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 Brazils former president, Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly orchestrating a coup[ to seize power through a military coup, after the countrys supreme court decided he should face criminal prosecution.The ruling leaves the far-right politician, who governed Brazil from 2019 until the end of 2022, facing a possible jail sentence of more than 40 years.The supreme court decided that …

Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, on Friday said before a magistrate court in Ikorodu that he neither threatened nor molested the late Mohbad as some reports on social media appear to suggest. The controversial singer also refuted claims that there were disputes between him and the late Mohbad. Naira Marley said all these while testifying before the magistrate court during the …

The Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA) is seeking a court order to prevent the ATP Tour engaging in “improper, coercive or threatening communications” with players. The association alleges the ATP has tried to pressure players into signing pre-prepared statements saying they had no prior knowledge of the legal action launched this week by the PTPA. The union, which was co-founded …

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been dragged before the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Court, in Abuja, over the declaration of a state of emergency and the suspension of democratically elected authorities in Rivers State.   This was contained in a suit dated March 20, 2025, and marked ECW/CCJ/APP/18/25.   The …

Music artist Naira Marley testified on Friday before a Magistrate Court in Ikorodu in the ongoing Coroner’s inquest into the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.   Appearing virtually before Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, Naira Marley stated that Mohbad was signed to his record label, Marlian Records, under a contract to produce four albums. However, he said the albums …

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained the conviction of one Hammed Saka, who was sentenced to three months in prison for hawking new Naira notes.   Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, sentenced Saka to jail after he pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read …

In a motion moved on Monday, Universal Music Group asked the court to dismissed the suit filed against the label by Drake. According to UMG, Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’ song is a part of a long history of hip-hop diss culture which it also claimed Drake was attempting to write because he lost. The lable also claimed Lamar’s comments …

A mother was found heavily intoxicated on cocaine while driving her children to school, prompting other parents to intervene and take her car keys.   Hayley Berry, 36, was described as being visibly impaired when she suddenly stopped her vehicle in the middle of the road in Broadstairs, Kent, in November last year. Concerned parents quickly stepped in, with one …

Feyisayo Ogedengbe, the auxiliary nurse who treated the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has appeared before the Coroner’s Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, to give her account of the singer’s last moments. In her account, Ogedengbe gave the Coroner’s Court the list and sequence of medications she administered to Mohbad when she arrived to treat him. She explained …

Nollywood actress, Chief Elizabeth Anjorin, aka Lizzy Anjorin, popularly known as Lizzy Anjorin, has received a clean bill of health after being cleared of all criminal allegations in a high-profile litigation involving her, Saheed Mosadoluwa, aka Ibile, Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Limited in Ilorin, Kwara State. The case, which was filed as a direct criminal complaint, was heard at …