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The Lagos State High Court, sitting in Igbosere, has sentenced a Cameroonian maid, Leudjoe Koyemen Joel, to death for murdering her Nigerian employer, Mrs. Dayo Adeleke. Delivering the judgement, on Tuesday, two years and five months…

A judge of the Bayelsa State High Court, Iniekadi Eradiri, on Monday, quit the trial of Chief Richard Kpodo, former aide to ex-governorTimipre Sylva of Bayelsa. Kpodo, standing trial for alleged rape of a 26-year-old female cashier, had…

Billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has appointed a new lawyer to handle his case at a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, Lagos Island. READ ALSO: Northern govs meet in Kaduna Evans had been without a lawyer…

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The last may not have been heard of the controversy trailing the creation of new Emirates in Kano State as an High Court, in the state, on Wednesday, declared the appointment and the installation of four new emirs by Governor Abdullahi…

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has discharged the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, in the N115 million fraud suit filed against him. In his ruling, on Tuesday,…

A former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, has again been issued an arrest warrant by the Lagos state High Court in a ruling reportedly delivered by Justice Adedayo Akintoye of a Lagos High court sitting in Igbosere. According…

Ali Abare, Lafia Reasons have emerged as to why prosecuting criminal cases in Nasarawa State often take longer than necessary. It was observed that the state Ministry of Justice is grossly understaffed, with only 29 lawyers…

An Adamawa State High Court, sitting in Yola, the state capital, has vacated an order preventing the governorship supplementary election from taking place in the state. The court vacated the order on Tuesday, following the inability of…

An Enugu High Court presided over by Justice A. A Nwobodo has sacked Mr. Victor Meniru as traditional ruler of Egwu Achi community in Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State. In a judgment delivered after about 10 years of legal…