The National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has sacked the acting clerk of the House, Ottun Babatunde, who was appointed by Speaker Mojisola Meranda. The court ordered the reinstatement of the former clerk of the House, Olalekan Onafeko. The order follows an ex parte application to the court made by Onafeko through his counsel, Yusuf Nurudeen, in a case he …

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of $4.7m, N830m, and multiple properties linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele. The judge who had earlier dismissed an application brought by an interested party seeking to stop the judgment, from being delivered granted the final forfeiture …

An application filed by the late Herbert Wigwe’s cousin Christian Wigwe and Pastor Shyngle Wigwe, (Herbert Wigwe’s father) seeking the appointment of interim administrators for the estate of the late Herbert Wigwe, former Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, has been dismissed by the Lagos State High Court Family/Probate Court in Ikeja. Justice A.O. Adeyemi, in …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has upheld the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, overturning an earlier ruling that nullified his appointment. Delivering judgement on Tuesday, Justice Yargata Nimpar, who led a three-member panel, ruled in favour of Oba Olaoye on all 10 grounds of appeal. On 25 October, 2023, …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has approved the appointment of Kabir Akanbi, as the Acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, effective from 13 February 2025. This was contained in a press statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations of the Supreme Court, Ahmed Umar. According to …

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been ordered to appear for a hearing on Monday, 10 February 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. This was contained in a hearing notice obtained by The PUNCH on Friday. The notice, dated 22 January 2025, was addressed to Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy …

A Kano State High Court on Monday sentenced five men to death by hanging for murdering a 67-year-old woman, Dahare Abubakar, whom they accused of witchcraft. The convicts—Da’luta Ibrahim, Abdulaziz Yahaya, Faisal Yahaya, Ibrahim Abdu, and Ayuba Abdulrahman—were found guilty of culpable homicide. Delivering judgment, Justice Usman Na’abba ruled that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. ‘I …

Mr. Sunday Echeji, accused of cutting off his wife’s hand in a shocking act of domestic violence, has been arraigned before the Chief Magistrate Court 1 in Enugu. Echeji who was arraigned on Friday, 31 January 2025, faces charges of attempted murder under Section 275, Subsection A of the Criminal Code CAP 30, Vol. 1 Reversed Laws of Enugu State, …

The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, granted bail to detained activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, to the tune of N10 million with one surety in like sum. The court, in the ruling that was delivered by Justice Musa Liman, held that the surety must be a responsible individual with landed …

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has initiated legal action against activist Omoyele Sowore over comments he made on social media, referring to Egbetokun as an ‘illegal IG’. Sowore is facing three charges related to Cybercrime under the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, ETC) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024. According to the charges, filed in a suit marked FCH/ABJ/23/25, …