Federal High Court

Breaking: Court quashes N21bln money laundering charge against ex-Chief of Air Staff, Amosun

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed the N21 billion money laundering charge levelled against a former Chief of Air Staff,...

Breaking: Ex-CBN boss, Emefiele, gets reprieve, breathes air of freedom

Last minute push by the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to get out prison before Christmas and...

Court gives Emefiele nod to serve bail order on DSS

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted the embattled Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, leave to serve the...

Just in: Two Justices of Supreme Court, Federal High Court die in one day 

Nigeria has lost two justices both in the Supreme Court and the Federal High Court. They are Justice Chima Centus Nweze of the...

Just in: Emefiele granted N20m bail

Suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, was on Tuesday granted bail by a Federal High Court in Lagos in the sum of N20 million....

Update: Ex-Minister Oduah, eight others docked for alleged laundering of N7.9bn

A former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, was finally on Friday arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after...

Another court gives judgment in favour of Tinubu, dismisses suit challenging his age, citizenship

Another suit filed by three people seeking to stop the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the Vice-President-elect, Kashim Shettima, over age falsification...

Breaking: Supreme Court throws out PDP’s suit against VP-elect, Shettima over double nomination

The Supreme Court on Friday morning dismissed the suit filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the alleged double nomination of Vice-President-elect,...

Federal High Court convicts IGP, Usman Baba, sends him to prison for contempt

By Samuel Akpan Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday convicted Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, and ordered him...

FG loses again to Nnamdi Kanu, court slams N500m fine over unlawful extradition

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has again secured another victory against the Nigerian government in his fight...

Judgment on FCT councils’ inauguration: Court vacates order

Chairmen and Councillors-elect in the Federal Capital Territory are now to heave a sigh of relief as a High Court on Thursday vacated...

Danish national’s daredevil stunts finally end in disaster, to be hanged in Lagos for killing wife, daughter

A dare-devil Danish national, Peter Nielsen, who smothered his wife and three-year-old daughter in the wee-hours in 2018, has a date with the...

High Court Registrar jailed for N80m theft, issues cheques in wife’s name

      For issuing cheques to his wife to steal N80 million from government’s coffers, Joseph Etefia Udoh, now a retired  Registrar...

After 13 days in custody, MKO Abiola’s children freed

By Boye Ajayi Two sons of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 election, Chief MKO Abiola, have been freed after they...

Judge fights half-brother dirty over father’s burial, bars him from the funeral

  A judge of the Federal High Court (name withheld) has reportedly barred her half-brother from attending the funeral of their father scheduled...

Update: Sowore, Bakare get N150m bail

Falana hopeful of early bail perfection   By Kunle Akinsola   Another Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bails to the...