Soldiers have taken over the streets of Kaduna metropolis on Sunday, after protests broke out in some parts of the state. In quick response, the Kaduna State Government announced a
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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Idris Legho Kutigi, is dead. Kutigi was 78 years old. News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, quoted the Niger State Commissioner for Information, Danjuma Sallau, as
The Commissioner of Police, Anti-Fraud Unit, Federal Criminal Investigation Intelligence Department (FCIID) Ikoyi- Lagos, Mr Dan Okoro, on Thursday raised alarm over many cloned certificates and ATM cards in circulation.
The High Court IV in Gusau, Zamfara State, has said it did not give restraining order to any political party in the state. In a statement signed by the Chief
Members of the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday stormed the premises of election petition tribunal sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, to protest the
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Thursday, granted the application of the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, to serve an originating summons on the
The Incorporated Trustees of Mdzough U Tiv, a socio-cultural association of the Tiv people, have dragged the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and President Muhammadu Buhari to court. The body filed
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned three officials of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, in an FCT High Court at Maitama, over allegedly misappropriating of $9.5 million
Four principal staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu are currently before an Enugu State High Court where they are facing a N20m libel suit. The suit was slammed on
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, again adjourned the certificate forgery case involving a lawmaker, Hon. Ibrahim Baba-Hassan, despite an order from the Chief Judge of the Federal High
Three oil producing states of the Niger Delta got a landmark judgment at the Supreme Court of Nigeria against multinational oil firms operating in the country. Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa-Ibom
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has told President Muhammadu Buhari to proceed on sending Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, a Federal High Court judge, to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. In a
Two men, Olakunle Muhammed, 41, and Rasheed Bakare, 55, on Tuesday appeared in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding an Osun lawmaker, Timothy Owoeye to the tune of
On Sunday, October 14, 2018, the media uncovered the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s watch list of 50 high-profile Nigerians. These people are to be restricted to the shores of this country
The Kano State House of Assembly has opened probe into the bribe-taking videos of the state governor, Abdullahi . Raising a matter of urgent public importance on Monday, a
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has promised to accompany a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose as he visits the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes
The Federal High Court in Abuja has giving a go ahead to a suit seeking the suspension and probe of Minister of State on Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu. A civil
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan has dissolved a two-year marriage between one Barakat Adeniyi and Abdulrazak Adeniyi over alleged acts of infidelity and irresponsibility. According to the News Agency
The National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has sacked the state executives of the National Union of Journalist, NUJ. In a judgement delivered Monday by Justice
Rights lawyer, Kayode Ajulo has described the travel ban placed on some 50 high-profile Nigerians who the federal government has alleged to be “corrupt” as a draconian law targeted at
