High Court

Appeal Court upholds Baba Ijesha’s 5-year sentence for sexual assault

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has upheld the conviction of Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, a.k.a. Baba Ijesha, and affirmed the five-year prison...

Sokoto court stops Gov. Aliyu from removing two district heads

Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the proposed Sokoto State traditional institution law, the state’s High Court has granted an injunction temporarily restraining Gov....

Suit to stop Bayero, others from parading themselves as Emirs adjourned

The Kano State High Court has postponed its decision on a lawsuit aimed at preventing the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero,...

Ex-CBN Gov. Emefiele back to prison over unmet bail conditions, trial adjourned to January 2024

A former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has yet to meet his bail conditions five days after he was granted...

Seplat Energy incurs court’s wrath, fined N2m

Seplat Energy Plc was on Tuesday slammed N2 million fine by a Federal High Court, Abuja, for filing a suit against two non-members...

Court stops retrial of Nnamdi Kanu, adjourns FG’s fresh suit indefinitely

Attempt by the Federal Government to re-arraign and retry the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, suffered a...

Fake news! BEDC MD Osibodu’s arrest as Ajagbawa’s illegal, forceful takeover busted

Contrary to reports via videos trending on social media, the Managing Director of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Mrs Funke Osibodu has not...

N23.3bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex- Finance Minister, Bashir Yaguda

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former Finance Minister, Bashir Yaguda and four others before an FCT High Court...

Breaking News – High Court frees El zakzaky, wife

A Kaduna state high court Wednesday has freed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife. The duo...

Fashion designer bags four months of community service for Cybercrime

  By Boye Ajayi A 32-year-old, Oyelakin Babatunde, a self-acclaimed fashion designer, has been sentenced to four months of intensive community service for...

Ogun monarch hauled before court over right to stool, indigeneship

  The installation of Oba Joshua Aminu Amusa, the Olu of Idanyin in Agbara area of Ado-odo/Ota Local Government of Ogun State has...

Female banker bags 98 years in jail for stealing bank’s N49m, $368,000

  Caught stealing N49.3 million and another $368,203 belonging to her employer, First Bank Plc, a woman, Oreoluwa Adesakin, has bagged 98 years imprisonment...