NEXIM ex-MD, Orya, jailed 10 years for ₦2.4b fraud
Presiding High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, to 10…
Akpodubakaye restrained from blackmailing Otuaro
A Delta State High Court sitting at the Warri Judicial Division on Thursday, February 5, granted an interim injunction restraining one Jude Gbaboyo Akpodubakaye from posting defamatory videos against the…
EFCC details N46.5m school transfers as Yahaya Bello’s trial resumes
The trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, over an alleged N80.2 billion money-laundering scheme resumed on Thursday at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness…
Delay tactics in alleged N738.6m fraud: Judge threatens to revoke Maina’s bail
Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, faced fresh judicial warning on Thursday, as Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Asokoro,…
Sowore’s evidence alleging Tinubu called Jonathan ‘drunkard’ rejected
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a document tendered by activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, which alleged that President Bola…
Nnamdi Kanu pray Appeal Court for acquittal over life sentence
The convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who is serving a life sentence at the National Correctional Centre, Sokoto, for terrorism-related offences, has filed a…
Court nullifies FG revocation of Dawes oil licence
The Federal High Court in Lagos has nullified the revocation of the Dawes Island Marginal Field licence held by Eurafric Energy Limited, ruling that the action by the Ministry of…
CSO file lawsuit against NRS, court hears motions seeking removal of directors
An Abuja High Court has commenced hearing in a suit challenging the appointment of Executive Directors of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) over alleged violations of due process and existing…
Man bags death sentence for armed robbery, culpable homicide, lawyer may appeal court judgment
A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia has sentenced Saidu Idi to death by hanging for armed robbery and culpable homicide. The judgment was delivered by the Chief Judge…
Court reduces bail condition for Muslim cleric accused of land documents forgery in Kano
A Kano State High Court has reduced the bail conditions for Islamic cleric Ibrahim Abdullahi Isa, who is facing allegations of forging land ownership documents for two properties along Ahmadu…