The Silent Press And The Silent Siege
By Segun Adediran WITHIN the next several years, the invisible architecture of Nigeria’s democracy faces a quiet but existential threat. For decades, the local press served as the bedrock of…
Cross River two jailed for human trafficking, attempted sale of 12-year-old girl
TWO persons have been convicted by the Federal High Court, Calabar for human trafficking and attempted sale of a minor. The convicts, Patience Okon, 25, and Michael Ofem, 32, were…
Abia man dies after alleged son’s assault over property dispute
An Abia State resident, Uchechukwu Uchegbu, is in police custody after he allegedly assaulted his father, Emmanuel Uchegbu, during a long-standing property dispute, an incident the family says preceded the…
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 arraigns Bichi over N19.7m bribery allegations
The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State, Professor Armaya’u Hamisu Bichi, over alleged…
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…
Murder of woman, six children: Three remanded in Kano
A Magistrate Court in Kano has ordered the remand of three men accused of killing a woman and her six children in Dorayi Chiranci, saying it lacks jurisdiction to try…
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,…
Court Registrar faces DSS probe for destroying evidence in N10bn fraud trial
Hon. Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services, DSS, to investigate his court registrar, Nasiru…
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…