An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 27-year-old teacher, Wisdom Anokwuru, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre over alleged sexual assault on two pupils. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.O Kushanu, who did not take Anokwuru’s plea, ordered that the file […]
By Ikenna Osuoha President Bola Tinubu has declined to sign the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill, 2025, recently passed by the National Assembly, citing constitutional inconsistencies. The bill sought to empower the NDLEA to retain a portion […]
A 32-year-old man, Oluwatimileyin Ajayi was on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging over alleged murder of the 24-year-old National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu by a state High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Justice Simon Aboki Nasarawa State […]
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a mama boko haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode to fourteen years […]
The Second Prosecution Witness, Segun Adeleke, in the alleged money laundering case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has told the Federal Capital Territory High court, that the […]
By Haruna Aliyu Birnin Kebbi— Following renewed attacks by armed bandits in parts of Kebbi State, the state government has announced plans to consider amending existing laws to impose the death penalty or life imprisonment upon conviction of individuals found […]
By Innocent Anaba Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, granted leave to Growthprenure, Azeez Amida, to serve court processes on three foreign entities involved in a disputed management buyout (MBO) transaction. The ruling followed an […]
By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi Following renewed attacks by armed bandits in parts of Kebbi State, the state government has announced plans to review existing laws with a view to imposing the death penalty or life imprisonment on convicted informants […]
Prof. Pat Utomi, has described suit filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) against him over his alleged plan to establish “a shadow government” in the country as an abuse of court process, is speculative, incompetent, inchoate and lacking […]
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed September 15, 2025, to rule on an application by a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, seeking a forensic examination of some WhatsApp messages admitted in evidence […]