Saturday, 22 February, 2025

Category: Judiciary


The legal representatives of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, have categorically denied his involvement in the ownership of properties recently forfeited by a Federal High Court in Lagos. A statement signed by Olawale Fapohunda, Esq., on Read more…


Convicted billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has told the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, that he was prepared to surrender all his property as part of a plea bargain agreement should the court consider Read more…


By Eche Nwaobasi – Onitsha Pastor Howard Raymond Senior Pastor living fountain worship center Onitsha has appealed to Nnamdi Kanu the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) to relax and calmly face his trial in his ongoing trial Read more…


The former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has dragged the Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, challenging the legality of his impeachment from office. Obasa, in Read more…


Russian crypto businessman and computer programmer Aleksandr Vinnik has returned to Moscow as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Washington, after spending more than seven years in Greek, French and American jails. Vinnik arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport late Read more…


The Ekiti State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has struck out the defamation suit filed against human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi. The court decision followed the application and motion by the police prosecutor, Martins Akala, an officer Read more…


By Uzo Ugwunze The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Anambra State, Professor Sylvia Ifemeje has called on the Police to always investigate cases brought to them properly before prosecution takes over to enable the Judiciary deliver justice to Read more…


The Supreme Court, yesterday, reserved judgment in the appeal the All Progressives Congress, APC, filed to nullify the outcome of the Local Government elections that held in Rivers State on October 5, 2024. A five-member panel of the apex court, Read more…


By: ALOY EJIMAKOR RE: Reasons why Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako can no longer conduct Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s trial This Press Statement is aimed at aiding a comprehensive understanding of the nuanced issues arising in the case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Read more…


In 1954 Sir John Verity lost his job because he won an argument. It was in his ninth year in office as Chief Justice of colonial Nigeria. Sir John arrived in Nigeria in October 1945 from the British Guyana, where he Read more…


The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has made it clear that he does not need any clemency from the executive but rather requires the government to uphold the rule of law. In a statement Read more…


The nine Chinese alongside their company, Genting International Company Limited, were arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. Those arraigned before the court were: Su Dong Fu; Zheng Xian Tao; Wang Shi Long; Pan Cai Qi; Ting Liao; Zheng Xian Tao; Fan Read more…