A Kano High Court on Monday sentenced four men, Nafi’u Isah, Haruna Ya’u, Nadabo Mohammed and Sa’adu Musa, to 40 years and six months imprisonment each for armed robbery and attempted murder. These suspects were convicted on a four-count charge of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, attempted murder and causing grievous harm. Delivering judgment, Justice Usman Na’abba, held that the prosecution …

Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced two women; Folake Adeoti and Modupe Adewuyi, to one year imprisonment each for hawking Naira notes in violation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act. According to a Sunday statement posted on X by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the defendants were arraigned on …

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it arrested the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in a hotel in Lagos after he secretly entered the country in 2015. The first prosecution witness in Kanu’s terrorism trial, whose identity was shielded for security reasons, testified behind a screen while being led in evidence by the prosecuting …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, on Monday dismissed an application filed by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, seeking to reclaim a large estate in Abuja comprising 753 duplexes and apartments. The Estate, located at Plot 109, Cadastral Zone CO9, Lokogoma District, Abuja, which spans 150,462.84 square metres was originally …

A Magistrate Court sitting at Rijiyar Zaki in Kano has convicted and sentenced one Inuwa Ayuba to two months imprisonment for illegal felling of seven neem trees at Sarauniya village in Dawakin Tofa local government area of the state. According to the prosecution Counsel, Bahijja Aliyu, the monitoring team from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change got a tip …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the go-ahead to arrest and detain six promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), over alleged investment fraud to the tune of over one billion dollars. Justice Emeka Nwite, who gave the order after the EFCC’s lawyer, Fadila Yusuf, moved an ex-parte motion to the …

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Thursday sentenced a 51-year-old man, Owoeye Ojo, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Ojo was arraigned before the court on 25th August 2023 on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, attempted murder, and armed robbery. The charge read, ‘The defendant and others at large, on 21 May, 2023, at Oluwole …

The leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly took another dramatic turn on Monday as reinstated Speaker Mudashiru Obasa unilaterally changed the counsel representing the Assembly in court, a move that sparked outrage among the 35 lawmakers who had previously impeached him. Justice Yetunde Pinheiro of the Lagos State High Court has declared the removal of Mudashiru Obasa …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, struck out a N50 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, struck out the suit for lack of diligent prosecution. When the matter was called on Thursday, neither Kanu nor the Federal Government was …

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has struck out murder charges against Ooni of Ife’s ex-wife, Queen Naomi Silekunola; the owner of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat; and principal of Islamic High School, Abdullahi Fasasi. Recalls that the trio have been facing murder charges following the December 2024 children’s event stampede that led to the death of 35 children. …