The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has kicked against court orders stopping it from probing Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. The EFCC, in a
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National and State Houses of Assembly Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa, on Monday struck out the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) challenging the Feb. 24 election
80 lawyers have been shortlisted for the 2019 conferment of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria award. According to the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, the 80 shortlisted lawyers have scaled the
A lawyer, Ifeanyichukwu Igwe was on Monday docked before a Magistrates’ Court in Minna, the Niger State capital for allegedly calling a magistrate and a police prosecutor criminals. Igwe was
Alkali Oluwatoyin Taiwo wanda ke Kotu a jihar Lagos ta yanke wa Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (Evens) hukuncin zaman kurkuku na shekara Arba’in da daya, bayan an sameshi da laifukan garkuwa da
Mr Joel Ocholi, on Monday approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State to end his 10-year-old marriage. Ocholi accused his wife, Felicia, of adultery, saying that she displayed her
A 24-year-old teacher, Oluwaseun Adegoke, who allegedly sent West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) answer booklet on the internet to a student, appeared in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday.
Pastor Samson Farounbi, has told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, in Ibadan, that the small size of his penis made his estranged wife deny him of sex for a long
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday blamed the corruption in the judiciary in recent times on challenges arising from the incursion of strange elements into the nation’s legal
The Oyo state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed an application filed by Mr Adebayo Adelabu, governorship candidate of the APC to recount all the ballot papers used in the
Nigerian musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley was, on Monday, arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged credit card fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. A former Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to say more things he knows about Boko Haram,
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has vowed to resist any attempt to stop his inauguration for second term in office. In a statement yesterday by his Senior Special Assistant
Human right activists and constitutional lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has condemned the Nigerian legal system for favouring the rich over the poor. He lamented that the country’s bar and bench
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have told the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, PEPT, sitting in Abuja that Aliyu Haidar Abubakar, son of the
Tom Awhana, the former Head of Chambers for the Law Office of Mr. Mogbeyi Sagay, a late Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was on arraigned on Friday at an Ikeja
A foremost human rights lawyer in Nigeria, Femi Falana (SAN), has condemned the Nigerian bar and bench as well as the criminal justice system for working in favour of the
Mr Taiwo Olorunyomi, an Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) investigation officer, on Friday told an FCT High court, Apo that Bature Masari, Director General, Small and
A former staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Godwin Elewana, has been sentenced to death by hanging for murder. Elewana had sometime in March 2015 allegedly shot to
Suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has finally appointed a new lawyer after 108 days. The suspected kidnapper is facing trial at a Lagos High Court in Igbosere,
