A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai at N100million with one surety in the same amount. El-Rufai is being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) on a five-count […]
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Litigation news, court judgments, procedural developments, case updates and analysis from Nigerian courts and tribunals.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a woman, Halima Haliru Umar to 20 years imprisonment following her conviction on the offences of unlawful illegal possession of 302 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition and attempt to render support for […]
By Ayorinde Oluokun Social media influencer and relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, (also known as Blessing CEO) was on Friday arraigned before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos over an alleged N36 million fraud. […]
By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, yesterday, said the courts can no longer remain detached from technology developments, considering the pressure the judges face with increasing digital fraud, privacy breaches and misinformation cases that arise on […]
The Managing Director of Viscount Microfinance Bank Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei has been arraigned for allegedly converting the sum of N19 million and $30 million given to her for investment for her own use. She was arraigned before Justice Y. Halilu of […]
By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA The League of Legal Practitioners of Nigeria, yesterday, questioned the fairness and evidential basis of the ongoing United Kingdom trial involving former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, insisting that the case must be determined strictly on credible […]
The scheduled trial of a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, for alleged $385,000 and N165,438,000.00 fraud was stalled yesterday before Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja Special Offences Court. When the matter came up, the defence […]
A 36-year-old travel agent, Tijani Abdulroqeeb on Thursday appeared before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, over alleged N10.6 million visa fraud. Abdulroqeeb, who resides at the Boluwaji area of Ibadan, is standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy, […]
The bail application filed by the detained Justice Chidiebere, popularly known as Justice Crack, on Thursday suffered a setback at the Federal High Court in Abuja after his lawyers clashed over representation. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik had, on May 4, fixed […]
The trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, continued on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, with testimony from the fourth prosecution witness, who revealed that Malami’s bankers had filed a Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) concerning […]