News as it breaks
Magistrate Mohammed Suleiman Kumo has been arraigned before the Gombe State High Court over allegations that he received N1.4 million in bribes. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) brought him before Justice H.H. Kereng on Wednesday on a three-count charge bordering on extortion and bribery. When the matter came…
A Lady, Victoria Ayomide Agboola, who falsely accused Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye, popularly known as Rudeboy, of rape has faced legal consequences following her actions. Identified on social media as @chubbiedivah, she reportedly deactivated her X account and fled both social media and her husband’s house in an attempt to…
A Rivers State High Court has sentenced a 400-level University of Port Harcourt student, Damian Okoligwe, to death for killing his girlfriend, Justina Otuene, a 300-level Biochemistry student. Delivering judgment, Justice Chiwen Nsirim Nwosu held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the 26-year-old, Okoligwe intentionally caused Justina’s death.…
Aloy Ejimakor, legal consultant to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that no number of lawyers, “even a million,” could have changed the outcome of Kanu’s legal battle. Ejimakor made the comment during an interview with Channels Television, where he explained that Kanu ultimately decided to take full control of his…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life in prison on four of the seven terrorism-related charges brought against him, choosing leniency over the death penalty. Delivering the judgment, Justice James Omotosho ruled that Counts…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced an ISWAP leader, Hussaini Ismaila, to 20 years in prison for carrying out terrorist attacks in Kano State. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice Emeka Nwite pronounced the sentence after Ismaila, also known as Mai Tangaran, pleaded guilty to a four-count terrorism…
To ease overcrowding in Adamawa State’s correctional facilities, the Jail Delivery Committee (JDC), led by Chief Judge, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, has released fifty-seven inmates and granted bail to twenty-nine others at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Jimeta. The initiative, part of the committee’s ongoing prison decongestion efforts, also resulted…
A Kano State High Court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for the murder of a local mechanic, Rilwanu Ilyasu, popularly known as Nanu, in the Farawa Layout area of Kano. The convicts — Abubakar Sadiq (alias Alhaji Sallari), Abdulmajid Jibrin, Nasiru Sani, and Yusuf Sani— were found…
A Kingston Crown Court sitting in the United Kingdom, has sentenced ten members of a violent phone robbery gang, including four Nigerians, to 55 years in prison for a string of coordinated attacks on mobile phone stores across London. According to a statement from the UK Metropolitan Police, the convicted…
Samuel Ojeogwu, popularly known as Sammy, and the brother of Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, has been granted bail after spending several days in detention. Sammy was reportedly released on Monday, November 10, 2025, following his remand by a Dutse Magistrate Court last Thursday, which had initially sent him to Keffi…
