The Federal Government has instituted a suit against the senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over alleged defamatory remarks made on live television. The suit filed before the Federal Capital Territory High Court on May 16, 2025, has Akpoti-Uduaghan as the sole defendant. Citing relevant sections of the constitution, the Federal government accused the senator […]
A United States District Court has sentenced a 37-year-old Nigerian, Henry Ezeonyido, to 27 months’ imprisonment for his role in a $1m insurance fraud. In a statement by the US Department of Justice on, Ezeonyido perpetrated the fraud between October 2019 and February 2022. The statement noted that during the period mentioned above, Ezeonyido submitted […]
Rapper Kid Cudi, the biggest star yet to take the witness stand in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial, alleged that the rap mogul threatened him and was behind a Molotov cocktail attack that damaged his Porsche. Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, testified for about two hours on Thursday, answering questions about his relationship with […]
The Customary Court sitting in Okada, Ovia North East local government area, Edo State has restrained Pa Orobehi Ogieriakhi (First Claimant) and Pa Usemwinhiakhin Paul Felix Ekhator (Fourth Defendant) from parading themselves as Odionwere or Acting Odionwere of Okokhuo Community, pending the hearing and the determination of the substantive suit. Ikponmwosa Ugiagbe has details. www.itvradiong.com/live […]
A Benin High Court has restrained Pa Omoruyi, Mr Julius Osarunmwense Ogbeide, Osaro Amadin, their Servants, Agents or Privies from further trespass, or Bulldozing a Palm Plantation located at Ukhiri-Eresoyen, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, measuring forty-eight point five three three Hectares, pending the hearing and determination of a Motion for Interlocutory Injunction filed by Claimant, […]
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Anambra Chapter has directed all lawyers to boycott all court sittings in the state from May twenty to May twenty-one in protest against the murder of their colleague, Ifeanyi-Rolex Iloakasia. Iloakasia, a member of Otuocha Bar, was killed alongside his client in Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area as they […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has emphasised the need for lawyers to embrace modern technology by imbibing the application of Artificial Intelligence, AI, in law business. Justice Kekere-Ekun gave the charge in Ilorin, Kwara State, at the opening of the three-day sixteenth Annual General Conference of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria, […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, challenging the decision of the Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo. Judiciary Correspondent Joseph Kadiri reports that the Court reserved judgment after parties in the […]
The Inspector-General of Police has re-arraigned social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations of cyberbullying actresses Iyabo Ojo, Tonto Dikeh, and music producer Samuel Samklef Oguachuba. VeryDarkMan was re-arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on cyberstalking and alleged dissemination of […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately disclose whether it has commenced the direct disbursement of allocations to the seven hundred and seventy-four local government areas in Nigeria, following the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment nullifying state governors’ control over Local Government Area funds. In a letter […]
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