By: Kingsley Omonobi Fresh indications have emerged that the military has arrested an additional 15 officers of various ranks in connection with an alleged coup plot against the Federal Government, bringing the number of detained officers to over 40. Sources […]
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has stopped the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from carrying out its nationwide strike aimed at shutting down the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. In his ruling, Justice Emmanuel Sublim, granted […]
Grace Andreas Karka, the managing director of Bonghe Microfinance Bank, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Karka, who was found guilty of fraud was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was accused of being involved in […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to clarify the legal framework under which its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is being tried. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Comrade Emma Powerful, […]
By Adepote Arowojobe A 55-year-old man, Adegbenro Adekunle, on Thursday, appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over alleged N1.3 million fraud. The defendant whose address was not provided, is standing trial on a two-count charge of obtaining money by false […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a legal practitioner, Ahmed Abdulrahman and four others be remanded at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Area 10 Abuja till November 10 after their arraignment for allegedly cyber-bullying a serving […]
Pioneer Chairman of the NBA Abuja Young Lawyers’ Forum (YLF) and Immediate Past Chairman of the NBA Abuja Branch, Afam O. Okeke, Esq., has congratulated the Unity Bar YLF on its 2025 Young Lawyers’ Summit themed “The Business of a […]
Fifty five of the 175 convicts granted clemency on October 12 have been dropped from a reviewed list approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The excluded persons comprise individuals convicted of grievous crimes. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to […]
By Akin Kuponiyi The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned the trial of Lagos property developer, Olukayode Olusanya, and his company, Oak Homes Limited, over an alleged ₦152 million property fraud, to 9 February 2026. Justice Musa Kakaki, […]
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Muhammad Umar before Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. He was arraigned on a two count charge bordering on obtaining by […]