A clearing agent, Agoro Moninuola, has been arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before a Federal High Court in Lagos over the alleged attempted exportation of 2.80 kilograms of cocaine to the United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. The defendant was arraigned yesterday before Justice Daniel O...
•Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Madueke The defence and prosecution have closed their cases in the ongoing trial of former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, at the Southwark Crown Court in the United Kingdom, with a jury now set to deliver its verdict later this week. Alison-Madueke is standing t...
•Suspects linked to the deadly Angwan Rukuba in Plateau State  The trial of suspects linked to the deadly Angwan Rukuba attacks resumed today, Friday, May 8, 2026 at the Plateau State High Court in Jos, with proceedings continuing on the case management process. The defendants, who are facing charges including criminal conspiracy, terrorism, c...
•Nasir El-Rufai Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is expected to appear today (Thursday) before the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna for the continuation of his trial over alleged corruption and abuse of office. El-Rufai is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), repor...
•Anthony Joshua The Ogun Magistrate’s Court 1, sitting in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of the state, and presided over by Magistrate Olufunilayo Somefun, has adjourned the trial of the driver of the Lexus SUV involved in former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua’s road crash to June 2, 2026. This is about the fourth time [&hell...
The Lagos State Government yesterday arraigned one Olusola Shedrach before the State High Court sitting in Ikeja over the alleged forceful takeover and damage of a landed property belonging to Harvesters Church along the Gbagada–Oworonshoki Expressway. The defendant was arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi on a three-count charge bordering o...
•Former Governor Yahaya Bello and EFCC logo Joseph Daudu (SAN), the counsel to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has said that his client’s trial in the alleged N80.2 billion local government funds transfers was political, and not money laundering charges. Daudu stated this at the ongoing alleged money laundering case in...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal, challenging his conviction and multiple sentences imposed by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu is insisting that his trial was riddled with fundamental legal errors and [&h...
•The defendants, Hassan Taiwo (Soweto) and Dele Frank The Lagos State Police Command yesterday arraigned activist Comrade Hassan Taiwo, popularly known as Soweto, alongside Dele Frank before the Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court over their alleged roles in a protest against illegal demolitions, forcible evictions and land grabbing at the Lagos Sta...
•Femi Falana, SAN Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has condemned the prolonged detention of medical doctor and Abia State University lecturer, Dr Okechukwu Kenneth Nwafor, describing it as a flagrant violation of the Constitution and Nigeria’s criminal justice laws. Falana disclosed this today during a courtesy visit organised by the...
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