Legal Matters

  Abuja - Human rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher Omoyele Sowore was reportedly assaulted and re-arrested by police officers outside...

A Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail to human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore,...

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Friday, failed to open his defence for the...

Kanu Agabi, former Attorney-General of the Federation and lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,...

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, has listed FCT minister Nyesom Wike, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu and...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday, nullified the State’s local government elections conducted...

  The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a suit filed by a lawyer, Victor Nwadike, against...

  The Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has ordered the remand of Nnamdi Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu,...

  ‎The trial of the Ansaru leaders, Mahmud Usman and Abubakar Abba, on terrorism charges, has been fixed for November...

  The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed criminal defamation charges against Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi over alleged defamatory statements...

The Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday admitted into evidence the WhatsApp conversation indicting the former governor of the Central...

Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing in the alleged N110 billion...

Rights advocate and lawyer Femi Falana has called for radical judicial reform to make justice accessible to ordinary Nigerians. Mr...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a case filed by the Osun Government against the Attorney-General of the...

  The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has ordered a temporary freezing of Mars Aviation Ltd.’s account domiciled...

  Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja, called for reforms in the ECOWAS Court of Justice to enhance community citizens’ access...

The trial of publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was on Thursday, adjourned by the Federal High Court, Abuja until...

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s March 18,...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has approved the online applications for lawyers seeking appointment as “Notaries Public”...

In a landmark ruling that has stunned the nation, the Abia State High Court has sentenced former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has reiterated her commitment to enhance reforms in the judiciary for...

By Abasi Ita Cross River State formally commenced the 2025/2026 legal year with a thanksgiving service at the Assemblies of...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an Indian national and three Nigerians in connection with a N3.9...

President Donald Trump has announced that the suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is believed to...

  By Ngozi Nwankwo A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Gudu, presided over by Honourable Justice Adebiyi Osolo,...

FOI: Court Grants NGO’S Request to sue NNPCL Over Controversial Partnership with OANDO PLC In the case of Registered Trustees...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday October 30, 2024 asked Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal...

  Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced...

  United States has appreciated the Nigerian government for releasing the Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan. In a statement...

  Kaduna State's Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Peter; Finance Commissioner, Shizzer Bada; and the Chairperson of the State Universal...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has altered the seven-count charges against the former Minister of Power, Olu...

  Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, October 24, 2024 dismissed...

  The President of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Williams Akporeha has narrated his ordeal...

Nigerian Lawyer Lynda Akawo Celebrates 10 Years Post-call to Bar, Sets Sights on Judicial Career  Abuja, Nigeria - Lynda Akawo,...

  Finally, the District Court in Atlanta, Georgia has finally exonerated the Chief Executive of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema...

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja requesting the annulment of...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned in the strongest terms the continued detention of four Nigerian journalists who...

The United States government has asked a District Court, Northern District of Georgia to approve the forfeiture of approximately $14million...

  Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has set November 1, 2024 to decide on the...

  A former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman has been caught in webs of corruption as one Abubakar Kweido, first...