By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN The first part of this article which was published in March 2025 traced the foundation of human rights enforcement, in making a case for judicial activism from the Bench for the protection and enforcement of fundamental […]
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By Taiye Agbaje A constitutional lawyer, Joshua Ijaodola, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the Acts enabling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as being unconstitutional. […]
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates ‘ Court on Friday remanded a 44 – year- old man, Temple Ononogbo, to Kirikiri Correctional Center for allegedly defiling his 11- year-old niece. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Kushanu refused to listen to the […]
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a mama boko haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode to fourteen years […]
The Second Prosecution Witness, Segun Adeleke, in the alleged money laundering case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has told the Federal Capital Territory High court, that the […]
By Innocent Anaba Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, granted leave to Growthprenure, Azeez Amida, to serve court processes on three foreign entities involved in a disputed management buyout (MBO) transaction. The ruling followed an […]
Prof. Pat Utomi, has described suit filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) against him over his alleged plan to establish “a shadow government” in the country as an abuse of court process, is speculative, incompetent, inchoate and lacking […]
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed September 15, 2025, to rule on an application by a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, seeking a forensic examination of some WhatsApp messages admitted in evidence […]
The Federal Government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has fixed October 7, 2025, for the arraignment of the Chairman of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, Adewunmi Ogunsanya; and the Managing Director of the company, John Ugbe; over allegations […]
The police have exonerated a real estate developer, Alex Ochonogor, and his lawyer, Ademola Owolabi, of any involvement in the allegations of forgery and willful property damage. The police cleared them of any wrongdoing in an investigative report signed by […]