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. …

The auxiliary nurse who treated the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, has disclosed that the rapper had a reaction and started vomiting after she administered a tetanus injection to him. Testifying before Justice C.A. Shotobi at the Coroner’s Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Friday, Ogedengbe narrated that she stepped out to obtain additional medical supplies …

Trial of a detained Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, over his alleged non-disclosure of his assets, resumed before the Federal High Court, in Abuja, yesterday, with a witness narrating how investigations exposed that the defendant received over N200 million through 10 different bank accounts. The witness, Mr Ahmed Yero, who identified himself as a Chief Investigator with the …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, declined to legalise prostitution in the country, even as it dismissed a suit that sought to enforce fundamental rights of commercial sex workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice James Omotosho, while describing prostitution as an immoral act that is alien to cultural …

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the remand of three workers of the Lagos State House of Assembly in the custody of the Department of State Security Services for allegedly assaulting its officers. The three lawmakers — Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Adetu Adekunle, and Fatimoh Adetola — were directed to remain in DSS custody pending their arraignment. Justice Daniel …

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 …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has issued a final warning to property developer Cecil Osakwe, to appear before it for arraignment. Osakwe, a legal practitioner Victor Giwa, and Edith Erhunmuuse are to be arraigned on a nine-count bordering on alleged illegal eviction, criminal intimidation, threats to life, and property damage in the sum of N300 million. …

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday dismissed the claims made by the former Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, stating that the courts—not press conferences—are the proper venue for him to defend his actions. Yunusa-Ari, who was sacked over his controversial declaration of Senator Aishatu Dahiru (Binani) of the All Progressives Party as the winner of the …