Judiciary

A 28-year-old man, Matthew Francis, was arraigned on Thursday before a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court over allegations of stealing four solar panels valued at N650,000. The police accused…

The Supreme Court, on Monday, awarded a N5 million fine against Mr Ambrose Owuru, a former presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, for filing a suit described as “frivolous…

A 44-year-old man, Obinna Makata was on Friday docked in an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly beating up his mother. The defendant was arraigned before Magistrate L.K.J…

The immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Friday, pleaded not guilty to the 19-count charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a man, Bamidele Folorunsho, to 10 years imprisonment for indecently touching a 12-year-old girl’s breast. …

The Legal Aid Council says it has so far provided legal services to 2,500 suspected terrorists across the country. Its Director General (D-G) Mr Bagudu Aliyu, said that the gesture,…

Justice Maryann of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has remanded the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre pending his bail…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has backed ongoing calls for the amendment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to accommodate the Nigerian Law…

The Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, has said that no fewer than 9,000 young lawyers would be called to Bar as Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of…

A Makurdi High Court has ordered the reinstatement of Mr Austin Agada and other elected executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Benue chapter, whose tenures were terminated by…