Legal View

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has filed a cross-appeal at the Court of Appeal sitting in the state capital, asking it to reverse the controversial alternative ruling of the …

Gbadebo-Rhodes Vivour (GRV), the Labour Party’s nominee for governor in Lagos State, has filed a Notice of Appeal with the Court of Appeal in Lagos, where he is contesting the …

The coroner inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, on Monday, listened to the testimony of the deceased’s …

Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has disqualified the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election, Mr Timipre Sylva. Justice Okorowo …

A suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, was found guilty and given the death penalty by hanging by the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, Lagos Island, for …

Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, and nine other former governors are the targets of a lawsuit brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) over their receipt of salaries …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has applied for leave of the Supreme Court to file what he termed as fresh evidence. In a motion …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has issued a production warrant against Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley. A production warrant is a temporary order directing …

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja has sentenced the kidnappers of Prof. Mike Ozekhome and Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Hope Eghagha to 20 years …

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced a businessman, Kolawole Erinle, to twelve years imprisonment for $1.4m fraud. According to a statement …