A Kano High Court on Monday sentenced four men, Nafi’u Isah, Haruna Ya’u, Nadabo Mohammed and Sa’adu Musa, to 40 years and six months imprisonment each for armed robbery and attempted murder. These suspects were convicted on a four-count charge of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, attempted murder and causing grievous harm. Delivering judgment, Justice Usman Na’abba, held that the prosecution …

Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced two women; Folake Adeoti and Modupe Adewuyi, to one year imprisonment each for hawking Naira notes in violation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act. According to a Sunday statement posted on X by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the defendants were arraigned on …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to within 24hrs release socialite and business woman, Aisha Achimugu. Justice Inyang Ekwo in a short ruling also added that parties in the suit especially the EFCC are to report to the court to give report on compliance to the order of court on …

A Kano-based beverage company, Mamuda Beverages Limited has again been dragged to court over its Pop Energy drink. The firm is allegedly to have violated the trademark of a well-established national brand, Fearless Energy drink. Citing a blatant violation of intellectual property rights and a disregard for a prior court-approved settlement, Nigeria’s leading food and beverage company, Rite Foods Limited, …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, on Monday dismissed an application filed by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, seeking to reclaim a large estate in Abuja comprising 753 duplexes and apartments. The Estate, located at Plot 109, Cadastral Zone CO9, Lokogoma District, Abuja, which spans 150,462.84 square metres was originally …

A Magistrate Court sitting at Rijiyar Zaki in Kano has convicted and sentenced one Inuwa Ayuba to two months imprisonment for illegal felling of seven neem trees at Sarauniya village in Dawakin Tofa local government area of the state. According to the prosecution Counsel, Bahijja Aliyu, the monitoring team from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change got a tip …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ordered the remand of hip-hop musician, Terry Alexander Ejeh, popularly known as Terry Apala, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre until 5 May, 2025, when his bail application will be heard and determined. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Ejeh before Justice Akintayo Aluko on a one-count charge of abusing …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the go-ahead to arrest and detain six promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), over alleged investment fraud to the tune of over one billion dollars. Justice Emeka Nwite, who gave the order after the EFCC’s lawyer, Fadila Yusuf, moved an ex-parte motion to the …

Quadri Alabi, the 17-year-old who became known during the 2023 presidential election for standing in front of Labour Party candidate Peter Obi’s convoy, has regained his freedom after being held for nearly three months at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos. Alabi was discharged on Thursday by a Magistrate Court in Apapa following legal advice from the Lagos State Director …

The leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly took another dramatic turn on Monday as reinstated Speaker Mudashiru Obasa unilaterally changed the counsel representing the Assembly in court, a move that sparked outrage among the 35 lawmakers who had previously impeached him. Justice Yetunde Pinheiro of the Lagos State High Court has declared the removal of Mudashiru Obasa …