Legal

An FCT High Court on Tuesday sentenced Farouk Lawal to seven years imprisonment for collecting $500,000 bribe. Delivering judgement, Justice Angela Otaluka,...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday,  ordered the Federal Government to pay $951 million to the Bayelsa State Government....

Further to our statement on Thursday last week, in which we alerted Nigerians to the fact that we are being...

The Supreme Court, on Friday, set aside the conviction of three senior lawyers barred from practising in Nigeria over alleged...

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, announced its decision to waive default fees, computation of time in respect of cases affected...

An Ikeja High Court has sentenced  Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank)...

Nigerian actor, Olanrewaju James (popularly known as Baba Ijesha), was on Wednesday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its two months nationwide strike. JUSUN’s Deputy National President, Emmanuel Abioye,...

The Federal Government has expressed optimism that courts and state assemblies would re-open next week, following the resolution it reached...

Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has asked the National Assembly to mandate the National Judicial Council...

The Supreme Court, on Friday, struck out the appeal of Osagie Ize- Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenging...

The Court of Appeal in Benin on Wednesday upheld the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State at the...

Almost 20 years after former President Jacob Zuma was linked to a corrupt multi-million dollar arms procurement scandal, he has...

The Lagos State Government is to move the Igbosere High Court, which was razed in October 2020 during the #EndSARS...

The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a Shari’ah Court Judge by unknown gunmen on Tuesday evening....

Director of the Lagos State Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs Yinka Adeyemi, has reiterated the determination of the Ministry of Justice...

The Federal Government will soon resuscitate Special Terrorism Prosecution Courts, the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said. Malami made...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has urged the Federal Government to deduct funds meant for state judiciaries from...