Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has clarified that no inmate has been released yet under the latest Presidential Prerogative of Mercy, as the process remains in its final stages of administrative review. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
Judiciary
A High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has directed the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to issue a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to Al-Kafawi Venture Limited in connection with a long-standing land dispute. Justice Sylvanus Oriji handed down...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has scheduled November 12, 2025, to deliver a ruling on a motion filed by Binance Holdings Limited, challenging the method used by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to serve court documents in a $79.5 billion tax evasion case. Presiding over the...
A group of Igbo businessmen in the United States has raised the alarm that the ‘Free Nnamdi Kanu Now‘ protest planned for October 20, is a ploy by the presidential candidates in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore and Atiku Abubakar, to delay Kanu’s ongoing trial of the IPOB leader....
Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi has officially kicked off proceedings in the N550 million defamation lawsuit filed by Senator Chris Anyanwu against former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim. Senator Anyanwu is suing Ohakim over remarks he made in an interview with The Nation newspaper, published on January...
Lagos State Government has again brought convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike—widely known as Evans—before the court, this time over the alleged murder of two police officers. Evans was re-arraigned on Monday before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Ikeja High Court, following the transfer of the case from Justice Adenike...
Alleged $6bn Mambilla Power fraud: Agunloye disregarded FEC directive in award of contract – Witness
Alleged $6bn Mambilla Power fraud: Agunloye disregarded FEC directive in award of contract – Witness
The trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye continued on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja Giving testimony before the court presided over by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, the third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Hussein Babangida informed the court...
Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, October 8, 2025 adjourned the trial of former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki(retd) to October 31, 2025 to allow the Commission update its list of witnesses and for continuation of trial. Dasuki is facing...
Ikeja Special Offences Court has postponed its ruling on the admissibility of digital evidence presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing corruption trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Rahman Oshodi fixed October 9 for the decision after listening...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out the criminal proceedings brought by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) against the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways, Mr. Temi Birdzell, and three other senior officials of the airline. Justice James Omotosho made the ruling on Tuesday,...
Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a criminal suit filed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and several of its top executives, following an amicable resolution between both parties. When the case was called up for hearing on Tuesday, FCCPC’s...
Osun State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has criticised the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo, over what it described as her indifferent approach to the union’s ongoing strike. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo, JUSUN Chairman Idris Adeniyan said the Chief Judge’s...
A constitutional lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, has filed a legal action at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to disqualify former President Goodluck Jonathan from participating in the 2027 presidential election. In the suit filed on October 6 and marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2102/2025, Jideobi asked the court to issue a perpetual...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday declined to entertain an application filed by the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, seeking to halt the recognition of Senator David Mark and former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola as national leaders of the party....
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has reaffirmed the vital role of the judiciary as the ultimate refuge for the common man, urging judicial officers to uphold integrity and fairness in the discharge of their duties. Speaking on Friday during a thanksgiving and valedictory court session marking the beginning of...
A 43-year-old man has been ordered to remain in custody by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court following allegations that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl with a physical disability in the Ikotun area of Lagos. Presiding Magistrate L.A. Owolabi directed that the accused, identified as Ifeanyi Paul, be held...
Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit seeking the refund of public funds allegedly spent by retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the sole administrator of Rivers State, ruling that it lacks the jurisdiction to hear the matter. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho held that the...
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned hearing in a property dispute involving former Senator Iyabo Obasanjo and several others until November 6, following the plaintiffs’ failure to serve legal processes on the defendants. Justice Mohammed Umar fixed the new date on Thursday after the plaintiffs’ counsel, Abniyilo...
Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, and the media platform itself, until November 20, to allow arguments on all pending applications in a defamation suit. At Thursday’s proceedings, the prosecuting counsel, E.A. Inegbenoise, told the court that the matter...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday fixed October 27, 2025, for the arraignment of politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore for alleged false claim against the person of President Bola Tinubu by tagging him “a criminal.” The Department of State Services (DSS) had on behalf of...