Thursday, 03 April, 2025

Category: Judiciary


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…


Twenty-five days after she was arrested and detained for allegedly threatening the life of President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, granted bail to a social media activist, Ms. Olamide Thomas. Thomas, who was Read more…


Disengaged staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria, who were laid off in a mass redundancy last year, have taken the apex bank to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja. The aggrieved former staff members, in an Read more…


The Saudi Arabian government has released three Nigerian women who were arrested for possession of cocaine. The development was disclosed in a statement by the spokesman of Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Sunday in Abuja. Ebienfa said Read more…


Dele Farotimi, a prominent Nigerian human rights lawyer and activist, embodies resilience in the face of systemic oppression. Known for his bold critiques of governance and social injustice, he was targeted with threats, lawsuits, and public vilification aimed at silencing Read more…


President of the Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, Frank Onyewekelu, speaks with BIODN BUSARI on the recent killing of his compatriot among other issues facing Nigerian nationals in the country A Nigerian, Mr Julius Chukwunta, was recently killed in Read more…