Legal

March 24, 2017

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a man, his wife and their landlady to one...

Crime

Court to Cynthia Osokogu’s killers: You must die

March 24, 2017

Justice Olabisi Akinlade of an Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced to death , two of the four...

EFCC vs Patience Jonathan: Court to hear preliminary objection May 2

March 23, 2017

An FCT High Court in Lugbe, Abuja has adjourned till May 2, hearing on a preliminary objection filed by the...

Court dissolves 15-year-old marriage over wife’s nagging

My husband beats me for not bearing male child, wife tells court

March 20, 2017

A wife, Sayo Akomolafe, on Monday told Ikole-Ekiti Customary Court in Ekiti State that her husband beats her constantly for...

SPDC dismisses alleged staff involvement in pipeline vandalism

$406.8m suit against Shell: FG to amend statement of claims

March 20, 2017

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted leave to the Federal Government to amend its statement of claims...

EFCC wants suit against Ofili-Ajumogobia struck out for lack of jurisdiction

Delta Govt paid N15m into Ofili-Ajumogobia’s account, witness tells court

March 17, 2017

As the trial of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court for alleged corruption continues in Lagos on Friday,...

Breaking News

EFCC witness names four judges allegedly involved in Nwobike’s bribe scandal

A detective with the Special Task Force of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Daniel Danladi, on Thursday...

Lagos court orders interim forfeiture of ex-Naval Chief, Ezeoba’s N1.8bn

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of N1.8 billion allegedly diverted from...

Justice Ngwuta received over N103m as salaries, allowances from 2011 to 2016, says witness

by Roland Edwards

A prosecution witness in the on-going trial of Supreme Court judge, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, on Thursday told a Federal High...

Alleged $2.1bn arms scam: Absence of Fani-Kayode stalls trial continuation

Breaking News

N4.6m money laundering charge: Judge disqualifies self from trial of Fani-Kayode, Usman

Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court on Thursday in Lagos disqualified himself from the trial of a former...

Bayelsa: APC, PDP spar over Nov 16 polls

Edo guber: Appeal Court reserves judgement on PDP, APC appeals indefinitely

by Chidi Roberts

The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, on Thursday reserved judgement sine die in the appeal filed by the Peoples...

Ex-GMD of NNPC Yakubu: Money in my Kaduna residence not received from Bola Shagaya, Omokore, Aluko

$9.7m gift: Court remands Yakubu in Kuje Prison, rules on bail application March 21

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the remand of Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum...

300-level UNILORIN student raped, killed

Man in court for raping landlord’s daughter

A 49-year-old man, Ajibade Adefioye, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping and impregnating...

Judge orders removal of bullet in defendant’s leg

Justice Halilu Yusuf of the FCT High Court, Jabi has ordered the Nigerian Prisons to plan for surgery to extract...

Man arraigned for beating mother-in-law, injuring her

Court to rule on Ademola’s no-case submission April 5

Justice Jude Okeke of an FCT High Court will rule on the no-case submission moved by Justice Adeniyi Ademola and...

Fayose paid N75m into Ozekhome’s account from N1.2bn Dasuki funds, says EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that Ekiti State Governor,...

Business

China to become world’s biggest source of patents

by Freedom Reporter

China is on track to become the number one source of international patents within two years, overtaking current leaders —...

‘I regret divorcing my former husband, the beating I receive now is worse,’ wife tells court

March 13, 2017

A 39-year old wife, Fadekemi Adeleye, on Monday told a Customary Court sitting in Aiyedun-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Government Area...

N450m fraud: EFCC amends charges against Belgore, joins ex-Petroleum Minister, Allison-Madueke