The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho has replaced Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Abuja division, who was suspended for one year by the National Judicial Council (NJC). Justice Ekwo’s court hss been taken over by Justice M. G. Umar, who was moved from Enugu judicial division to Abuja. Similarly, four other judges …

Judge Juan Merchan on Friday granted President-elect Donald Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against him in New York. Merchan also removed the sentencing date for the United States President-elect from the schedule. The trial is related to Trump’s hush money charges brought against him by the New York State. The judge said Trump lawyers …

After spending about 15 days in captivity, terrorists have released the kidnapped children of a Kaduna State judge, Janet Galadima. The Police are yet to react to the development. The Chairman of the Kaduna State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Godwin Ochai said the children were released yesterday. He thanked God and everyone who stood by the family. …

The kidnapped judge of the Kaduna State Customary Court, Janet Galadima, has regained her freedom, but the abductors are holding onto her three children after killing the eldest, identified as Victor, 14. The husband of the judge, Musa Gimba, a medical doctor, confirmed the release of his wife on Thursday but said the kidnappers are demanding N150 million to release …

The National Industrial Court, Lagos Division, has ordered the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Olayemi Cardoso, to appear before it on 18 July 2024, to explain why he should not be committed to prison for disobeying a court order issued on 25 March 2019. Justice (Prof) Elizabeth Oji issued the order in response to an application filed …

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court has threatened to adjourn sine die the trial of the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Nyako said she would commence the trial when the defence was ready. She spoke following the insistence of Kanu’s lawyer, Alloy Ejimakor, that his client’s rights to a fair trial were being …

A US judge has ordered Elon Musk to comply with a subpoena to answer questions from regulators about his purchases of Twitter shares last year. The order comes after Musk, who beefed up his stake in Twitter — now called X — before buying the company for $44 billion, did not show up for a scheduled deposition in September with …