Judicial officers cannot order lawyers to face wall and kneel, says NBA
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has stated that no judicial officer has the authority to order a lawyer or litigant to kneel or face the wall in court. The NBA made…
Court grants Badejo N50m bail in alleged defamation suit
Hon Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has granted bail to a United Kingdom-based Nigerian blogger, Maureen Badejo, for fifty million naira and two sureties in like…
Ebonyi Community petition National Assembly to enforce S’Court land judgment
The Umobor Akaeze community in Ivo Local Government Area has petitioned the National Assembly, requesting urgent intervention to ensure the enforcement of a Supreme Court judgment that reportedly affirmed their…
How Appeal Court reset the PDP game
Sir: The immediate reactions that followed the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal on the disputed convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibadan were entirely predictable. Within…
Walida abduction case adjourned to March 26
A Federal High Court in Jigawa has fixed March 26 for hearing on an application seeking the unconditional release and reuniting of Walida Abdulhadi, a teenager allegedly abducted and sexually…
Alleged horrific killers of Kano housewife, six children face fresh criminal charges
Three prime suspects in the murder of a 35 years old Fatima Abubakar, and her six children at Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters in Kano has been charged with fresh criminal charges.…
Court bars estate firm, Shelter Gold CEO, from selling disputed Abuja land
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja has restrained the Chief Executive Officer of Shelter Gold Group, Mr. Philip Isah, from selling, leasing or otherwise dealing…
Alleged N9bn fraud: EFCC opens court trial against Malami, wife
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday began the trial of the former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, over an alleged N9bn money laundering charge at a Federal High…
How daughter’s relationship with ‘Killaboi’ allegedly ended in murder, mother tell court
A 56-year-old civil servant, Mrs Cordellia Onuwabagbe, yesterday narrated before a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere how a romantic relationship between her daughter and Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, popularly known…
Court freezes firm, MD’s accounts over alleged accumulated N9.05 billion debt
The Federal High Court, Lagos, has frozen the accounts linked to Petrocam Trading Nigeria Limited and its principal, Patrick Ilo, over an alleged N9.05 billion debt to Zenith Bank Limited.…