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Court awards journalist N12 million damages against police for illegal arrest, detention

Nigeria, Aug. 1 -- The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has awarded N12 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force over the 2024 illegal arrest and detention of THE WHISTLER repo... Read More


CJN bars lawyers from using 'Barrister' as title

Nigeria, July 31 -- The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has directed lawyers to stop using 'Barrister' as a title prefixing their names. Mrs Kekere-Ekun, the head of the legal pr... Read More


Court reduces Miyetti Allah leader's N2 billlion bail bond in money laundering trial

Nigeria, July 30 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday reduced the N2 billion bail bond imposed on the national president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, who is facing money laun... Read More


SSS re-arraigns two jailed Ansaru leaders, three life-sentence terrorism convicts linked to Oyo school abduction

Nigeria, July 30 -- The State Security Service (SSS) on Wednesday arraigned five terrorism convicts recently jailed for life on fresh charges. The defendants comprise two convicted Ansaru commanders ... Read More


Nine years after businessman's disappearance, IGP releases police abduction casefile to AGF

Nigeria, July 25 -- Nine years after Johm Anozie allegedly disappeared following his abduction by police operatives, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, has forwarded the case file on t... Read More


Senior advocate condemns NBA election, says he has lost faith in association

Nigeria, July 20 -- Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN, has expressed his loss of confidence in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following its just concluded controversial nati... Read More


Ex-Gov. Lamido's N1.35 billion fraud trial stalls over defence lawyer's absence

Nigeria, July 20 -- The trial of former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido and his two sons over alleged N1.35 billion fraud stalled on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The proceedings did n... Read More


BREAKING: Court jails two Ansaru commanders for life over terrorism

Nigeria, July 20 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced two suspected Ansaru commanders to life imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to 32 terrorism-related charges. The convicts, A... Read More


EFCC arraigns ex-Warri refinery MD for money laundering

Nigeria, July 20 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned former Managing Director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (WRPC), Jimoh Yisawu, at the Fe... Read More


BREAKING: Captured 'Ansaru leaders' make U-turn, plead guilty to 32 terrorism charges

Nigeria, July 20 -- Two suspected senior commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group, on Monday, pleaded guilty to a 32-count terrorism charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja after months of conte... Read More