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Mahmud Tukur, son of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, son of late Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland Arisekola Alao and one Alex Ochonogor on Wednesday lost their bid to quash the N1.5 billion fuel subsidy fraud charge preferred against

The presiding judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State high court, Ikeja also directed that the video should be shown in court during the proceedings.

But Justice Ipaye ordered those who were not directly involved in the matter out of the courtroom

The video clip which went viral on the internet in 2014 showing how some people assaulted suspected pepper thieves in Ejigbo area of Lagos State has been accepted as exhibit in court

An 18 year old Andrew Ovie might spend the rest of his life in prison or end up with the hangman if the prosecution successfully proved a murder case against him. He was accused of hitting a middle aged man with a bottle leading to his death. Trouble started for[…]

Attempt by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs E.I Alakija calling for the defendants to be arraigned was not successful as the court directed the prosecution to file response to the defendants application

(PDP), Olisa Metuh was brought to the Federal High Court Abuja by the officials of Nigerian Prison Service in a handcuff in his hand amid tight security.

Metuh, who was sent to the prison by the court last week, was in court to push argument for t

Justice Ibrahim Buba issued the order after Tompol

Chelsea have sacked manager Jose Mourinho seven months after he led them to the Premier League title.

Judgement was delivered on Monday by Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, against the former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Pen Cinema Police Station, CSP Segun Fabunmi, to stay behind bars for 10 years having been found guilty of the manslaughter of Ademola Ade (or Ademola Aderintola Daramola) during the 2012 fuel subsidy protest in Lagos.

Justice Akinlade also found Fabunmi, a dismissed Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), guilty of

Dokpesi was arraigned today before a Federal High court in Abuja on 6 counts charge of mo

The issue as formulated by the leader of the charge goes as follows:
“It is unfathomable that the Supreme Court decided to return the country to the status quo ante in a rather brazen and bizarre manner. Given the ouster clause contained in section 306 of the AJCS(sic), the Code of Conduct Tribunal ought not to have delivered its ruling in respect of the preliminary objections filed by Dr. Saraki” –Femi Falana (SAN)

The undertaking was given on Thursday by the counsel to the Federal Government, Rotimi Jacob (SAN), at the hearing of the case instituted by Saraki at the Supreme Court against his trial by the CCT.

The issue is the legal implication of this almost ugly and scandalous drama at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Was it right for the judge to proceed with the case at the tribunal when appeal on the subject matter has been entered at the Supreme Court?

The law is clear that once an appeal has been entered and until it has been finally disposed of, the court shall

Hon. Herman Hembe and Hon. Aliyu Sani Madaki, on Tuesday exchanged slaps over the issue of juicy committees.

The Reps, both of who are members of the

Magu is remembered as a no-nonsense investigator of the commission at its inception. He was removed along with several other key officials by Farida Waziri when she became chairman in 2008.

The Sheriff and Civil Process Department must be completely overhauled in collaboration with the Chief Judge of the State not to limit the access to justice by indigent litigants who are compelled to pay for services of court process after the official payment at the registry.

It must be noted that the Case Management Process have not yielded the desired result because litigants still spend timeless period undergoing CMC for reasons beyond explanation or non-adherence to the rules by the judges and the litigants or their counsel.

While being cross-examined at the resumed hearing today, the accused person, who told the court that he did not have any evidence of transfer of ownership of the vehicles from PEF to him, said: “I know the vehicles belong to PEF. But it was to offset the debt owed me. T

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Information about the “wanted suspects,” according to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, could be delivered by calling three telephone numbers: 0818155888, 08160030300 and 07053333123 to the military.

This was disclosed, Thursday,

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Nyesom Wike as the Governor of Rivers State.

The tribunal, which delivered its ruling in Abuja on Saturday, also ordered that a fresh governorship election be conducted in the state.

The petition challenging the election of Mr. Wike as Rivers State Governor was

This was not the case in September when the senate president was arraigned before the tribunal by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). On the day of the arraignment, Saraki was seen in the accused box, and pictures of that