By Innocent Anaba The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja against former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, a retired Major General, a retired Naval Captain, a serving police […]
Law
The National Assembly has been urged to expedite action on the passage of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) Amendment Bill that has been pending before it since 2023 as a way of fast tracking the needed reforms in […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned a suit seeking to stop Sen. Ireti Kingibe from parading herself as a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) until June 9 for hearing. Justice Peter Lifu fixed the date, […]
The fraud case against CitiTrust Financial Services Limited, the parent company of Osun State’s partially-owned LivingTrust Mortgage Bank, is opening today at the Lagos Court of Appeal. The financial services provider was prosecuted at the Federal High Court, Lagos, for […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced that 974 offenders were convicted and sentenced to various jail terms during the first quarter of 2026, including 11 drug kingpins who received a combined 254 years of imprisonment. This occurred as […]
By Moronke Boboye A 22-year-old delivery agent, Samuel Uchenna, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing nine iPhones valued at nine million naira. The defendant, who resides at 58, Jamiu Crescent, Baruwa, in Ipaja, […]
Celebrity Nigerian cryptocurrency entrepreneur Linus Williams Ifejirika, popularly known as Blord, has been granted bail after spending weeks in Kuje prison over alleged impersonation of social media commentator Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan. The development was disclosed by […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has faulted the authenticity of the Nigerian passport tendered in the London proceedings in the dispute over a property traced to a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the late General Jeremiah Useni. […]
A 63-year-old cleric, Chris Douglas, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja for raping a church member’s daughter. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that Douglas, who is the […]
A labourer has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Okitipupa, Ondo State, over allegations of damaging crops valued at half a million naira. The 45-year-old defendant, Kunle Igbayemi, is facing a two-count charge involving conspiracy and the destruction […]