ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to probe brains behind Benue killings

Eric Ikhilae, Abuja The Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to investigate the...

Court grants Atiku’s son-in-law 31 days for medical trip

By Robert Egbe  A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday gave former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele, 31 days to travel abroad for...

Teenager who ‘raped’ 50 year-old neighbour’s mother remanded

By Ramatu Garba A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered that  a teenager, Babangida Inusa, who allegedly raped his neighbour’s 50-year-old mother,...

EFCC Arrests Delta Chief for Internet Fraud

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a 34-year-old suspected Internet fraud kingpin, Akegor Omamuyorwi, in...

My illness is life-threatening, Atiku’s son-in-law tells court

By Robert Egbe Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele, on Tuesday sought the permission of a Federal High Court in Lagos for a foreign...

Shocking: Business woman pays N1m loan in kind

A business woman has narrated to a Magistrate’s court in Ojo, Lagos State how she slept with her creditor to pay off a N1.1...

Adelabu, Oyo APC appeal tribunal’s judgment

By Oseheye Okwuofu, Ibadan Not satisfied with the judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, the All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the March...

‘APC will retrieve stolen mandate by legal means’

Adamu Suleiman, Sokoto Senator Aliyu Wamakko has said nothing will be left to chance by the Sokoto State All Progressives Congress (APC) in its bid to reclaim...

Again Court grants Omoyele Sowore bail

By Kelechi Ogunleye A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday admitted Omoleye Sowore, Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, to bail in the sum of...

N14m Fraud: Ex Federal Permanent Secretary Bags Five-year Jail Term

A Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, the capital, on Thursday convicted and sentenced a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry...

Tribunal affirms Tambuwal’s victory

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto State on Wednesday in Abuja affirmed the election of Governor Aminu Tambuwal. The three-man tribunal dismissed the petition...

Sowore arraigned on seven-count charge

CONVENER of the #RevolutionNow protest Omoyele Sowore and a defendant, Olawale Adebayo Bakare (aka Mandate), were on Monday returned to the custody of the...

Nwosu: tribunal yet to release judgment copy

Governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo State Uche Nwosu has accused the election petition tribunal of refusing to release copies of...

Suswam, former commissioner lose bid to stop trial

Former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam (now a serving senator) and his ex-Finance Commissioner, Omadachi Oklobi, on Monday lost in the bid to stop...

Election Tribunal judgment: Action Alliance congratulates Ihedioha

By Diana Omueza The Action Alliance (AA) says the victory of Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo at the Imo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal affirms the...

N2b alleged pension fraud: Court to hear application on Maina’s ‘assets’

A Federal High Court, Lagos, will on October 9 hear an application to compel the government to release information on assets it recovered from...

April trip: Constitution didn’t require me to hand over to Osinbajo, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has defended his decision to not hand over power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo when he visited the United Kingdom privately...

‘My husband calls me barren”, woman tells court

By Deborah Akpede A 40-year-old businesswoman, Temidayo Amosa, on Friday dragged husband, Omotosho, before an Igando Customary Court, for allegedly calling her a barren woman. Amosa...

$9.6bn Judgment: UK Court Grants Conditional Stay Of Execution

Acourt in London, United Kingdom, on Thursday granted Nigeria’s request to stay execution of the $9.6bn judgment it delivered in favour of Process and...

Police arraign lawyer for threatening to kill Sen. Kashamu

By Chinyere Omeire A 30-year-old lawyer, Bayo Adedokun,  on Wednesday appeared in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly threatening to kill Sen. Buruji Kashamu...