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Drama ensued at the Federal High Court in Abuja as IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu told the presiding judge, Justice James…

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has held that the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu used different tactics to stall his own trial.

The judge said this on Thursday while reading his judgement in the terrorism trial brought against Kanu. Justice Omotosho was then making pronouncements on the preliminary objections filed by Kanu. The judge had earlier said he would rule on the objections while giving the final judgement on the matter.

The Federal Government on Thursday asked the Federal High Court to impose the death penalty on detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on three of the seven terrorism charges filed against him by the Federal Government.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ruled that Hussaini Ismaila, a top commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), is guilty of terrorism offences and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment.

A man, Charles Osaibovo, was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, for defrauding a foreign woman of £15,000

Osaibovo impersonated popular Nigerian actor, Fredrick Leonard, to deceive his victim, Miss Shenika Garati, into sending the money under the pretence that it was needed for a movie production in Nigeria.

The Senate has ordered the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and other relevant regulatory bodies…

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced former Wema Bank financial and retail product manager, Samuel Asiegbu, to three years imprisonment — with no option of a fine — over his involvement in allegedly hacking the bank’s system and diverting N8.56 billion.

The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Yerima, has ordered the release of 79 inmates from the Medium Security…

The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced plans to introduce a Single Travel Emergency Passport, a new biometric travel document designed…