Abuja: Court hears details of 2022 Owo Church attack
A Department of State Services (DSS) operative on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja how suspects accused of carrying out the 2022 Owo church massacre were allegedly funded,…
14 years after shutdown, court orders re-opening of Jalingo church
The suit seeking to restrain the resumption of worship at the Jatutu Memorial Cathedral belonging to the United Methodist Church Nigeria ,UMCN, has been struck out by Upper Area Court…
Bank staff gets five years jail over N22m fraud in Kano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a bank employee, Janet Theophilus Danjuma, for defrauding an investor of N22,350,000 through a bogus investment scheme in…
Deregistration suit of ADC, Accord, others fixed for hearing, Feb. 24
Suit seeking the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and the Action Peoples Party (APP) has been adjourned by…
Oil firm challenges appointment of administrator, court jurisdiction to determine case
A fresh legal battle has erupted over the control of Eroton Exploration and Production Limited, with the oil and gas company seeking to halt the execution of interim court orders…
Coup: Court orders FG DIA to produce cleric
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to produce before it, on February 18, an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Abdulkadir Zaria, detained since December…
A’Court overturns Irorun’s conviction, orders immediate release
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has set aside the conviction of Sharafadeen Irorun for obtaining by false pretence and stealing, holding that the prosecution failed to prove its case…
Court remands Abuja couple over N740m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned an Abuja-based couple, Osabohein Ologbose and his wife, Hope Oghelemu, before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court Abuja over…
Kogi fraud: EFCC witness links N10.27bn to Ali Bello
The trial of Ali Bello, Chief of Staff to Ahmed Usman Ododo, continued on Monday before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness…
Man arraigned for allegedly stealing cow worth N700,000
Two herders, Abubakar Lawal, 18, and Ibrahim Abubakar, 20, on Monday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan over the alleged theft of a cow valued at N700,000. The…