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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of an alleged drug baron, Alhaji Sulaimon Jimoh, alias Olowoidiogede, popularly known as Temo, for 14 days.    The suspect was nabbed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the Mushin area of Lagos State on Monday …

A man who was arrested after being caught in the town of Wrexham for flouting an order banning him from the town has gone viral online. The North Wales Police extraordinary mugshot of Nkonde Liandisha shows a man with heavily matted dreadlocks, his eyes almost completely concealed by his overgrown …

Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Mariam Sani Abacha and her son, Mohammed Sani Abacha, have instituted a law suit against the President, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and two others before the Court of Appeal in Abuja seeking recovery of an alleged unlawfully revoked property of former …

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Communications and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has reacted to the threat by Peter Obi, the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, to institute a lawsuit against him.   Onauga had in a post shared on X over the weekend, claimed that Obi …

The k!ller of Daniel Anjorin, the 14-year-old British-Nigerian who was murdered with a samurai sword, has made his appearance in court to face several charges.     Dual Spanish-Brazilian national, Marcus Aurelio Arduini Monzo, 36, appeared in court today to hear charges against him.     He is alleged to …

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has upheld the conviction of Mutiu Ogundare, the dethroned Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, for orchestrating a fake abduction.    The ruling, delivered on September 27, 2022, by Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, initially sentenced Ogundare to 15 …

The Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit on Monday, July 22, filed by the family of the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, challenging the Nigerian government’s revocation of his property in the Maitama District of Abuja.   The lawsuit, initiated by Maryam Abacha, the widow of the …

The Appeal Court Lagos Division has dismissed the appeal filed by a Denmark national, Peter Nielsen, who was sentenced to d£ath for k!lling his Nigerian wife, Zainab and daughter, Petra Nielsen.   Nielsen was on May 20, 2022, found guilty, convicted and sentenced to d£ath by hanging for the murd€r …

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The top court scales back – but does not abolish – a contentious quota system that sparked deadly protests. Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that led to student-led protests in which more than 100 people have been killed, according to …

new video loaded: World Court Says Israel’s Occupation Violates International Law transcript Back transcript World Court Says Israel’s Occupation Violates International Law The International Court of Justice laid out it’s most sweeping stance on Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and its settlements, calling for an end …