Canadian woman bags 11 years’ jail term for importing cannabis into Nigeria
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, to 11 years…
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Alleged Bribery: Court fixes date to hear pending applications against Ganduje, 7 others
A Kano State High Court on Wednesday, fixed November 20, for hearing of pending applications in the ongoing case of…
Court orders EFCC, DSS to arrest anyone attempting to sell late Justice Bello’s properties
Justice Mohammed Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja, has issued an interim injunction ordering the arrest,…
Court refuses to bar PDP from postponing October 24 NEC meeting in Abuja
The Federal High Court, Gusau division, Zamfara State, has refused to stop the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from postponing its…
Yola court jails woman for abusing stepchildren
The Chief Magistrate Court II sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has convicted and sentenced a housewife, Fatima Abubakar, to one…
Osun: APC drags Adeleke, OSSIEC to court, seeks nullification of planned LG polls
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Osun State chapter has dragged Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission,…
IPOB: Court threatens to jail DSS DG for blocking Nnamdi Kanu from lawyers
The Abuja Federal High Court on Friday threatened to jail the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS,…
SDP condemns Kogi gov’t’s planned LG election, despite flooding, court order
The National Working Committee of the Social Democratic Party, SDP has condemned the Kogi State Government for going ahead with…
Realtor docked over alleged N19m fraud
A 43-year-old Realtor, Olumade Owoseni, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, in a N19 million alleged fraud case.…
Man arraigned over alleged theft, breach of peace
The Police on Friday arraigned a 32-year-old man, Ojo Oluwaseun, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of…
Emefiele: Court gives nod to EFCC’s request to present witness
An FCT High Court in Maitama has accepted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to present…
Court fixes Nov 8 to hear NNPCL Staff Cooperative Society leadership dispute
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, on Thursday, shifted further hearing in the leadership crisis…
Okuama killings: Court adjourns N2bn suit against Nigerian army
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, adjourned a N2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Mr Lucky…
Court jails 15 internet fraudsters in Edo
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentence of 15…
Man jailed for illegal possession of 1kg cannabis
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, sentenced a 40-year-old man, Noah Oke, to three years imprisonment for illegal…
Edo Guber: Six political parties petition tribunal, allege irregularities
Six political parties have filed petitions at the Edo State election tribunal challenging the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo, candidate…
Court orders VeryDarkMan to delete defamatory video made against Femi Falana
A high court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday ordered social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse AKA VeryDarkMan to…
Two arraigned over alleged N9.6m chairs theft
The Lagos State Police Command has dragged two men, Chiagoziem Obi, and Joseph Nkpokpo, before an Ojo Magistrate’s Court in…
Rivers LG Poll: We’ll not go to court – Councillorship candidates declare
The Coalition of Councillorship Candidates in the recent 2024 local government elections in Rivers State says it will not contest…
Court order didn’t stop PDP NWC before sacking Damagun – Ugochinyere
Spokesperson of Nigeria opposition lawmakers coalition, Hon Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has said that court order didn’t stop the National Working…
BREAKING: Court stops PDP NEC, BoT from sacking Damagum as Acting National Chairman
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of…
Court rejects Binance executive’s fresh bail plea
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a fresh bail application filed by the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s…
Court adjourns hearing over absence of kidnap kingpin Evans
A Lagos High Court Sitting in Ikeja has adjourned the arraignment and plea bargain outcome of convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme…
Court sentences scavenger to 8 strokes of cane for stealing goat
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered that a 21-year-old scavenger, Ibrahim Usman, be given eight strokes of the…
Suspension of PDP National Vice Chairman: Court remands ex-Ebonyi party boss
An Abakaliki Magistrate Court in Ebonyi State has remanded a former acting state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Ondo guber: Court orders INEC to allow Abure-led leadership access to portal
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue the Julius Abure-led…
Court remands couple for alleged cruelty to children
A Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola on Tuesday ordered that a couple, Abubakar Yuguda and Fatima Abubakar, be remanded…
EndBadGovernance: Court reduces protesters’ bail from N10m to N5m
A Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja has granted a bail variation to five #EndBadGovernance protesters. DAILY POST recalls that…
Two Fulani herders in court over alleged unlawful grazing
Two Fulani herders – Musa Haruna, 25, and Saliu Sanusi, 27, on Friday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court…
Two arraigned for allegedly impersonating naval officers
Two persons, Lekan Abiola and Timileyin Olaniyan, were on Friday arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly impersonating…
PDP crisis: Court dismisses suit seeking Damagum’s sack as National chair
The Katsina State High Court has dismissed a suit seeking to remove Umar Iliya Damagum as the National Chairman of…
BREAKING: Court bars VIO, others from stopping, impounding, confiscating vehicles
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, popularly known as VIO from stopping…
Emefiele didn’t follow procedures for currency redesign – Ex-CBN dep gov tells court
The immediate past Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in charge of Operations, Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, on…
October 1: Kwara court restricts protests to Ilorin metropolitan square
Chief judge of Kwara State, Justice Abiodun Adebara, on Monday, ordered that public protests of any kind in the state…
October 1: Court restricts protesters to four venues in Ogun
A High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has restricted members of the #FearlessInOctober protest groups to four venues in…
Court frees man accused of killing LASTMA officer
An Ikeja High Court on Monday discharged and acquitted a 29-year-old man, Ibrahim Yusuf, charged with killing a Lagos State…
Lagos: Man bags 14 years jail over attempted sexual assault of 12-year-old girl
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sentenced a man, Niyi Oyerogbe to 14 years imprisonment for attempted sexual…
BREAKING: Rivers LG Poll in jeopardy as court again stops INEC from releasing voters’ register
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday again stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from releasing voters’ register…
Court frees 36 Pro-Biafra activists after four years in detention
An Ebonyi State High Court, sitting in Abakaliki, has discharged and acquitted 36 Pro-Biafra activists who had been detained for…
Banditry allegation: Court okays suit to compel FG to probe ex-gov Matawalle
The Federal High Court in Abuja has approved a lawsuit seeking to compel the Federal Government to investigate allegations linking…
Court finally grants whistleblower, Isaac Bristol ‘PIDOMNigeria’ bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to a journalist and whistleblower, Isaac Bristol, identified by the…
Court rejects APC prayer to stop Kano council election
A Federal high court sitting in Kano on Wednesday rejected the All Progressive Congress (APC) application to stop the State…
Teenager docked for allegedly stealing cables worth N475,000
A 19-year-old teenager, Julius Francis, was on Wednesday, arraigned before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing cables worth…
Kano LG election: Court halts political parties’ effort to block KANSIEC’s collection of nomination fees
Ahead of Kano State Local Government Council election in October 2024, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP…
Alleged Unlawful Appointment: Court decides NDDC Chairman, Ebie’s fate October 31
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed October 31, to deliver a ruling as well as…
Lagos man docked over alleged N1.8m fraud
A 43-year-old man, Adekunle Abodunrin, on Tuesday, appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged N1.8 million fraud.…
Abuja Court dismisses Northern APC suit seeking Ganduje’s removal as chairman
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Dr Abdullahi…
APP vows to appeal court judgement on decamped 27 Rivers lawmakers
The Action Peoples Party, APP, has vowed to appeal the judgement of the Federal High Court declaring the decampment of…
Court puts Kaduna PDP congress on hold
Five aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Kaduna State, have obtained an ex parte order from an…
BREAKING: Abuja Court dismisses suit seeking to replace 27 pro-Wike lawmakers in Rivers Assembly
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a defection suit instituted against the 27 members of the Rivers State…