By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and lead defence lawyer in the terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Kanu Agabi (SAN), has denied a report that officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) Monday in Abuja...
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The Federal High Court Abuja has admitted the medical report and death certificate of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, as evidence in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is facing terrorism-related charges. Justice James Omotoso, who presided...
Mr Tunde Omosebi has filed a 990 trillion pounds suit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, and co-defendants over allegations bordering on breach of his fundamental human rights. Omosebi, who referred to himself as “His Majesty,” a businessman and a politician in the suit...
A Kano State High Court has dismissed the application filed by the former governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear their case of alleged bribery and misappropriation. NAN reports that the Kano State Government instituted an 11-count charge bordering on bribery,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed June 27 to deliver judgment in the contempt claims filed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in the suit filed by the embattled lawmaker. Justice Binta Nyako would also deliver a judgment on the preliminary objection...
The last time Kim Kardashian faced the men that police say robbed her, she was bound with zip ties and held at gunpoint, and feared she might die. On Tuesday, nearly a decade later, she returns to Paris to testify against them. One of the most recognisable figures on...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, fixed July 2 for the trial of 109 foreigners, over alleged involvement in high-level cybercrime and hacking activities said to be threatening the nation’s security. The matter could not go on due to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Ekerete...
The Federal High Court in Abuja is to hear the contempt charge filed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, against Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over alleged social media post in breach of the court order. Justice Binta Nyako, who adjourned the matter until Tuesday by noon, also said she would...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, fixed June 26 for ruling on an application by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to “cross examine” its 3rd prosecution witness (PW-3) in the trial of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter after listening...
The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting at Osborne, Lagos State, has dismissed a discrimination claim brought by a Ghanaian musician, Charles Mensah (also known as Shatta Wale), against his country. The court delivered judgment in suit No. ECW/CCJ/APP/25/24. The suit was filed by the musician against Republic of Ghana...
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, May 8, 2025, adjourned till June 11, 2025 “for a report on settlement and/or arraignment” of the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and others over an alleged N12.3bn fraud brought against them by the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Thursday that the broadcasts made by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu led to the killing of a former Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to ex-President Gooluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak and...
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday, said in a video played in court that the destructions witnessed during the #ENDSAR Protest in October 2020 could not have been as a result of his broadcasts on Biafra Radio. Kanu stated this during his...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited seeking to stop the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) from taking administrative action against it Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the suit was an abuse of court process....
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu – the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) – has said Kanu confirmed making broadcast in which he called for the assassination of President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, played some of the Biafra Radio broadcast and videos made by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in open court to establish the allegation of terrorism preferred against him. The broadcast and video documents, which were marked as exhibits,...
A former Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, on Wednesday told an Abuja High Court that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to tender all the statements he made in their office. Idris in his evidence in the trial-within-trial ordered by the court following the objection...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday adjourned the money laundering case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Ali Bello and co-defendant, Dauda Sulaiman, until May 23. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter after taking the testimonies of two prosecution witnesses, identified as bank...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, played some of the ”Radio Biafra”’ broadcast and videos made by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in open court to establish the allegation of terrorism preferred against him. The broadcast and video documents, which were marked as exhibits,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Tuesday how the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, admitted operating an illegal radio station and inciting members of the public to attack police officers. An official of the Department of State Services (DSS)...