Legal View

A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced a 400-level student of the University of Port Harcourt, Damian Okoligwe, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of …

Shumeet Banerji, an independent director on the BBC’s board, resigned on Friday following controversy over the broadcaster’s incorrect edit of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, which has triggered …

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to the conviction of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, urging Nigerian leaders to embrace dialogue and reconciliation …

The Nigerian government has moved the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from the Department of State Services (DSS) detention facility in Abuja to a …

The life sentence slammed on Nnamdi Kanu is not justice, it is a political hit job by a government that would rather silence opposition than confront its own failures. Nigeria …

April 2021 – Arrest Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, was arrested in Lagos following allegations of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old foster daughter of comedienne Damilola …

A Lebanese judge on Friday ordered the release of Hannibal Kadhafi, son of Libya’s former ruler Moamer Kadhafi, on $11 million bail, ending nearly ten years of pre-trial detention linked …

In a move that has sparked widespread disbelief and condemnation, President Bola Tinubu has granted clemency to Maryam Sanda, the woman convicted of murdering her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in a …

Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Google as holding “strategic market status” (SMS) in the online search sector, marking the first use of new regulatory powers aimed …

Legal Battle Escalates Over Legislative Autonomy vs. Judicial Oversight Senate President Godswill Akpabio has filed an appeal challenging the Federal High Court’s July 4 ruling that ordered the reinstatement of …