November 2, 2021, invaded the Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Abuja at the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and abducted no...

Stop Criticising Our Decisions On Ahmad Lawan, Godswill Akpabio, Supreme Court Warns

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Supreme Court Cancels Rivers Local Government Elections

The Supreme Court on Saturday came hard on some Nigerians who had been “venting convoluted anger”, following its recent pronouncements, which affirmed a former Governor of the Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, senatorial candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25 elections. The Apex Court warned purveyors of such attacks on the judiciary...

Edo Comedian Arrested By DSS Regains Freedom

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A High Court of justice, sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital has granted bail to the comedian and vlogger, Chukwu Emeka, arrested by the Department of State Services. The mother of the comedian, Mrs. Magaret Chukwu, confirmed the release to our c...

Kano Singer Sentenced To Death By Sharia Court Acquitted By Appeal Court

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The Court of Appeal in Kano State, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif Aminu sentenced to death by a Sharia court over alleged blasphemy. Aminu, represented in the appellate court by his counsel, Kola Alapini, was convicted on January 21, 2021, but appealed the verdict. The Kano state government had already deferred its response for months, having been served...

#RevolutionNow: FG Discontinues Sowore’s Trial

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Some ADC Coalition Members Have Let Nigeria Down —  Sowore

The Federal Government has discontinued the trial of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, (also known as Mandate). The decision to discontinue the trial was communicated to the Federal High Court in Abuja via a notice of discontinuance, dated February 14 but filed the next day by the Attorney General...

Suspended UNICAL Professor Ndifon, lawyer Granted N300m Bail By Court

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Suspended UNICAL Professor Ndifon, lawyer Granted N300m Bail By Court

A Federal High Court in Abuja granted bail on Friday, February 9, to the detained suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, also granted bail is his legal representative, Sunny Anyanwu. While Ndifun is accused of abuse of office and sexual harassment, Anyanwu was accused of attempting to...

P-Square’s Mr P Accuses Lagos Police Of Complicity In Violence Against Igbos

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P-Square’s Mr P Accuses Lagos Police Of Complicity In Violence Against Igbos

Mr. P, the award-winning artist, has accused the Lagos State Police Command of remaining mute on the violence against the Igbo during the state's recent elections. On Sunday, Mr. P rushed to Twitter to beg forgiveness for Grammy-nominated afrobeat singer Seun Kuti, who was proclaimed sought for attacking a police officer in uniform in a viral video. He claimed Kuti...

Supreme Court To Decide Nnamdi Kanu’s Fate Friday

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Court To Rule On Nnmadi Kanu’s Bail Application March 19

The Supreme Court will tomorrow (December 15th) deliver judgement on the appeal seeking to compel the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. A five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun had in October fixed the date after counsel for both the Federal Government and the detained IPOB leader adopted...

Court Order Customs To Pay N500m To Lagos Automobile Dealers Over Invasion, Sealing Of Their Car Marts

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"We’ve Arrested 120 Trucks Of Food Items Leaving Nigeria" – Customs

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has declared the 2019 raid and sealing of over 434 car marts in Lagos by the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, for alleged smuggling and under- assessment during clearance at the ports, as illegal and unlawful and ordered the payment of N500m as general and aggravated damages. Some of the affected car dealers, whose...

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