The Nigeria Police Force has extradited a fugitive, Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi, to the United Kingdom over alleged involvement in murder and drug trafficking. The extradition was carried out through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, following a formal request […]
A UK court has sentenced a Nigerian couple, Luciana and Femi Akanbi, to prison terms after they were found guilty of a £433,000 tax fraud linked to the misuse of employee data stolen from Transport for London (TfL). The couple […]
A labourer has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Okitipupa, Ondo State, over allegations of damaging crops valued at half a million naira. The 45-year-old defendant, Kunle Igbayemi, is facing a two-count charge involving conspiracy and the destruction […]
By Henry Ojelu, LAGOS A 20-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Wednesday, narrated before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja how a 53-year-old lecturer, Samuel Ojogbo, allegedly assaulted her in his office at the institution’s Akoka campus. […]
NBA IKEJA YOUNG LAWYERS’ FORUM ANNOUNCES LEGAL SUMMIT 2026 The Young Lawyers’ Forum of the NBA Ikeja Branch has announced plans to host its Legal Summit 2026, scheduled to hold from May 22 to 23, 2026. The summit, themed “The […]
A 61-year-old UK-based Nigerian, Anthony Adewale Sobogun, has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for multiple sexual offences against two children spanning 15 years, the London Metropolitan Police announced on Wednesday. Sobogun, a resident of Thistlewood Crescent, Croydon, was […]
By Udeme Akpan Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has received shareholders’ approval for a N500 billion Rights Issue, thus positioning the company to strengthen its financial standing, expand capital base, accelerate strategic initiatives, and aid its backward integration projects. The approval […]
In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, which has charged the National Assembly to amend the Nigeria Tax Act 2015, the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, and the Electricity Act 2023, […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 26 for the Department of State Services (DSS) to open its case in the alleged terrorism charge it filed against former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), and […]
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the judiciary for quashing the unlawful rustication of University of Ibadan (UI) student-activists Ayodele Aduwo and Mide Gbadegesin, and for addressing the ongoing victimisation of Nice Linus, who held placards reading […]