Lagos court jails businessman 4 years over issuance of false documents
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, September 20, 2024, convicted and sentenced a businessman, Bernard Okechukwu…
Litigation
Rivers Assembly Crisis: Abuja court throws out suit seeking to replace 27 pro-Wike lawmakers
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to replace 27 members of the Rivers State…
Abuja court clears the coast for Kwara LG poll
A Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated an ex-parte order which restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) from…
Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, slams N50b defamation lawsuit against Obaseki, six others
Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu has instituted a N50 billion lawsuit against the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki and…
Fraud: ICPC chairman makes history, leads prosecution team against Kano govt in court
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), has made history…
UK-based Nigerian nurse bags 3 years jail term for child negligence
Ruth Auta, a Nigerian working as a nurse in the United Kingdom, has been sentenced to three years in prison…
Appeal Court clears LP’s Olumide Akpata for Sept 21 guber poll
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify former President of the Nigerian Bar Association,…
Lagos court jails American businessman 74 years over $1.6m fraud
A Lagos high court has sentenced an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez, to 74 years in prison following charges brought…
N4bn-Worth Illegal Firearms: Court remands 10 suspected terrorists in police custody
The trial high court judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, gave the order after attempt by the Federal Government to arraign them…
Dangote Refinery Land: Group, Ibeju-Lekki residents sue Lagos govt over $100m compensation
A group, under the aegis of De Renaissance Patriots and the Ibeju-Lekki people, has dragged the Lagos State Government through…