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Nigerian pirates bag 12 years jail term for hijacking Chinese vessel

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced 10 pirates to

Sowore’s Treason Trial Starts Afresh As No Judge Wants Case

The trial involving the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare

You have a case to answer – Court tells Nyako, son, others

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has

Fraud: Court to decide Maina’s case on October 4

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the closure

N11.5bn fraud: Alao-Akala, others have case to answer – Court

An Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday ruled that

“I’m being subjected to mental, psychological torture” – Nnamdi Kanu seeks transfer from DSS custody

Detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says he is being

Fraud: Court threatens ex-Aviation Minister Stella Oduah with arrest

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, threatened to issue a warrant of

Anti-Mob Bill Sponsor Explains Implication For Peaceful Protesters

Hon. Emeka Martins Chinedu, the sponsor of the controversial seeking to criminalise

Kwara court jails ‘Queen Elizabeth’ for love scam

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced two

Nnamdi Kanu will soon be released; threats won’t stop me from defending him – Lawyer

Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Counsel to detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, says his

Court fixes Sept. 20 for judgment in Orji Kalu’s suit seeking to stop retrial

The  Federal High Court Abuja has fixed Sept. 20 for judgment in

Updated: Reps adopt Petroleum Industry Bill

The House of Representatives on Thursday adopted the report on the Petroleum

N900m fraud: ICPC to arraign ex-JAMB Registrar Prof. Dibu Ojerinde July 6

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will, on

Federal character: Igbo group fails to stop appointment of Appeal Court justices

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit seeking to

2 men steal exhibit from police station, get dragged to court

Two artisans who allegedly stole an exhibit from a police station on

‘Forex’ trader, Oluwaseun Afolabi, dragged to court over alleged N3m fraud

A 26 -year-old businesswoman, Oluwaseun Afolabi, who allegedly obtained three million naira

N7.1bn fraud: Court fixes July 2 for Orji Uzor Kalu’s retrial

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, fixed July 2 for adoption

For assaulting herdsman, security guard bags 3-month jail term

An Upper Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a security guard,

Court Acquits Sen Nwaoboshi of N322m Money Laundering Charge

A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Friday discharged and acquitted

Viral video: Why court stopped Ondo govt from investigating CJ

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the Ondo State government

Igbo group sues NJC over appointment of S’East judges to Appeal Court

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed June 23 to hear

Lawyers laud JUSUN for calling off strike

Mrs Ebere Obiora, the Ogun State Coordinator of the African Women Lawyers

Makurdi NBA Chairman Hospitalised After ‘Beating’ By EFCC Operatives

The Makurdi branch chairman of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Barrister Justin Gbagir,

Rivers gov to spend N5bn on law school in Bayelsa

The Rivers State Government has committed five billion naira to development of

Imo NBA moves to collate data on unjust arrests

The Nigerian Bar Association, Imo branch, has set up a help desk

Insecurity: Engaging separatists only way to guarantee peace – Falana tells FG

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has urged the

Take constitution review seriously – Gbajabiamila urges Nigerians

Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged Nigerians to take the

After calling woman “thug”, Senator Remi Tinubu says Constitution Review won’t be manipulated

The Chairman, South-West Zonal Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution, Sen.

Edo 2020: Appeal Court upholds Obaseki’s victory, throws out ADP, APP suits

The Court of Appeal in Benin on Wednesday upheld the victory of

North-East governors grumble over inability to prosecute Boko Haram insurgents

The Governors of the North-East states battling terrorism have urged the Federal