The Nigeria Police Force has filed an appeal challenging a Federal High Court judgment that held Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, responsible for violating activist Omoyele Sowore’s rights. Justice Musa Kakaki, over the weekend, ruled in Sowore’s favour, awarding him […]
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Two aggrieved Nigerian firms and their staff have instituted a N1 billion suit against the Inspector General of Police and four others before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over alleged rights violations and destruction of assets. […]
By Nkiruka Nnorom The Federal Government has extradited a 26-year-old Nigerian, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, to the United States to face charges related to the sexual extortion and death of a young man in Pennsylvania. Mr Adewale, the third Nigerian extradited […]
The British government has been urged to promptly comply with the February 5 judgment of the High Court of Enugu State, which orders it, among other things, to pay £420million in compensation to the families of 21 coal miners killed […]
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has admitted additional confessional statements and a Digital Forensic Examination Report against five defendants standing trial for their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022 terror attack on St. Francis Catholic […]
By Moronke Boboye A 60-year-old man identified as Smart Agazie, was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre over alleged defilement of his stepdaughter on Friday. Agazie, a businessman residing at the Eleja area of Badagry, Lagos, is charged with sexual […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) will, on Feb 25, arraign former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on alleged cybercrime and breach of national security, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High […]
SOWORE WON THE CP AND IGP IN LAGOS TODAY! “Today’s judgment stands as a loud constitutional warning against the abuse of state power in Nigeria. Justice M. Kakaki of the Federal High Court Lagos, has in a judgement delivered and […]
By Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos has adjourned the trial of a housewife identified as Tina Williams for allegedly harbouring three girls for the purpose of prostitution till 14th of April 2026. Williams was arraigned by […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Maitama, on Thursday reserved judgment on a N5 billion defamation suit filed by two officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Socio-Economic Rights […]