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Court remands Malami, son in Kuje prison over multibillion-naira fraud
The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of Abubakar Malami, former attorney general of the federation, and his son, a co-defendant, in Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing of their bail application. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the oral bail application made by their lawyer, Joseph Daudu, held that […]
Court stops police from enforcing tinted glass permit
A Delta State High Court has issued an ex-parte injunction stopping and barring the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from resuming the enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy nationwide. Justice Joe Egwu, on Wednesday, while making the order, also barred the police from harassing, arresting, detaining or extorting […]
Court grants Sowore bail in cybercrime case
Former presidential candidate and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Department of State Services over alleged cybercrime offences. Sowore was arraigned on a five-count cybercrime charge of defamation, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, preferred against him by the DSS and two others. The co-defendants are Meta (Facebook) Inc. […]
Breaking: Nnamdi Kanu Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of terrorism. The sentencing was announced on Thursday by Justice James Omotosho. Kanu was handed a life imprisonment sentence for Counts 4, 5 and 6 of the seven-count charges, while he was handed a 20-year […]
Just In: Court Dismisses APC’s Suit To Stop Kano LG Allocations
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has dismissed a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to block statutory allocations to the 44 local government councils in Kano State. It was reported the APC chairman in the state, Abdullahi Abba, had filed the suit in November 2024, asking for a declaration to […]
Court judgement saved our community – Amankpaka stakeholders
Stakeholders from Amankpaka community, Ugwuogo Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area, Enugu State, have declared that the recent judgment of the Enugu State High Court saved them from an avoidable crisis. They were reacting to the appellate judgement of the court in suit No. CME/288/2021 between Chief Festus Oguegbe v. Hon. Gab Onu & 5Ors. […]
PDP asks court to sack Osun lawmaker, Wole Oke over defection
The Peoples Democratic Party has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking the removal of the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, Oluwole Oke, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress. In a suit filed on its behalf by its lead counsel, Raphael Oyewole, on Monday, the PDP requested the court to […]
Court remands security guard for ‘raping’ four-year-old girl in Lagos school
A magistrate court in Ogudu, Lagos state, has remanded 22-year-old Ifeanyi Kelvin Udoka, a security guard, for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl. S.K Matepo, the magistrate, ordered the remand of Udoka at the Ikoyi correctional pending the advice of the director of Lagos public prosecutions (DPP). According to the remand order seen by TheCable, the […]
Judge gives EFCC, Otudeko five weeks to settle ‘N30bn fraud’ case out of court
A federal high court in Lagos has adjourned the arraignment of Oba Otudeko, chairman of Honeywell Group, to June 11, over an alleged fraud. The leading judge, Chukwujekwu Aneke, postponed the case on Thursday to allow room for a possible out-of-court settlement between parties or, alternatively, for arraignment proceedings to commence. Otudeko is expected to […]
How policeman accused of killing Lagos woman over N2,000 bribe absconded after bail — Investigation
Dismissed police corporal Aremu Musiliu, accused of killing a nursing mother, Comfort Udoh, has reportedly disappeared after secretly securing bail from the Lagos High Court, according to PUNCH Metro. Musiliu, along with five other policemen, had allegedly flagged down a tricycle along Isheri area in 2015, driven by Comfort’s husband, Godwin Udoh. The vehicle reportedly […]