Court slams Police with ₦15m damages for disrupting el-Rufai, others’ meetings
A High Court sitting in Kaduna has awarded ₦15 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force for unlawfully disrupting two political meetings involving former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir…
Court jails Diddy for 50 months in sex crime conviction
Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs, popularly known as Diddy — also called P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, or Puffy — has been sentenced to 50 months in prison following his conviction in…
Court pauses Police enforcement of tinted car glass permit
The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has restrained the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector-General of Police from enforcing the controversial tinted glass permit for motorists, pending the…
Court declares Utomi’s shadow government illegal
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday declared as illegal and unconstitutional the attempt by former presidential candidate, Prof. Patrick Utomi, to establish a shadow government in Nigeria. Delivering…
Otedola sues ex-VP aide for N1bn over subsidy fraud claims
Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has filed a N1 billion libel suit against Umar Sani, former media aide to ex-Vice President Namadi Sambo, over allegations linking him to the fuel subsidy…
Court orders medical panel, dismisses Kanu’s no-case submission
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, must enter his defence in his ongoing terrorism trial,…
Court orders final forfeiture of ₦11bn suspicious cash deposit linked to Abuja girl to FG
A Federal High Court has ordered the final forfeiture of $7 million deposited under suspicious circumstances at the headquarters of Providus Bank, Victoria Island, Lagos, to the Federal Government of…
FG sues Sowore for cyberbullying of Tinubu, drags Meta and X into case
The Federal Government has filed a five-count criminal charge against politician and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, accusing him of cyberbullying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, was…
Court denies bail to suspects in Owo Church attack
A federal high court in Abuja has rejected the bail applications of five suspects accused of involvement in the murder of over 40 worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in…
NBA drags Police to court over tinted glass permit policy
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigeria Police Force over the controversial tinted glass permit policy introduced by the Inspector-General of Police earlier this year.…