Monday, 27 April, 2026

Category: Judiciary


Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has told the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) that the investigation against him is politically motivated. The anti-graft agency is probing El-Rufai over alleged financial impropriety during his tenure as governor Read more…


The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed that its substantive drug case against suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari is ongoing and scheduled for continuation before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, Read more…


Opposition Watch Nigeria (OWN), a civil society advocacy group has commended the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) for acceding to open an investigation on Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, over allegations of corruption and undeclared Read more…


A prosecution witness on Thursday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that some disgruntled Fulani chiefs sponsored over 200 armed men wielding AK-47 rifles to carry out the June 13, 2025, attack on Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area Read more…


Popular Anambra native doctor, Mr Chidozie Nwangwu also know as Akwa Okuko has been sentenced to two years in prison. Nwangwu was in February 2025 arrested by operatives of Agunechemba Security outfit on allegations of aiding and abetting kidnapping and Read more…


A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has fixed ten fresh hearing dates to conclude the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, who is facing charges related to the naira redesign, filed by the Read more…


A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday struck out an ex-parte motion filed by the convicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, seeking his transfer from the Sokoto Correctional Centre to either Kuje or Read more…


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The Supreme Court, on Thursday, finally brought to an end the long-running murder case of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, dismissing the attempt by the Lagos State Government to revive the prosecution of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd). In a unanimous decision, a Read more…


The plot by the Rivers State House of Assembly to oust Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, has been stalled as the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined to constitute a judicial panel to Read more…


The Awka Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has condemned the alleged assault on a lawyer, Charles Ifeanyi, by operatives of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra Brigade, otherwise known as “OCHA Brigade”, calling on the Anambra State Government and Read more…


The trial of 46-year-old Adeniyi Kayode, the driver of the Lexus SUV involved in the road accident with heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua that claimed the lives of two of his friends, has been adjourned to February 25, 2026. Kayode Read more…