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 […]
litigation
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 […]
A rights activist, Maduabuchi Idam, has filed a N105 billion suit against Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru and seven others over alleged violation of the fundamental rights of the people of Amasiri in Afikpo Local Government Area. In the case before the […]
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) on Tuesday February 17, 2026, arraigned two suspected fraudsters, Kelvin Usiholo and Osaigbovo Aikoriogie before Justice B. O. Quadri of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin […]
A 39-year-old man, Ojo Samuel, on Wednesday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N10 million fraud. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a one-count charge of fraud. The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told […]
By Ayox Ojo/Abuja A staff of Jaiz Bank, Janet Theophilus Danjuma, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment over alleged N22.350 million fraud following her conviction on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense. EFCC had arraigned […]
By Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Rural Development has directed parties in a protracted land dispute involving the Peace Estate Residents Association, Okota, Lagos, to pursue their claims before the court, declining to intervene […]
Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the extradition of one Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi, (also known as Matthew Adebiyi), to the United Kingdom to face trial over alleged murder and drug-related offences. The order was […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— A lead investigator at the Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja, how the June 5, 2022, terrorist attack at St. Francis’ Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State, which led […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has accused Nigeria of refusing to comply with its decisions, lamenting that eighty per cent of its judgements could not be enforced. The […]