Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the the Federal High Court, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State division, has ordered the arrest of 440 cargo of 150, 000 metric tones of Crude Oil, on board MT Tamara Tokoni with IMO No. ...

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has developed an online course to empower parents and guardians with knowledge about child abuse and related issues. This was contained in a statement by ...

The Upper Area Court Number Two in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, has dismissed charges against one Ahijo Sulaiman, citing the prosecution’s failure to pursue the case diligently. Delivering the ruling, the ...

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has granted bail to 12 alleged killers of an undergraduate student of Ajayi Crowther University, Jeffrey Akro. Justice Ladiran Akintola while ruling on their bail ...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has told a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, to dismiss the application seeking to release the international passport of a 35-year-old businesswoman, Rukayya Dantata, in her ...

An Arbitration Tribunal sitting in Lagos State has ordered SANEF Creatives Ltd, a company owned by the Bankers’ Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to pay N19.4 billion to Hanson Dredging and Marine ...

An Ikeja High Court has reserved ruling in a case filed by Mr Edward Ayo-Odugbesan, former Deputy Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly. Ayo-Odugbesan, is seeking a court order to prevent Agege Local Government ...

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a 30-year-old man, Adamo Akinlabi, at the correctional service, over alleged murder. Akinlabi, whose address was not stated, was charged ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, ordered the unconditional release of Bashir Hadejia, an aide to the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, while he was Governor of Zamfara. Justice Emeka Nwite, in ...

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has described media reports alleging that it abused court processes in its legal battle with General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) as false and misleading. In a statement released on ...

The Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka, the state capital, has dismissed the case filed by the All Progressives Congress and Labour Party, challenging the Local Government Autonomy bill passed into law by the ...

Justice Emmanuel Obile of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered the seizure of a crude cargo owned by General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) due to allegations of indebtedness to First Bank ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed charges against Jimi Lawal, a former aide to the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, over allegations of ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted a warrant of arrest against Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, the manager of gospel singer Mercy Chinwo. Justice Alexander Owoeye granted the order following a motion exparte ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given the Department of State Service (DSS) the go-ahead to detain 10 suspected terrorists, who had planned to launch a Boko Haram/ISWAP cell in Osun, for 60 days pending ...

A federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered an immediate seizure of an oil vessel belonging to General Hydrocarbons Limited, a company owned by the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the ThisDay ...

A prominent lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adebayo Adenipekun, has filed a lawsuit against human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, at the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State.  A court document dated ...

Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has disclosed that he will soon write petitions to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, seeking to stop some lawyers from practising law in Nigeria. The LPDC recently ...

A Nigerian court has delivered its ruling, allowing the repossession of Arik Air’s aircraft.  The Federal High Court made the landmark ruling, allowing Export Development Canada (EDC) to repossess and ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to human rights activist, Olamide Thomas, in the sum of 10 million naira, with stringent conditions. The ruling was delivered on Monday, with Thomas required to provide ...