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Court Upholds Life Sentence For Two Nigerians Over Drugs Smuggling In Cambodia

In 2014, two Nigerian cloth vendors, Emmanuel Thankgod and Michael Sunshine were arrested for their involvement in drug trafficking from Brazil to Cambodia.
In 2014, two Nigerian cloth vendors, Emmanuel Thankgod and Michael Sunshine were arrested for their involvement in drug trafficking from Brazil to Cambodia. An Appeal Court in Phnom Penh inRead More

Court Removes Oborevwori, Installs Edevbie As Delta PDP Governorship Candidate

Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori versus Olorogun David Edevbie
Party sues for calm, says no cause for alarm Excitement in ex-finance commissioner’s camp, speaker vows to appeal judgment Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal HighRead More

Court Orders AGF To Remove NDDC From Niger Delta Ministry

Court of Law
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has directed the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice to stop placing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)Read More

Defection: Again, Court Sacks Two Reps, 18 Cross River Assembly Members

Law court
Imoke hails judgement State govt appeals, files stay of execution Barely two weeks after a Federal High Court in Abuja sacked the governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, his deputyRead More

Court Strikes Out Suit Challenging Atiku’s Nigerian Citizenship

Court of Law
Says NGO lacks powers to institute case Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday struck out a suit challenging the Nigerian citizenship of presidential aspirant and formerRead More

Court Issues Bench Warrant in N10.7bn Ponzi Case

Law court
The Federal High Court in Lagos has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Joshua Adeyinka Kayode, 22, a defendant, who is standing trial for allegedly defrauding overRead More

Nigeria Drags UK’s Crime Agency To Court Over £150m Abacha Loot

Court of Law
US, UK oppose move The Nigerian government is locked in a court battle with Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) over control of €180 million (£150 million) that was stashed abroadRead More

Court Remands NSCDC Operative For Alleged Rape In Ekiti

Law court
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered the detention of an operative of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Olukayode Adebayo, in the CorrectionalRead More

Court Strikes out Suit against Saraki’s Aides over Alleged N3.5bn Paris Loan Scam

Law court
Reprieve came the way of three aides of former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, as a Federal High Court in Lagos held that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the 11-countRead More

Ayiri Arraigned For Allegedly Stealing Olu Of Warri’s Crowns Worth N2bn

Olu of Warri
The deposed Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Ayirimi Emami, was yesterday arraigned at a Warri Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of two royal crowns worth N2 billion belonging to WarriRead More