•El-Rufai and ICPC operative A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State has adjourned proceedings on the bail application of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai to March 3, 2026. The decision followed today’s hearing, during which legal arguments were presented by both the prosecution and the defense, reports Channels TV. At the court session, co...
•Former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Nwabuoku Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, to a 72-year jail term without an option of fine. Delivering Judgment, Justice Omotosho held that the Economi...
Justice Babatunde Oladapo Kalaro of the Lagos High Court has granted an interim injunction in a dispute over a Lekki property linked to a company reportedly owned by the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Olatunji Alausa. The order was issued at the Lagos Judicial Division, Ikeja, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, and obtained yesterday by […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, has ruled that Nigerians have the constitutional right to record police officers while performing their duties in public, in a judgement seen as a boost for accountability and civil liberties. Delivering the ruling yesterday in suit No. FHC/WR/CS/87/2025 obtained by Premium Times, Justice H...
•Godwin Emefiele and EFCC logo Abuja High Court, yesterday, fined the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) N500,000 for repeatedly seeking adjournments in the ongoing trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The trial judge, Justice Hamza Muazu, imposed the fine after the prosecution failed to produce...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has criticised Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja for ordering a lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, to kneel in court. Abubakar, the lead defence lawyer to human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, drew the ire of the judge when he raised his voice while making submissions in [&hel...
•Abba Kyari The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday screened a video evidence tendered by the Nigeria Police through Police officer Inspector El-John Nwoke, attached to the Force Headquarters, revealing how operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) allegedly helped drug traffickers at airports. The video evidence...
•The school’s premises The Edo State government has said the parents of the erring students involved in the viral assault video at Igbinedion Education Centre, a private secondary school in Benin City, would be prosecuted, as it has directed its Police Command to launch a probe into the matter. This was revealed today by the […]
•Mike Ozekhome, SAN A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of senior lawyer Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome (SAN) and Ponfa Useni has told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory that the defendants allegedly presented a fake Nigerian international passport before a London tribunal in an attempt to claim a property linked to the […]...
An FCT High Court has restrained the Abuja Municipal Area Council from issuing demand notices, medical certificates of fitness, or conducting training and screening of food handlers in Abuja. Justice Samira Bature issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit involving Dunes Investment and Global Services Ltd, AMAC and the Federal Capit...

