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…