The Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced a 400-level University of Port Harcourt student, Damian Okoligwe, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Justina Otuene. Okoligwe, a Petrochemical Engineering student, killed Otuene, a 300-level […]
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ABUJA – The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Friday, struck out an appeal the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, filed to challenge alleged violation of his fundamental rights by the Federal […]
The Senate on Thursday took a major step toward strengthening Nigeria’s legal framework against insecurity as it introduced a bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act. The amendment bill, sponsored by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, scaled […]
Trial of former bank manager, Fidelis Egueke, resumes March 3 at Federal High Court, Lagos. Businessman, Jude Ndudi, told the court at the last hearing how Egueke allegedly threatened him and his sister when he demanded repayment of over N480 […]
By Edith Nwapi Justice Hamza Muazu of the FCT High Court, Maitama, on Thursday stopped the prosecution from calling three subpoenaed witnesses to testify in the ongoing trial of Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele, a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos in a landmark judgment has ruled that the Federal Government, the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) “have the legal obligations to provide free, compulsory and universal basic education for every […]
The family of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has raised alarm after an Abuja court reportedly declined to issue a Production Warrant that would have allowed him to travel from Sokoto Correctional Facility to the Federal Capital […]
The appearance of two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) each claiming to have the authority to represent General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) yesterday stalled proceedings in the suit filed by the company against the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and others. The […]
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Tanimu Turaki has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to intervene in what it sees as a worrying pattern in the allocation of the party’s cases to […]
By Henry Ojelu The decade-long trial of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu finally reached a dramatic climax last week when the Federal High Court, Abuja, convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment on terrorism charges—closing […]