Sunday, 09 November, 2025

Category: Judiciary


There was a mild drama in court on Tuesday when detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, disowned a lawyer, one Charles Ude, who claimed to be representing him. Kanu is facing terrorism-related charge Read more…


Popular human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has promised to make those behind his incarceration account for it in the halted defamation case with legal icon Afe Babalola (SAN). Farotimi was arrested by the police in December 2024 and taken to Read more…


A witness of the Federal Government has told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court that no weapon of terrorism or violence was recovered from the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu during his Read more…


THE suspended Chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) has again opened up, this time, reaffirming her commitment to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Read more…


Court dismisses Fubara-backed suit against Amaewhule, 26 lawmakersThe Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), has been criticised for ordering naval personnel to the residence of the suspended Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Ngozi Odu, and forcibly Read more…


•Says freedom fighting is not a crime     •Court admits his statement, video clips in evidence Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has admitted to establishing Radio Biafra in London, saying the station was created Read more…


Three years after her death, the husband of the late popular gospel singer, Osinachi, Mr. Peter Nwachukwu, was, yesterday, sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting at Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. Nwachukwu, Read more…


The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, condemned the resumed trial of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, saying it was not only a gross violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but also a flagrant breach of Read more…


A 17-year-old boy, Alabi Quadri, received a reprieve on Thursday, having gained attention ahead of the 2023 general elections for standing in front of the convoy of former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi. A Lagos State Chief Magistrate Court Read more…


The Presidency has responded to a US court ruling directing the FBI and DEA to release documents related to President Bola Tinubu’s past investigations. The release of the documents is expected in the coming weeks, following the court’s directive. In a Read more…


An Onitsha high court presided over by Hon. Justice D.A. Onyefulu has ordered a retrial by another Magistrate court of a five count charges preferred against an Onitsha-based businessman, chief Nwabueze Umeh, aka Ofiafulugo na Okija, for grievously wounding and Read more…


A high-powered delegation of the chieftains of the Labour Party (LP) led by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, visited the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, yesterday, to discuss key developments within the party. A report on Read more…