By Saidu Idris An Abuja based human rights activist, Sesugh Akume, has approached a Federal…
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Illegal billing: AEDC opts for out of court settlement after N15.5m case instituted by Abuja businessman
By Saidu Idris The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has opted for an out of court…
Court dissolves marriage over husband’s disobedience to in-laws
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Thursday, March 4, 2021, dissolved a…
Court convicts Ponzi Scheme operator in Kano, orders return of N110m to victims
Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Kano on March 2, 2021, convicted one Maryam…
Alleged N1bn bribe: Court grants ex-BPE DG Dikki bail
Justice Yusuf Halilu of an FCT High Court in Maitama, on Wednesday granted bail to…
Sowore appears in court with ‘jujuman’ (Photos)
Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters, on Tuesday, March 2, appeared in court with his ‘spiritual…
Caught in the act: Court prescribes 12 strokes of cane each for 3 men attempting to steal in Abuja
A Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Friday, February 26, ordered that three men be…
Opinion – Uzodimma: The governor as a quisling
By Ikechukwu Amaechi The idea of democracy is straightforward. “Democracy is government of the…
Mystery fire guts High Court, Magistrate Court in Delta
By Ife Osemedua A mystery fire has razed the Delta State High Court and Magistrate…
N1.4bn oil subsidy fraud: Court to rule on admissibility of evidence against Nadabo Energy Feb. 23
Justice C.A. Balogun of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on February 16, 2021…
Mechanic in court over alleged assault on a preacher
The Police on Thursday, February 11, 2021, in Lagos arraigned a 30-year-old mechanic, Azeez Semiu, before…
Court jails man 5 years for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capita, on Thursday, February 11, 2021,…
Court orders CBN to unfreeze #EndSARS protesters accounts
By Idris Salisu An Abuja Federal High Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria…
Court sentences trader to 8 months imprisonment for stealing 2 iron doors
A Grade I Area Court in Karu, FCT, on Monday, February 8, 2021, sentenced a 38-year-old…
N900bn fraud: Suit seeking EFCC to probe ex-Gov. Yari thrown out of court
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, February 4, 2021, dismissed a suit…
Man docked for alleged threat on wife’s life
A 60-year-old man, Okechukwu Akunna, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly…
Court sentences fake soldier to 1 month imprisonment
A Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced a 22-year-old man,…
Court sentences artisan to 14 years for attempting to kidnap businessman
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kofar Fada, Zaria, Kaduna State, on Wednesday sentenced an artisan,…
Trader in court for assaulting customer on suspicion of stealing
A trader, Rapheal Ikechukwu, on Wednesday appeared in Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’…
Court dismisses suit challenging Akeredolu’s re-election
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed another suit challenging the validity…
Court orders woman to breastfeed baby for 20 months
A Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Monday ordered one Bilkisu Abdullahi, a nursing mother,…
Court discharges $140,000 fraud charge against Atiku’s son-in-law
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Monday discharged Abdullahi Babalele, a son-in-law to former Vice…
Appeal Court nullifies Metuh’s conviction, orders fresh trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside the conviction and seven years jail term…
Court dismisses suit challenging Akeredolu’s APC candidacy
By Deborah Hassan A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a…
Imo Bye-Election: Court will determine authentic APC candidate – INEC
By Deborah Hassan The legitimate candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Imo North…
Again, court rejects Maina’s plea for adjournment
By Ife Osemedua Another attempt by embattled former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed…
Court sentences 2 men to 24 months imprisonment over phone theft
By Deborah Hassan A 19-year-old cobbler, Umar Mohammed and his 20-year-old driver counterpart, Umar Lawal,…
Pondei, IMC not restrained by any court order – NDDC
By Idris Salisu The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has debunked reports that an Abuja…
Alleged N1.6bn Oil Fraud: Court adjourns trial of Omokore, others till Feb. 2021
By Ife Osemedua The trial of Jide Omokore, alongside Victor Briggs, former managing director of…
Court fixes date for continuation of Nnamdi Kanu’s trial
A lawyer in a sister case, Mr E. Ejiofor told the court that Kanu’s lawyer had…