•Emefiele A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has adjourned till tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26 to rule on whether or not to continue to hear the case of the former Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Rahman Oshodi adjourned for ruling after Emefiele’s Counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olalekan Ojo, asked t...
•Suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol The impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol was adjourned after he failed to appear in court. The hearing, which began on January 14, 2025, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, is part of efforts to determine whether Yoon should be removed from office following his failed attempt...
•The mass rape victim, Gisele Pelicot arrives with her lawyers at the courthouse in Avignon yesterday France’s trial of a man who drugged his now ex-wife so he and dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious ended yesterday with all 51 defendants being convicted. Dominique Pelicot, 72, who admitted sedating his then-wife with sleepin...
•Rape A part-time lecturer of the Department of Primary Education and Early Childhood Development of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, Lagos, Kolawole Muyiwa, yesterday, appeared before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, presided over by Justice Ramon Oshodi, on trial for the alleged rape of a student. ...
•Justice Binta Nyako and Nnamdi Kanu Justice Binta Nyako of the the Federal High Court in Abuja has withdrawn from the treason trial of the self acclaimed leader of the separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Nyako announced her withdrawal today shortly after Kanu demanded that the judge recuse herself [&...
•Protesters The trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters will begin in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Borno today, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence, Dasuki Galadanchi, has disclosed. The DIG disclosed this at the just-ended Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), reports Daily Trust. He said those to be charg...
•Former Governor Yahaya Bello The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello to present himself for arraignment. The Appeal Court also restrained the former governor from taking any further actions regarding the charges against him until he has been formally arraigned, reports Channels TV. In a unanimous ...
•Self-proclaimed pastor, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie (L) The leader of a Kenyan starvation sect went on trial for manslaughter today over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in one of the world’s worst cult-related tragedies. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and dozens of other suspects pleaded not guilty in January to multipl...
•Protesters with Russian flag The police have commenced trial of about 800 persons arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest across the country. The Force also said the number of suspects arrested in connection with the flying of Russian flags in some states, including Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi and Katsina had risen to 90. This is just as [&hel...
•Farah Dagogo Hon. Farah Dagogo, a former member of the House of Representatives and governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State in the 2023 elections, speaks with The PUNCH in this interview. Dagogo, an ally of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, recounts his arrest and 63-day detention following a ...

