Onozure Dania
Fake forex trader arraigned for fraud
A 39-year-old man, Bassey Ikpi, accused of posing as a forex trader, was arraigned on Thursday before the Lagos State Chief Magistrate Court in Ebute-Metta for allegedly defrauding several individuals...
30th August 2024
BREAKING: Osigwe sworn in as 32nd NBA president
The newly elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, has officially assumed office as the 32nd President of the NBA in a ceremony held in Lagos. Osigwe, who succeeded Mr Yakubu Ma...
29th August 2024
Olukoyede pledges fairness in anti-graft war
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, has pledged that the commission will treat all individuals, whether suspects or legal practitioners, with respect and fa...
29th August 2024
Ongoing reforms will reposition judiciary – AGF
The Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN), has said that the current reforms in the judiciary are focused on restoring the sector to its rightful place of pride. Speaking at the on...
29th August 2024
Appeal Court President advocate gender equality
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has called for greater gender equality across all sectors of society. She made this passionate plea during the 64th Annual General Conf...
29th August 2024
Court hears suit against college Friday
A Federal High Court in Abuja will on Friday, August 30, hear a suit filed by a teenager, Master Caleb Aondo, against Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja for stopping his admission process. Justice Peter Lif...
29th August 2024
Three arraigned for stealing N50m transformer
Three men were arraigned on Tuesday before the Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing an electricity transformer worth N50 million. The defendants, Kehinde Akinkugbe, Tope ...
28th August 2024
LASG promises better welfare for magistrates
The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro (SAN), has hinted that the state government will soon unveil new initiatives to enhance the working conditions of magistrates...
28th August 2024
Govs restate call for state police at NBA conference
The Governor of Oyo, Seyi Makinde, and his counterparts in Ondo and Rivers states, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, restated their belief in the decentralisation of the state poli...
27th August 2024
Akpabio, Mahama, Bagudu urge action to transform Africa
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu and a former Ghanaian President, John Mahama, have called for a new action that will transform Nig...
27th August 2024
Nigeria needs unity, not blame game – Okonjo-Iweala
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stressed the urgent need for Nigeria to move beyond political infighting and inconsistent policies that have hindered...
26th August 2024
Six #EndSARS protesters freed after four years in custody
A Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ogba has discharged six men who were arrested during the 2000 #EndSARS protests and have spent almost four years in prison. The defendants, identified as Daniel Joyin...
23rd August 2024
CJN: Lawyers list expectations for Kekere-Ekun
The nation witnesses the dawn of a new judicial era today as Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun steps in, in acting capacity as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, sparking a wave of optimism amongst lawyers, writ...
22nd August 2024
Judges must restore public trust, justify pay rise – NBA
The outgoing President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), has described as a “historic and truly remarkable achievement for Nigerian judiciary,” the recent signing into law of ...
22nd August 2024
Tenant remanded for allegedly defiling landlord’s daughter
The Chief Magistrate of the Iyaganku Family Court in Ibadan Oyo State, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a tenant, Kareem Mojeed, for allegedly defiling his landlord’s seven...
22nd August 2024
Ondo bizman arraigned for assault, threat to life
The Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned a 30-year-old businessman, Oluwatimilehin Olorunfunmi, before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault and threat to life. Olor...
22nd August 2024
Man, 60, arraigned for failing to produce fraud suspect
A 60-year-old man, Ajayi Hassan, has been arraigned before the Tinubu Magistrate Court in Lagos Island for failing to produce a suspect, Gabriel Adeoye Olawale, whom he stood as a surety for. Hassan w...
20th August 2024
Traders seek IG wife’s support to stop Lagos market demolition
Traders at the Pedro Police Officers Wives Association market in the Somolu area of Lagos State have appealed to the wife of the Inspector General of Police, Mrs. Elizabeth Egbetokun, to intervene and...
19th August 2024
Educationist files N11bn suit against Sanwo-Olu over school demolition
A Lagos-based school owner, Paulin Eboagwu, and her husband, Daniel Eboagwu, have filed an N11bn suit against the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and six others before the Lagos State High Court ov...
16th August 2024
Court orders forfeiture of Emefiele’s $2.4m, Lagos, Delta assets
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the interim forfeiture of $2.04m and seven properties connected to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ak...
16th August 2024
Court orders forfeiture of $2.04m, seven property linked to Emefiele
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of $2.04m and seven property connected to a former- Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the ...
15th August 2024
LG autonomy: Lawyers condemn delay in S’Court judgment implementation
Some lawyers have strongly condemned the delay in implementing the Supreme Court judgment on local government financial autonomy, arguing that the move undermines the rule of law and the authority of ...
15th August 2024
PWDs lose discrimination case against bank
A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro, has struck out a suit filed by Ms Enor Agofure, who brought the case on behalf of persons with special needs. The case, filed agai...
15th August 2024
11 killed in Abia road crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Abia State Sector Command, on Wednesday night, confirmed a road traffic crash that occurred at Arungwa Village, opposite Arab Contractors Construction Company on the Por...
15th August 2024
Council advocates law as postgraduate degree
The Council of Legal Education in Nigeria is advocating law to become a second-degree programme as part of efforts to enhance the practice of law and address the growing issue of unemployment among la...
15th August 2024
Cleaner arraigned for stealing N3.2m goods from employer
A 33-year-old cleaner, Charles Sunday, was arraigned on Tuesday before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a gold chain and other items valued at N3.250,000 from his emplo...
14th August 2024
Lagos court jails man 21 years for manslaughter
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced a man, Adeola Agbonrin, to 21 years imprisonment for manslaughter. Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo sentenced Agbonrin after he pleaded guilty to a c...
14th August 2024
Prophetess, teacher arraigned for fake charm, N8m theft
A prophetess, Folake Olasode, 35, and a schoolteacher, Damilola Aboloyinijo, 31, were on Monday arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Tinubu for allegedly preparing a fake charm o...
13th August 2024
$42.2m fraud: Court insists on Indians, Briton’s extradition
The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed applications filed by two Indian nationals, Prem Garg and Devashish Garg, along with a British national, Marcus Wade, seeking to quash a bench warrant iss...
13th August 2024
Three suspected cultists arraigned for causing panic in Lagos
Three men, identified as Wasiu Okanlawon 36, Kehinde Kareem 34, and Hammed Olatunji 42, were on Monday arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ebute-Metta on charges related to alleged cult...
13th August 2024
Woman arraigned for ticket forgery, $2,500 fraud
A 41-year-old woman, Adenike Salami, was arraigned on Friday before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos State on charges of forging an airline ticket and fraudulently obtaining $2,500. Salami, w...
12th August 2024