Fifty five of the 175 convicts granted clemency on October 12 have been dropped from a reviewed list approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The excluded persons comprise individuals convicted of grievous crimes. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to […]
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By Akin Kuponiyi The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned the trial of Lagos property developer, Olukayode Olusanya, and his company, Oak Homes Limited, over an alleged ₦152 million property fraud, to 9 February 2026. Justice Musa Kakaki, […]
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Muhammad Umar before Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. He was arraigned on a two count charge bordering on obtaining by […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the permanent forfeiture of a total sum of $49,700 that was allegedly recovered from a former Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Sokoto State, Dr. Nura Ali. A team […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Latest Fagbemi (SAN), on Wednesday, explained why President Bola Tinubu reviewed the list of 175 convicts that were initially penciled down for presidential pardon. He […]
There is rising disquiet within the legal profession following the decision of the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) to increase the processing fee for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from ₦1 million to ₦5 million. The announcement […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE against Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and others over oil import licence dispute until Nov. 5 for hearing. The matter, […]
By Zainab Oyekan A 23-year-old Jos carpenter identified as Abdul Ado has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to stealing his neighboour’s cellphone worth N158,000. Ado was arraigned before Magistrate’s Court in Jos, on Wednesday. The Prosecution […]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga President Bola Tinubu has signed the official instruments granting pardon and clemency to selected individuals, formally exercising his constitutional powers of prerogative of mercy as enshrined in Section 175(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). […]
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, remanded a 42- year-old man, Emmanuel Egbosimba, in Kirikiri prison for allegedly defiling his 19-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr L. Owolabi, did not take the defendant ‘s plea. Owolabi ordered him to be […]