A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday returned the case file on the alleged $9.7 million terrorism financing case involving the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, and three others to the Chief Judge (CJ) for reassignment to a substantive judge. […]
Law
A Magistrate Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Monday ordered the remand of a social media critic, Polycap Obinna Alegu, over allegations of defamation and cyberbullying against the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Grace Umezurike. Alegu, 36, was arraigned […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a N1billion suit filed against MTN Nigeria Communications Plc by Walls and Gates Ltd and its Managing Director, Mr. Okechukwu Udeichi. The plaintiffs had alleged copyright infringement, breach of confidentiality, and trademark violations arising […]
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has fixed January 30, 2026, for the hearing of a criminal case instituted by Osun State government against United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, and four of its top […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, has arraigned an Austrian national, Kavlak Onal for allegedly failing to declare large sums of foreign currency while attempting to travel out of Nigeria. Onal, who […]
By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko Two brothers identified as Ayodeji Afolabi, 21, Ayomide Afolabi, 23 and their friends: Abdulahi Olarenwaju, 20, Samson Abayomi, 26, have been docked before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for presenting themselves as white ladies living in the […]
The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, has dismissed what he described as “wrong notions and stage-managed arithmetic” surrounding Nigeria’s new tax laws, saying claims that the reforms would impose fresh burdens on the poor were […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over what it describes as a coordinated smear campaign aimed at undermining its leadership and operations, allegedly sponsored by politicians and interest groups linked to individuals under investigation or […]
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said it will continue its investigation into Engineer Farouk Ahmed, the immediate past Authority Chief Executive and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream […]
The joint National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed an amendment that will ensure that all election petitions are concluded before winners of such polls are sworn in. The Nation reports that the National Assembly’s […]