•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...
•Adeniyi Kayode and his lawyer arrive at the Sagamu Magistrate’s Court, Ogun State, today A Magistrate Court in Sagamu area of Ogun State has adjourned the trial of Adeniyi Kayode to February 25, 2026. Kayode is a 46-year-old driver involved in the fatal accident that killed heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua’s personal trainer, Latif...
•The suspect, Mohammed Kumo A magistrate at the Chief Magistrate Court in Gombe State, Mohammed Kumo, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations of extortion and bribery. In a statement yesterday, the anti-graft agency disclosed that Kumo was brought before Justice H.H. Kereng of the Gombe High Court on...
•Convicted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu A member of the legal defence team of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Njoku Jude Njoku, Esq. has accused the Nigerian judiciary of “fighting itself” and drifting toward “constitutional anarchy” over its handling of Kanu’s ongoing trial. The lawyer in a statement today ...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu A US-based human rights watchdog, the Rising Sun Foundation for Justice and Human Rights, has warned that Nigeria is now in a full-blown constitutional crisis over the ongoing trial of detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group in a statement issued today by its director, Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Augustine [...
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the immediate release of one Mr. Sewedo Folorunsho, who has been awaiting trial for alleged murder in Kirikiri prison for eight years without trial. In a judgment delivered on October 22, 2025, obtained by our correspondent yesterday, Justice Adenike Shonubi declared the detention unlawfu...
•France’s President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte Ten people went on trial in Paris today, charged with sexist online harassment of Brigitte Macron, in the latest case linked to unsubstantiated gender claims thrown at the French first lady in France and beyond. The trial comes after she and President Emmanuel Macron filed a defamatio...
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