A High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, on Friday, presided over by Justice Jude Obiora, sentenced a native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki”, to 11 months’ imprisonment for his involvement in ritual practices known as “oke ite” and related offences. Nwangwu was arraigned alongside two other native doctors, Eke Hit...
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has validated the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 2025 national elective convention, held in the city on November 15 and 16, 2025, and recognised the leadership of the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) as authentic. The judgment, delivered today by Justice Ladiran Akintola of Court 5, granted...
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is authorised by law to enforce the ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET bottles, and glass bottles below 200ml. According...
An unusual practice may have gripped Nigeria’s magistrate courts in light of emerging evidence that the courts now demand payment of bail bonds into courts’ coffers before accused persons could regain their freedom. This growing practice peaked during a recent case where, Mr. Augustine Otobo, the client of former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) First Vice...
The FCT High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Bamodu last Wednesday dismissed a suit filed by Mr. Onyechi Egwuonwu, a senior lawyer, against Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, Petro-Union Oil & Gas Oil Company, Union Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria and attorney-General of the Federation bordering on legal representation of Petro-Union Oil & Gas Company....
The Nigerian government has filed cybercrime charges against former Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Nasir El-Rufai, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, over the alleged unlawful interception of the phone communications of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. The case marked FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026 was filed on Monday, barely three days after El-Rufai said during a...
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Opay Digital Service Limited, one of the fintech mobile money firms operating in Nigeria, has been dragged before a Federal High Court, Lagos, by one of its customers over alleged unlawful freezing of his account. According to the applicant, Moses King, the alleged illegal act led to his father’s death. King instituted the suit against...
The Nigerian Bar Association, Port Harcourt Branch has conferred Excellence Awards on Justice Williams-Dawodu of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division as well as Justices Kola-Olalere and Hamza Mohammad of the National Industrial Court. The NBA Port Harcourt Chairman Cordelia Uwuma Eke stated that “the awards are in recognition of their Lordships exemplary punctuality,...
The Enugu State Judiciary is currently under national spotlight as the fourth judge yesterday recused himself from an appeal filed by embattled senior lawyer, Mr. Bright Ngene over his conviction by an Enugu Magistrate Court. Ngene has been languishing at the Enugu Correctional Centre for nearly two years amid prolonged delays in the hearing of his...