Taraba State Government has explained that the recent arrest of Global Methodist Church cleric, Rev. Bazel Yoila, was carried out strictly to maintain law and order in the state. The government made this clarification following widespread reports and social media commentaries alleging misconduct in the arrest carried out by...
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PSG player, Achraf Hakimi has been ordered to stand trial in France over an alleged rape dating back to 2023.According to Sky Sports, investigating judges have referred the Paris Saint-Germain defender to a criminal court in Hauts-de-Seine after a three-year judicial investigation. A date for the trial has not...
Retired Bishop of the Global Methodist Church of Nigeria (GMCN), Rev. John Wesley, has condemned the manner in which operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested Rev. Bazel Yoila at his residence in Jalingo, Taraba State, in the early hours of Sunday. Wesley said the pastor, who...
In another victory by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria through the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has yet again won a complex international arbitration. European Dynamics UK Ltd, an international technology contractor, had entered into a dispute with the bureau over a national e-Procurement project. This...
Kaduna State Government has reached an agreement with the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Kaduna Chapter, paving the way for the immediate suspension of the union’s one-week industrial action and the full resumption of judicial activities across the state. The breakthrough followed a high-level meeting between government officials...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned one Obasi Nicholas Sunday before the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, over alleged offences bordering on money laundering. The defendant was arraigned on Thursday before Honourable Justice H. I. O. Oshomah of Federal High...
National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated successful candidates of the PDP in the Area Council Elections which were held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on February 21, 2026. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Comrade Ini Ememobong, stated this in a statement...
Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Hussein Babangida in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 told a Federal High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja and presided over by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie that Agunloye admitted in his extra-judicial statement to the Economic...
Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, secured an interim attachment order on nine trucks loaded with assorted solid minerals, as well as the final forfeiture of the contents of another truck, in a sustained crackdown on illegal mining activities...
Trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over the alleged diversion of ₦5.78 billion Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds resumed on Monday, February 16, 2026, with fresh revelations before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in...
Nigerian music star Davido has announced his decision to withdraw from the ongoing custody case involving his daughter, Imade Adeleke, describing the experience as deeply painful. The singer made the disclosure on his official X page, clarifying that he never sought full custody of his daughter but only requested...
Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday, February 13, 2026 convicted and sentenced a Kannywood actress, Saadatu Mohammed Inuwa, (a.k.a Samha) to six months imprisonment for the abuse and mutilation of the Naira. The actress was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on the...
A broad coalition of 24 Nigerian and international civil society organisations, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP); Amnesty International Nigeria; BudgIT; Accountability Lab Nigeria; Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID); Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International Nigeria; Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria; and other groups...
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, convicted and sentenced two Chinese: Huang Haoyu and An Hongxu, to 46 years’ imprisonment each for cyber terrorism and internet fraud. The convicts, alongside one Friday Audu were among a syndicate of...
Grammy-winning Afrobeats star Burna Boy is facing a major legal challenge over the ownership of his early music catalogue, following a lawsuit filed by 960 Music Group. The company is asking a court to cancel a multimillion-dollar deal involving the sale of Burna Boy’s past recordings, arguing that the...
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday arraigned the immediate Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz, for terrorism financing, aiding and abetting terrorism, as well as for the illegal possession of firearms. Malami and his son were arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has raised security concerns over a planned peaceful protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), FCT Council, scheduled for Tuesday, 3rd February 2026, warning that the demonstration could be hijacked by criminal elements. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the FCT Police...
A Cameroon lawmaker, Manghe Romeo Etta, has dragged the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to court over alleged fundamental rights abuse. Etta, is seeking N200m damages for violation of his fundamental rights. Etta a youth Senator representing Manyu Division at the National Assembly of te Republic of Cameroon According to...
Sequel to the complaint received from the Local Government Chairmen, in Osun State, by the Osun State Attorney General that unauthorized accounts have been opened for the Osun state LGs allocation, so as to allow the authorized persons to operate and maintain the accounts, in the United Bank for...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), has downplayed the impact of the recent judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, insisting that the ruling poses no threat to the party’s ongoing “rebirth” process. Turaki made this known on Friday...