Saturday, 22 February, 2025

Category: Judiciary


The Court of Appeal, Akure division, Ondo State, has upheld the death sentence of Rahmon Adedoyin for his involvement in the killing of Timothy Adegoke, a former Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State. According to the court, Adedoyin Read more…


Courts in Mgbidi, Oguta and Omumma areas of Imo State, on Thursday shut down operations following the killing of a popular lawyer in the State, Chinedu Nwowu. The lawyer, as gathered by our correspondent was said to have been double Read more…


Mpu community in the Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State erupted in jubilation, on Wednesday, over the return of  Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, from a United Kingdom prison. Our correspondent gathered Read more…


The Supreme Court has scheduled February 10, 2025, to hear two separate suits filed by the All Progressives Congress, challenging the validity of the local government elections conducted in Rivers State in 2024. The apex court also scheduled the same Read more…


Lawyers to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have tackled the federal government over his continuous detention. In a press statement, “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu And The Emasculation Of Justice”, dated January 16, 2025, and Read more…


The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has raised an alarm over the non-resumption of the trial of the Biafra agitator.The lawyers accused the Federal Government and the judiciary of deliberately delaying the Read more…


The Chairman of First Bank Holdings, Chief Femi Otedola, has revealed what the Publisher of Thisday Newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, did with the $230 million loan he obtained from First Bank Limited. Otedola, sources said, made the revelation after meeting with Read more…


Oyo State government has filed a fresh suit against ex-Queen Naomi Silekunola, the chairman of an Ibadan-based radio station, Alhaji Oriyomi Hazmat and the principal, Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr Abdulahi  Fasasi,  at the State High Court. Nigerian Tribune Read more…


British SAS operatives were given a “golden pass allowing them to get away with murder” in Afghanistan, a former UK Special Forces officer has told a government inquest. Other witnesses described routine executions of unarmed civilians by British forces. The officer’s statement Read more…


An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday dismissed an application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, challenging its jurisdiction to hear the $4.5 billion and ₦2.8 billion fraud case brought against him by the Economic Read more…


The executive board of trustees of the Centre for Justice, Mercy, and Reconciliation (CJMR), has appealed to the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, to embrace other means in dealing with the fallout of Ibadan stampede involving with Prophetess Read more…


The lead counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has rejected the Nigerian government’s move to set a date for the resumption of Kanu’s trial. Ejimakor based his rejection on the fact that Justice Binta Read more…