•Simon Ekpa Finnish prosecutors today said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with ter...
Nigerians are mounting pressure on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute former Niger Delta militant, Government Tompolo and the sons of billionaire businessman, Okoya for abusing the naira. These demands come a day after the Federal High Court in Ikoyi has sentenced Nigerian artiste, Babatunde Peter Olaitan, also kn...
•Abdullahi Ganduje A Kano State High Court today dismissed a motion filed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear an 11-count corruption charge brought against him and seven others. Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, who presided over the matter, ruled that t...
•Nnamdi Kanu in court today The trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, continues before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the prosecution, tendering key exhibits linking the defendant to acts of terrorism. Led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, and Senior...
•Nnamdi Kanu in court The trial of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has resumed at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Earlier, the court, led by Justice James Omotosho, granted the request of the federal government for witnesses to testify behind screens, reports Channels TV. At the resumed hearing [&hel...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed June 3 for the trial of an alleged fake medical doctor, Miriam Emenike Ugochi, who is facing a four-count charge the Inspector General of Police preferred against her. Trial Justice Joyce Abdulmalik ordered the service of hearing notice on the 49-year-old defendant who is currently in […...
•Coach Carlo Ancelotti Real Madrid’s legendary coach, Carlo Ancelotti will go on trial next week for allegedly failing to declare income to Spain’s tax office, the Madrid court which will hear the case said today. Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of four years and nine months for the 65-year-old Italian, accusing him of having […]...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers The American Military Veterans of Igbo Descent has urged Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja to remain absolutely impartial in the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the terrorism charges filed against him by the […]...
•Incarcerated IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Human rights lawyer Barr. Christopher Chidera has expressed concern over the Nigerian government’s plan to prosecute Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the repealed Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013, describing it as legally unsustainable. In a statement issued in ...
•Late Mohbad, Naira Marley and Sam Larry The Magistrate Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos State, today, acquitted popular musician, Abdulazeez Fashola, popularly called Naira Marley, in relation to the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad. Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje, who read and implemented the legal advice issued by the Directora...

