By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has explained that none of the inmates recently approved for clemency by President Bola Tinubu has been released from custody. Fagbemi said this following […]
Bayelsa council chairmen quit party as senator joins APCThe Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed a definite hearing for Monday on the case challenging the proposed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention, billed for November 15 and 16. Justice […]
By Akin Kuponiyi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has filed a four-count amended charge against Lagos businessman Ezeh Alexander Uche, who was allegedly on the run before his recent arrest. According to court documents filed by the NDLEA […]
There was confusion in an Area Court in Ilorin on Thursday, when a woman, Mulikat Yusuf, slumped after her husband, Ishaq Abdulganiyu, insisted on divorcing her. Abdulganiyu told the court that he was no longer interested in the marriage. Earlier, […]
By Ngozi Njoku The police in Lagos, on Thursday, charged two men before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing gold worth N6.1 million. The defendants: Friday Okem, 22, and Abdulmumin Mohammed, 30, are standing trial on a three-count charge […]
By Adenike Ayodele The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) and the Nigeria Police have agreed to review the tinted glass permit policy. Prof. Paul Ananaba, the Chairman of NBA-SPIDEL, disclosed this in Ikeja on […]
The team empanelled by the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said the ailment complained about by detained self acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is not life threatening. The medical team was ordered by […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN), and the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Babatunde Adejumo, have expressed […]
A Kaduna High Court has delivered judgment against the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, declaring the attempt to ban opposition political meetings as unconstitutional and awarding N15 million in damages to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Social Democratic Party […]
A Bayelsa State High Court has sentenced 29-year-old Mariam Omokiri from Delta State to seven years in prison for human trafficking. She was also fined one million naira. Omokiri was convicted for trafficking, exporting, and promoting the prostitution of young […]