By AFP Sudan will hand longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court along with other officials wanted over the Darfur conflict, Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi said on Wednesday. Bashir, 77, has been wanted by the ICC for more than […]
By Tope Fayehun Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State who are not satisfied with the outcome of the last ward congresses in Ifedore local government area have gone to the federal high court to challenge the […]
By Olugbenga Soyele Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday struck out a suit filed by the Registered Trustees of Osborne and Foreshore Residents Association against the managing director, Lekki Gardens Limited, Richard Nyong. The residents’ […]
By Ejike Ejike As part of the ongoing probe into the alleged bribery allegations against the former head of the Police Intelligence Response Team, (IRT) Abba Kyari, the DIG Joseph Egbunike panel has again grilled Kyari for four hours. This […]
By NAN An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned until Sept. 27, the trial of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha charged with alleged defilement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the trial which was scheduled to continue […]
by TheCable Yoruba for One Nigeria Forum (YONF), a socio-cultural group, has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjoto clear his name over the report that he is lobbying Benin Republic to shield Sunday Adeyemo better known as Igboho from facing prosecution. The […]
That yellow book – the Nigerian Weekly Law Report – easily qualifies as the Nigerian lawyer’s bible. One of the first nine cases ever reported by Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN the late erudite editor of the NWLR is Akintemi v. […]
By Angela Nkwo-Akpolu Barely a few hours after Justice Fred Njemanze ordered the final forfeiture of over 500 choice property linked to former governor of Imo State Senator Rochas Okorocha and his associates, he has described the ruling as nauseating. […]
BY MODUPEOLUWA ADEKANYE R. Kelly wants a court to throw out charges claiming he knowingly exposed two people to a sexually transmitted disease. Kelly is facing a wide array of sex trafficking charges in New York and will also be […]
By Ann Godwin, Port Harcourt Lead counsel to Government of Rivers State, Donald Chika Denwigwe, SAN, (middle); member of the counsel, Ken C.O. Njemanze, SAN (left) and another member briefing journalists after the Federal High Court declared FIRS collection of Value […]