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 …

A group of constituents from Kogi Central Senatorial District has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate. The suit, filed on 4 April 2025 by ten applicants, seeks the enforcement of their fundamental rights to political participation under Article 13(1) of the African Charter on Human and …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, struck out a N50 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, struck out the suit for lack of diligent prosecution. When the matter was called on Thursday, neither Kanu nor the Federal Government was …

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 …