A dramatic legal showdown begins in Kaduna today as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arraigns former Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The commission relocated El-Rufai to Kaduna under tight security to face a battery of charges bordering […]
By Akin Kuponiyi Proceedings in a ₦152 million property dispute before a Lagos High Court in Osborne, Ikoyi, were on Monday adjourned until April 22, 2026, following the failure of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve its […]
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has dismissed criminal charges brought against two former Chairmen of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, and the branch’s former Treasurer, describing the case as a witch-hunt. Hon. Justice M.A. Dada, […]
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive judgment redefining the rights of estate agents in Nigeria, holding that mere introduction of a property does not, without more, entitle an agent to commission. In Philip Kayode Olusegun Ojo v. SDV Nigeria […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), Chukwunyere Nwabuoku to eight years imprisonment after he was convicted on all nine counts contained in a money laundering charge on which he was […]
A 43-year-old man, Abbas Olalekan, was on Monday docked in an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged conspiracy and attempt to procure abortion. Olalekan, who resides in the Mosafueto area, Oke-Ata, Abeokuta, is charged with conspiracy and unlawful attempt to […]
From Segun Showunmi, Ibadan An Oyo State High Court has cleared a contractor, Emmanuel Olulola, accused of embezzling money meant for School Feeding Project in the state. The court also awarded N10 million damages against Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and […]
A 20-year-old man, Damian Oforbuike, has been banished from his community in Ebonyi State after allegedly killing his mother in a shocking incident that has left residents in mourning. The tragic incident happened in Ohatekwe Ukawu, in Onicha Local Government […]
By Udeh Onyebuchi The Lagos State High Court has ordered all parties to maintain the status quo in a land dispute involving Advance Lincon Limited, the Lagos State Government, and other defendants over a property located in Lekki Peninsula Scheme II, Lagos. […]
The Nigerian Navy has intercepted about 44,000 litres of suspected illegally refined petroleum products and arrested eight suspects in Rivers. This is contained in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Abiodun Folorunsho. Folorunsho […]