Legal Matters

  Two church members were arraigned in the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Monday for alleged defamation. The police...

  Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja division, has been assigned to hear the high-profile suit...

  The Nigeria Data Protection Commission and Meta Platforms, Inc., will, on November 3, adopt the terms of settlement in...

  The bid by former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido to stop the national convention of Peoples Democratic Party,...

  The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has sacked Rep Abubakar Gummi for defecting from the Peoples Democratic...

  The police, on Wednesday, withdrew the evidence it sought to tender against Chioma Okoli in the cyberstalking case at...

  Justice Benjamin Lawan Manji of the Adamawa State High Court , Adamawa State has convicted and sentenced the managing...

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, on Tuesday, dismissed a no-case submission application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari and...

The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has faulted claim by Senator Natasha...

  The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, abandoned his earlier plan to...

  Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced an entrepreneur, Muhammed Bukar...

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, says his witnesses will come from countries like Ethiopia, Kenya,...

  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...