Saturday, 15 November, 2025

Category: Judiciary


Famous Nigerian actor Olanrewaju Omiyinka, professionally known as Baba Ijesha, has finally been released from prison. The actor regained his freedom on Friday, November 14, 2025, after spending over three years in custody over alleged sexual assault. Announcing Baba Ijesha’s Read more…


The Department of State Services has filed a six-count charge against 27-year-old Innocent Chukwuemeka Onukwume for allegedly calling for a military coup in the country. The charges, brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja under case number FHC/ABJ/CR/610/2025, relate Read more…


The convening of the much-anticipated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elective national convention scheduled for this weekend hangs in the balance following a fresh court judgement halting the gathering. However, the Oyo State chapter of the party told LEADERSHIP that the Read more…


Activists under the aegis of the Concerned Indigenous People of Biafra and Peaceful Global Awareness Campaigners for Justice and Freedom staged a protest in Abuja on Wednesday, calling for international intervention in the detention of Nnamdi Kanu. The protesters, who Read more…


The statement argued that because the law under which Kanu was charged no longer existed, the apex court’s decision was “a jurisdictional nullity.” The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has returned to the Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, November 10, 2025, declared former Minister of Petroleum Resources and ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, wanted over an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion involving $14.86 million. According Read more…


An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has again adjourned the hearing of a motion on notice in a case filed by Folahan Adelabi against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, its Acting National Chairman, and others, till Wednesday. Recall Read more…


he Nigerian judiciary is again at the centre of a major scandal after an allegation of bribery to pervert justice was linked to the Chief Judge of Nigeria’s Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho.  SaharaReporters learnt that Justice Tsoho was Read more…


Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed November 20 for judgment in the terrorism charge brought by the federal government against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The court fixed the Read more…


…group appeals Abuja court judgment A peace moves on Wednesday by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) to resolve the party’s crisis has been rejected by the camp of the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, describing it Read more…


In the paper, Amupitan declared that “it is a notorious fact that there is perpetration of crimes under international law in Nigeria, particularly crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.” Facts have emerged on how Nigeria’s newly appointed Independent National Read more…


The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday evening raised the alarm that the agitator might be unable to appear in court on Friday for his terrorism trial due to the actions Read more…