69 m. ago Court Orders EFCC To Apologise, Pay Kano Businessman N5m Damages For Wrongful ‘Wanted’ Declaration

The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to apologise to a Kano-born businessman, Rabiu Auwalu Tijjani, and pay him N5 million in damages for unlawfully declaring him wanted. Justice H. Buhari, who delivered the ruling, held that the EFCC violated Tijjani’s fundamental rights when it published […]

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41 h. ago Court Jails Kano Businessman 3 Years For Forgery, Goods Diversion

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced a Kano-based businessman, Abdulrahman Adam, to three years in prison for diverting a container loaded with goods worth millions of naira and forging Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) documents to evade payment of statutory duties. Adam, a 41-year-old resident of Gwammaja area of Kano, was arraigned by […]

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66 h. ago Court Orders Commander To Produce Soldier Accused Of Killing KAROTA Personnel In Kano

  The Kano State High Court No. 5, presided over by Justice Aisha Mahmud has ordered the Commander of the Bukabu Army barracks to immediately produce one of his personnel, Tunde Momodu, who is standing trial for the alleged killing of an official of Kano Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA), Yahaya Idris Ismail, in Kano. […]

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69 h. ago Alleged Defamation: Court Orders Substituted Service On Wike

Fixes March 24 for hearing     A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Gwarinpa, on Tuesday, ordered a substituted service of court processes on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in a N40 billion defamation suit. Justice M. A. Hassan, who issued the order while ruling on an […]

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5 d. ago Activists Praise UK Court Over Arraignment Of Lagos Doctor Olaleye

Activists who were involved in the arrest, prosecution, and initial sentencing of Lagos-based medical doctor, Femi Olaleye, in Nigeria, have praised Justice Rahman Oshodi for his October 2023 judgement, in which he sentenced Olaleye to life imprisonment for sexual offences, a verdict later overturned by the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on technical grounds. However, […]

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5 d. ago Defection: PDP Accuses Rivers Lawmakers Of Political Servitude, Threatens Court Action

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the recent defection of 16 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the move as a “redefection” and an act of political servitude. Recall that 16 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly defected from […]

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7 d. ago Appeal Court Affirms Ban On Vehicle Inspection Office From Enforcing Traffic Laws

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, affirmed an earlier judgment banning the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) from enforcing traffic laws, and awarded N1 million in damages to Abuja motorist Abubakar Marshal. The appellate court’s decision upholds the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which had declared that the Directorate of […]

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8 d. ago EFCC Appeals Court Judgement On Release Of 27 Properties To Businessman

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a Notice of Appeal against a judgement of Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering the release of 27 houses to James Ikechukwu Okwete and his company, Jamec West Africa Limited. In the Notice Of Appeal filed at the Court of Appeal, Abuja […]

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9 d. ago Court Jails NAHCO Cargo Manager For 3 Years Over Drug Trafficking

Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a cargo manager at Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO), Adakole Ogwuche, to three years in prison for theft and trafficking 25 kilograms of Ephedrine Hydrochloride, a controlled substance similar to cocaine and heroin. Justice Kakaki handed down the verdict while […]

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9 d. ago Court Warns Sowore, Threatens Bail Revocation Over Alleged Defamatory Social Media Posts

A Federal High Court in Abuja has warned politician and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, against making further public statements considered detrimental to national peace and security on social media. In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Mohammed Umar cautioned that the court would not hesitate to revoke Sowore’s bail if he repeated such actions. The […]

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1 week ago $6bn Mambila Fraud: Obasanjo Promises To Testify, Witness Tells Court

A Third Prosecution Witness (PW3) in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, that former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, expressed his desire to make himself available to testify in any court or forum regarding […]

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1 week ago Kebbi Court Sentences 40‑yr‑old To Death For Culpable Homicide

The Kebbi State High Court sitting in Birnin Kebbi has convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old Bello Musa, also known as Katuka to death by hanging for culpable homicide, and to five years imprisonment for cheating.   The convict was arraigned on 22 November, 2024, before Justice Hassan Shehu Kuwa, on a three‑count charge of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, […]

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1 week ago Court Adjourns Natasha’s Alleged Criminal Defamation Trial To 2026

Justice Chizoba Oji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama, has granted the request of the federal government to fix further hearing in the alleged criminal defamation charge brought against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation to 2026. When the case came […]

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1 week ago Court Jails Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina’s Sister, Niece For Corruption

A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced Sheikh Rehana, sister of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to seven years in prison for corruption linked to the illegal acquisition of lucrative plots of land in Dhaka. Rehana’s daughter, Tulip Siddiq, a British lawmaker, was also convicted and handed a two-year jail term in the same case, according […]

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1 week ago N200bn Credit Dispute: Appeal Court Upholds First Bank’s Victory

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) against First Bank of Nigeria in the long-running dispute over the disbursement of the Federal Government’s N200 billion Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme. The decision was one of seven precedent-setting judgments delivered in six hours same day by […]

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1 week ago Court Ruling Didn’t Affirm Anyone As Chairman — Northern CAN

The chairman of  Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the FCT,  Rev. Yakubu Pam, has said that contrary to narratives circulating in the media, the recent federal high court ruling did not in any way affirm or legitimise Rev. Joseph Hayab’s claim to the chairmanship of the association. Reacting to […]

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1 week ago Rivers Court Sentences Student To Death For Killing Girlfriend

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced Damian Okoligwe, a 400-level Petrochemical Engineering student at the University of Port Harcourt, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Justina Otuene, a 300-level Biochemistry student at the same university. Twenty-six-year-old Okoligwe was found guilty of killing Justina at his residence […]

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2 w. ago Court Orders Federal Govt, States To Provide Free, Compulsory Education For All Nigerian Children

Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that the federal government and the 36 states are legally bound, by virtue of Section 11(2) of the Universal Basic Education Act, to provide free and compulsory basic education to every Nigerian child. Justice Osiagor also held that the “I hold that the […]

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2 w. ago Court Orders Army To Vacate Disputed Land, Awards N3m To Claimant

A State High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has issued a perpetual injunction restraining the Nigerian Army and the General Officer Commanding 3 Armoured Division, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Jos, to immediately vacate and dismantle all illegal structures erected on a disputed parcel of land at Adisindu village, Dutsen Kura in Bassa LGA […]

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2 w. ago PDP Crisis Deepens As Wike’s Loyalists Ask Court To Void Ibadan Convention

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to nullify the party’s national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 and 16. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2501/2025, the faction’s Acting National […]

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