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From January 2026, millions of Nigerians will enjoy relief from five common bank charges as the Federal Government rolls out major tax and financial reforms.

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned lawyer Steve Adamu, Esq before the Kaduna State High Court on charges of disseminating false information to the anti-graft agency.

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.

Lagos State has approached the Supreme Court seeking leave to commence contempt proceedings against the National Assembly over its continued efforts to pass the Central Gaming Bill, despite a subsisting judgment of the apex court declaring such legislation unconstitutional.

In a motion filed on behalf of the Attorney-General of Lagos State by Senior Advocate of Nigeria Bode Olanipekun, the state is seeking the Supreme Court’s leave to initiate judgment enforcement proceedings through the issuance of Form 48—a legal step that precedes the commencement of committal or contempt proceedings.

The Kano State Judicial Service Commission has dismissed Salim Umar, a court clerk at the Upper Shari’a Court in Rijiyar Lemo, and demoted two other officials — Alkali Shamsu Maul’ainaini, a presiding judge at the Upper Shari’a Court, Durbunde, and Isa Yuguda Wudilawa, a principal registrar at the Magistrate Court, Zungeru Complex — over allegations of gross misconduct.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has urged the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to speed up the…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the development of official residences for top members of the Judiciary — specifically…

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.

NIMASA’s Director General, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, says Nigeria cannot unlock the full value of its blue economy unless every sector…

Singapore plans to punish online scammers with at least six strokes with a cane, a minister told lawmakers on Tuesday,…