The Supreme Court has fixed 15th December to deliver judgement on the appeal seeking to compel the Federal Government to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. In its ruling on 13th October 2022, the Court of Appeal in Abuja ordered Kanu’s release. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel, …

Akwa Ibom State High Court, sitting in Essien Udim Local Government Area, LGA, has sentenced two brothers to death for killing a 45-year-old farmer, Iboro Joe, over a parcel of land. The convicts are Uduak Udo Umoren (48), a pastor and motorcyclist, and his 34-year-old brother, Emmanuel Udo Umoren, a farmer and panel beater, who hail from Adiasim Ikot Ekon …

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago has ordered Chicago State University (CSU) to produce President Bola Tinubu‘s “only all relevant, non-privileged documents” academic records to Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In her ruling on President Tinubu’s emergency application in case No. 23 CV 05099, Judge Nancy L. Maldonado  directed CSU …

The Police on Monday arraigned a mother of two at the Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing phones during a church service. The 26-year-old defendant, Chisom Nwogbo, who claims to be a makeup artist, is facing a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and theft, accusations she denies. Police prosecutor Oyeyemi Adeniyi told the court that the case …

The Rector of Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, Dr. Justina Anjiode Kotso has dragged the Nasarawa State correspondent of Universal Reporters, Rabiu Omaku to court for allegedly authoring false publications against her and the institution. On 18th September, Omaku accused the Rector of embezzling funds meant for graduates of the polytechnic, who participated in the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme, …

A United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois has granted the request made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, for the release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records by Chicago State University. In a ruling delivered by US Magistrate, Judge Jeffrey Gilbert on Tuesday, the court ordered Chicago State Varsity to provide …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, has lamented the rising number of litigations in the country. He said apart from several new crimes being committed which had contributed to the steady rise of court cases in the country, political cases were taking a monumental toll on courts’ dockets across the country. Ariwoola disclosed this at the swearing-in of …

An Abuja High Court has sentenced a public officer, Dr Abubakar Danraka, to life imprisonment for rape (sodomy) under section 1 of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, (VAPP ACT) of 2015. Trial judge, Justice A. Akanbi-Yusuf handed the sentence, having found the convict guilty. The convict, Abubakar, a former Chief Pharmacist of National Hospital, Abuja, and Senior Special Adviser …

The National Industrial Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered Guinness Nigeria Plc and three others to pay an aggrieved former employee of the company, Mr. Bright Nwosu, N52,456,000 million over wrongful termination of employment. Nwosu. who was employed by Guinness Nigeria Plc in 2004 as a Sales Executive, filed a suit against the firm as a defendant on 18th …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, has set aside the judgement of the National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State, and affirmed the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Ngozi Okolie, as the duly elected lawmaker for Aniocha and Oshimili Federal constituency. In 25th February election, Okolie polled 53,879 votes to defeat …