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A Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the criminal defamation suit against human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Justice Babs Kuewunmi struck out the case following an application for the…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, made an order proscribing the Lakurawa sect and other similar groups in any part of Nigeria, especially in the North West and North Central regions of the country. Justice…

A prosecution witness, Mr Ismail Lawal told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday that former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku gave him 5,000 dollars to relocate to Lagos to hide from the Economic and…

British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that caused days of nationwide rioting. Axel Rudakubana, 18, changed his pleas…

A salesboy, 21, Henry John, has been arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing N153 million belonging to his employer. John, who resides at Ogunnusi Road, Ogba, Lagos was charged with…

The British national, Mr James Nolan, who jumped bail in the ongoing trial linked to alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development, P&ID Ltd scandal, on Thursday, said he does not intend to call any witness.…

A Lagos State High Court has discharged and acquitted Frederick Nwajagu, the Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, of all terrorism charges against him. However, the court, sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, also sentenced…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it was suing tech billionaire,  Elon Musk. It alleged that Musk  failed to disclose in a timely manner,  his ownership of more than five per cut of Twitter stakes ahead of…

Former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Anamekwe Nnabuoku was on Wednesday granted a N500 million bail in his alleged N1.96 billion fraud trial with two sureties in like sum. A Federal High Court…

A divorcee, Aisha Zubairu, on Tuesday prayed a Shari’a Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, to marry her off to her old lover, Aminu Saminu. The complainant had dragged her father, Zubairu Surajo, to court over his…