A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu access to his medical records and doctors of his choice. In a judgement on Thursday, Justice Binta Nyako dismissed the objections raised by the DSS for lacking merit. In the suit, …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted an application by the Federal Government to protect the identity of the witnesses lined up to testify against an alleged terrorist collaborator, Tukur Mamu. The Kaduna-based cleric and publisher is facing trial in connection with the terror attack on a Kaduna-Abuja train in March last year, leading to the death of …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday described as untrue reports that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, had a telephone conversation with President Bola Tinubu and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The apex court warned that if the current trend of falsehood and mudslinging continued to be sustained, …

Justice Liman of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Ecobank Nigeria to pay N72.2 billion in damages to Honeywell Flour Mills Plc. In delivering judgement on Honeywell Flour Mills’s protracted suit against Ecobank Nigeria, the judge held that: “The plaintiff’s right to the damages sought had crystallised and the plaintiff had a right to maintain this action”, …

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has granted some reliefs sought by Standard Alliance Investments Limited and its shareholders Standard Alliance Insurance Plc against the National Insurance Commission (NICOM) over the notice of cancellation of registration of Standard Alliance Plc. Other plaintiffs in the suit were Dickson Odoko and  Donatus Uba, who sued for themselves and on behalf of …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it has charged suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to court. This is sequel to an order of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja earlier on Thursday that the secret police charge Emefiele to court within one week or release him. Hours after the court order, …

A family court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker, Mr. Maruf Abdullahi (well known as Trinity) be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year-old girl. The magistrate, P. O. Adetuyibi ordered Abdullahi, 31, and the parents of the child – Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat Ahmed, 29 – to continue …