Friday, 29 November, 2024

Category: Judiciary


Abusinessman, Awaisu Jibril, on Wednesday, appeared at the Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, for allegedly marrying five wives, contrary to Islamic teaching. The prosecutor, Sambo Maigari, told the court that one Musa Abdullahi, a community leader, reported the matter Read more…


Under fire from the barrage of criticisms trailing the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appeared before the court to defend the presidential poll that produced Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as president-elect and vice Read more…


The All Progressives Congress, APC, has opened up on circumstances that led its candidate and President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to forfeit the sum of $460,000 to the government of the United States of America, USA, in 1993. The ruling party, in Read more…


A former Military Governor of old Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), has commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the elder statesman’s letter to the Central Criminal Court in the United Kingdom pleading for leniency for the convicted former Read more…


Igbo Lawyers Association (ILA) has condemned allegations by the Federal Government that Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 elections, has committed a treasonable offence, in demanding justice for being robbed of victory. Read more…


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been told that it has a responsibility to comply with the clear judgement of the Supreme Court in line with its consequential orders as clearly spelt out in its enrolled order to recognize Read more…


Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pushed back Friday against criticism after a report revealed he had secretly accepted lavish trips funded by a GOP donor over the past two decades but had failed to report them, a possible violation of Read more…


Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former military head of state and Nigeria president had written to the UK court to plead that the court tamper justice with mercy. Senator Ekweremadu and the wife are awaiting sentencing on conviction for human trafficking for Read more…


A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a leader of Igbo community in Lagos State,  Eze Ndigbo Fredrick Nwajagu, for allegedlly threatening to bring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the state. The Chief Read more…


Darya Trepova, the prime suspect in the murder of prominent Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, has been placed in pre-trial detention. The decision was announced by a Moscow court on Tuesday, shortly after Trepova was charged with terrorism by Russia’s Read more…


Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 charges stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into the hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump was arraigned at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse. He is the Read more…


Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, a historic reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, political and business dealings and an abrupt jolt to his bid to retake the White House. The exact nature of the Read more…