By Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a housewife, Rukayat Sikiru to 28-month imprisonment for dealing in illicit drug. Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA prosecuting counsels B.S. Abdullahi, M.I.Erondu and P.M. Ekuri had […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned the alleged tax evasion case filed by the Federal Government against Binance Holdings Ltd until July 9 for a report of settlement. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter after Binance’s lawyer, […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted in absentia a British citizen and a director in the controversial Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, James Nolan, for money laundering offences. In a judgment he delivered yesterday, Justice Obiora Egwuatu […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed an appeal against the judgment delivered on 5 May 2026 by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which awarded ₦100 million in damages in favour of officials of […]
Justice Veronica Ajogwu of the Enugu State High Court has adjourned the N14.5 billion suit filed against former minister of power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, for alleged demolition of property to June 3. The property is said to belong to members […]
An Abuja High Court on Monday admitted five newspaper publications and certification receipts from the National Library of Nigeria in the ongoing trial of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, as evidence. Justice Maryanne Anenih […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed a suit instituted by Mr Fubara Dagogo, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeking to void the party’s recently conducted national congress. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a judgment, held […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 25 for hearing in a suit filed by Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), a political party, seeking an order striking down Sections 138 and 77(5) of the new Electoral Act, 2026. The […]
The leadership crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) took a fresh twist on Friday after the Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned indefinitely the suit challenging the emergence of former Senate President David Mark as a key figure in the party’s leadership structure. […]
Veteran journalist, lawyer and activist, Richard Akinnola, has faulted a faction of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, for siding with the Department of State Services, DSS, against the Socio-Economic and Accountability Project, SERAP, over a court […]