The legal team of suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has received a formal summons in the case filed against her by the Federal Government at the Federal Capital Territory High Court last week. On Friday, 16 May 2025, the Federal Government filed the suit, marked CR/297/25, over alleged defamatory remarks made during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics …

The Federal Government, on Thursday, said that it has recovered the sum of $200 million and another $10 million award it deposited as bond before a court in the United Kingdom. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister, Ptimce Lateef Fagbemi said the funds were deposited while the Federal Government defended a legal action that a company, Process …

The Federal Government has instituted a suit against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, over alleged defamatory remarks made on live television. The suit marked CR/297/25 and filed before a Federal Capital Territory High Court on 16 May, 2025, has Akpoti-Uduaghan as the sole defendant. The government accused the senator of ‘making imputation knowing or having reason to …

Two men have been sentenced to death by an Abeokuta High Court, in Ogun State, for armed robbery. Another is to serve 21 years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder The convicts — Wahabi Idowu, Wale Adedeji and Akeem Sulaimon — were found guilty and convicted on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery, attempted murder The …

A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the remand of five individuals, including a bank manager and a nursing mother, for allegedly hacking into the server of Premium Trust Bank. The defendants are Matthew Damilola, the bank’s E-Payment Service Manager, Kehinde Odeyemi (a mother of a four-month-old baby), Samson Dakup, Bolaji Yinka and Sunday Okunnola. The defendants were brought …

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has dismissed preliminary objections filed by social media personality Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), in the N1 billion defamation suit instituted by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, (SAN), and his son, musician and activist Folarin Falana, also known as Falz. Justice F.A. Azeez, who delivered the ruling, ordered VDM …

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho has replaced Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Abuja division, who was suspended for one year by the National Judicial Council (NJC). Justice Ekwo’s court hss been taken over by Justice M. G. Umar, who was moved from Enugu judicial division to Abuja. Similarly, four other judges …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, 15 May 2025, said it presented two prosecution witnesses in the ongoing trial of a former Deputy Director of Highways at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Augustine Olowoniyan, and a surveyor, Sulaiman Muhammed, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja. According to …

The Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday, denied allegation that it kept the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in solitary confinement. Kanu, who is facing a seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge preferred against him by the Federal Government, has been in custody of the security agency since 2021. At the resumed hearing …

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has set 27 June to give judgement in the case filed by suspended Kogi Central senator, Mrs. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpoti-Uduaghan is challenging her suspension from the Red Chamber. She took the matter to court after the Senate, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, suspended her over claims of misconduct. She …