Judiciary

    Kanu Agabi, former Attorney-General of the Federation and lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday, applied to withdraw his representation in the ongoing terrorism trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja.   Kanu is facing trial on a ...

      The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the Nigeria Police Force’s bid to stop the “Free Nnamdi KanuNow” protest, allowing it to proceed as scheduled on Monday, October 20, 2025.   The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had dispatched police lawyers to the court to ...

      President Bola Tinubu has again written to the National Assembly, seeking approval for a fresh external borrowing of $2.3bn.   This is in addition to a plan to issue a $500m sovereign Sukuk, which will mark Nigeria’s debut in the international Islamic finance market.   The request, ...

    Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted on prostitution-related charges.   Prosecutors had pushed for an 11-year sentence, but Judge Arun Subramanian imposed just over four years following an emotional daylong hearing on Friday.   Combs’s lawyers had urged ...

      Legal practitioners and Civil Society Organisations have called for greater collaboration and systemic reforms to strengthen Public Interest Litigation in Nigeria.   The call was made during a special session hosted by Spaces for Change (S4C) at the PILNet Africa Regional Convening on Public Interest Litigation.   ...

    Sean “Diddy” Combs may face more than 11 years in prison, as U.S. federal prosecutors have urged a New York court to hand down a lengthy sentence following his conviction on prostitution-related charges.   As reported by Reuters and ABC News on Tuesday, in a court memo filed ...

    The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the no-case submission filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra.   Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on Friday, held that the Department of State Services has made out a prima facie case against Kanu.   ...

  Three royal families of Adeberu, Olufadi and Ayora/Tunwase of Fusengbuwa ruling house, Ile Nla, Agunsebi, Ijebu Ode have dragged the Ogun State Government, the former National President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Otunba Abdulateef Owoyemi, Dr Kunle Hassan, the founder of Eye Foundation Hospital and two ...

  The African Democratic Congress has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against interfering in the affairs of state governments, declaring that the Nigerian Constitution does not empower the President to hire or fire elected governors.   ADC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bola Abdullahi, on Thursday, emphasised that ...

    The Rivers State House of Assembly has scheduled 10 a.m. on Thursday to begin its post-emergency plenary.   The sitting follows the lifting of the emergency rule by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday and the resumption of democratic governance in the state.   Our correspondent gathered that the ...