News as it breaks
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to proceed with its National Convention scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025. Delivering judgment, Justice Ladiran Akintola, granted all interim orders sought by the claimant, restraining any attempt to suspend, delay, or disrupt the…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Abuja, has sentenced a 19-year-old school teacher, Abdullahi Abbass to life in prison for the rape of a nine-year-old pupil in the Kwali Area Council of the FCT. Justice Osho Adebiyi, who delivered the judgment on October 29, 2025,…
A High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has sentenced the former Managing Director of Bonghe Microfinance Bank, Grace Andreas Karka, to five years in prison for embezzling ₦32 millionbelonging to her bank and transferring part of the stolen funds to a man identified as Prince Moses Batalu. Delivering judgement,…
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has announced the commencement of applications for the 2026 conferment of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title, with new non-refundable processing fees for prospective applicants. In a statement issued by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Kabir…
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has declined to open his defence in the ongoing trial over alleged terrorism charges, maintaining that the prosecution has not established any valid case against him. Kanu, who had previously indicated his intention to call witnesses and applied…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kanu Agabi, has formally applied to withdraw from representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, in his ongoing trial. Agabi who is also the lead counsel for the separatist leader, made the application at the Federal High Court in…
Former presidential candidate and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested by armed police officers at the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The arrest was made shortly after attending the trial of detained leader of the Indegenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Sowore, who has…
For many, the workshop represented more than training. It was a moment of human stakes — families of detained persons waiting for justice, overcrowded cells, courts with cases piling up In a modest conference room in Jos, several dozen men and women in uniform, black robes or legal…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rescheduled the cybercrime trial of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, to November 24, 2025. The new date was set on October 21, following the disruption of court proceedings on October 20 due to the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest led by activist Omoyele Sowore. Judicial…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has reserved judgment in the suit challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A seven-member panel of justices, led by Justice Inyang Okoro, reserved judgment on Monday after listening to arguments and the adoption of briefs…
