Monday, 27 April, 2026

Category: Judiciary


Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed relief over the swift arrest of suspects linked to the gruesome murder of Fatima Abubakar and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi, Kano State. Read more…


The Rivers State House of Assembly says the Chief Judge of the state has received and acknowledged official correspondence conveying notices of alleged gross misconduct against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Nma Odu. The confirmation was contained in Read more…


A Rivers State High Court in Oyigbo Local Government Area sitting in Port Harcourt, has issued an interim order of injunction against the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly,  Martin Amaewhule, and 32 others, including the clerk of the Read more…


A Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has fixed January 30 for the hearing of a criminal case instituted by the state government against United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and four of its top officials over alleged Read more…


Solicitors acting for renowned Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, have written to Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, Lagos, over the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi. This comes as the Lagos State Government confirmed the suspension of the anaesthesiologist at the clinic Read more…


The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Abuja, on Friday issued an interim order restraining the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) from proceeding with its planned industrial action scheduled to begin on Monday, January 12, 2026. Justice E.D. Subilim, Read more…


The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has vowed to continue its probe of the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, despite the withdrawal of the Read more…


Prince Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that those persecuting and mocking the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, would soon face reckoning. In a post on his Facebook page on Monday, Prince Emmanuel addressed Read more…


•Dad said vehicle’s brakes failed —Driver’s son•Driver drove without licence, arraigned in court A shocking twist of fate meant Anthony Joshua cheated death moments before the fatal car crash that killed two of his friends, the UK’s Daily Mail revealed Read more…


The police in Ogun State have charged Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, the driver of the Nigerian-British boxer Anthony Joshua to court. On Thursday, the Ogun Police Command declared that the driver was in custody. DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, the command’s Police Public Read more…


The President of Dangote Group, Dr Aliko Dangote has given a Kaduna based businessman Kailani Mohammed a 7-day ultimatum to retract a libelous publication made against him and his business or face N100Bn suit. Dangote, in a letter to the Read more…


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will await the judgement of the Court of Appeal on the ongoing leadership tussle within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This followed a meeting held on Friday between the INEC Chairman, Read more…