Federal High Court Grants Substituted Service in Ajiya’s Suit Against PDP, Adjourns Case to October 28
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, July 17, 2025, took a decisive step forward in the ongoing legal battle between Hon. Stephen Abraham Ajiya and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alongside three other defendants, over the disputed…
Police Arraign Woman Charged With Aggravated Assault Offences In Abuja
The police has arraigned a woman, Esther Koko Umoh at the Magistrate Court 1, Zone 6, Abuja for assaulting a lady. The accused, Esther was said to have subjected a Spa Attendant to aggravated brutality and has been charged with…
Court Orders Senate to Reinstate Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Imposes N5 Million Fine for Contempt
In a landmark ruling on Friday, July 4, 2025, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Senate of Federal Republic of Nigeria to immediately recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, declaring her six-month suspension as “unduly excessive”…
Peter Obi Condemns “Coordinated Lawlessness” as Brother’s Lagos Property Demolished Without Notice
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has raised serious concerns over what he describes as the growing climate of lawlessness in Nigeria after the sudden and unauthorized demolition of his brother’s company property in Ikeja, Lagos. Obi, who…
High Court Sentences Timilehin Ajayi to Death by Hanging for Brutal Murder of NYSC Member Salome Adaidu
The High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, a 32-year-old man, to death by hanging for the gruesome murder and dismemberment of 24-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu. Delivering the judgment on Tuesday,…
Why FG Should Settle Nnamdi Kanu, Other Agitators’ Matters Through Arbitration – Ndarani SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mohammed Ndarani, has urged the Federal Government to settle Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators’ matters out of court through a formidable national committee of Arbitration. Ndarani who is the Grand Patron of One Nation…
CNPP Hails Benue Appeal Tribunal Judgement, Urges Judiciary to Sustain Justice as Bedrock of Peace and Democracy
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has applauded the landmark judgment delivered by the Benue State Local Government Election Appeal Tribunal, which upheld the victory of all duly elected Council Chairmen and Councillors in the October 5, 2024 local…
Judiciary Delivers Final Blow to Challengers as Benue Appeal Tribunal Upholds October 2024 LG Polls
In a sweeping judicial decision, the Benue State Local Government Election Appeal Tribunal has firmly upheld the election of all council chairmen and councillors across the state, effectively quashing all pending petitions and appeals against their victory in the October…
ECOWAS Court Orders Immediate Release of Nigerian Businessman Detained Without Trial for 16 Years, Awards ₦20 Million Compensation
In a damning verdict that underscores serious flaws in Nigeria’s criminal justice system, the ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled in favour of Mr. Moses Abiodun, a Nigerian businessman who has been held in prolonged pretrial detention since 2008, declaring…
Bombshell in Nnamdi Kanu Trial: Key Witness Admits No Terror Weapons Found, No Direct Links to Violence
The long-running trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), took a dramatic turn Friday as a key government witness admitted under cross-examination that no weapons or instruments of terrorism were found on Kanu. Appearing before…
U.S. Supreme Court Greenlights Trump Administration’s Controversial Deportation of Venezuelan Migrants
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing the continuation of deportations of Venezuelan migrants under the rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The ruling, delivered late…