Wednesday, 26 March, 2025

Category: Judiciary


The family of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has called for sanctions against Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, and Justice Binta Nyako, accusing them of blatant disobedience to Read more…


Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has invited members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to a meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Monday, March 10, at 10:00 AM. This invitation was conveyed in a letter signed by Read more…


By Our Judiciary CorespondentA High Court of Anambra state of Onitsha Judicial division presided over by his Lordship Honourable Justice T. U. Oguji on Tuesday the 4th day of February, 2025 slammed a total some of #6million on an Onitsha-base Read more…


A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of $1.4 million linked to fraud involving the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. In his ruling on Thursday, Justice Ayokunle Faji stated that Read more…


The Supreme Court has stated that there was no iota or shred of evidence to support the claim of defection made against the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the Read more…


A Russian court has sentenced a British mercenary to 19 years in prison for fighting for Ukraine and committing a “terrorist act” in Kursk Region. In a statement on Wednesday, Russia’s Investigative Committee said that British citizen James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, “took direct Read more…


A charity foundation and rights group based in the United States,Tilova for Africa has said it will pay for services of lawyers who will defend the rights of native doctors arrested and detained by the Anambra State government. Martins Nwabueze, the Read more…


Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has directed the Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) to immediately take over the administration of the 23 local government areas pending the conduct of fresh elections by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned former Abia State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, his son, Chinedum Orji and three others, Dr. Phillip Nto, Onwumene King Obioma, and Romanus K. Madu, before an Abia State High Court, Read more…


The political crisis in Rivers State took a fresh turn on Friday after the Supreme Court delivered judgment affirming Martin Amaewhule and 26 others as valid members of the State House of Assembly. The verdict of the Supreme Court in Read more…


A former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, on Wednesday, urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to grant him time to negotiate an out-of-court settlement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N1.96bn fraud. Nwabuoku Read more…


By Uzo Ugwunze The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Idemili Branch has sensitized their members on the latest Review of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Rules for Legal Practitioners to foster transparency and accountability. Speaking over Read more…