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Islamic morality police in Kano, northern Nigeria, are set to resume their crackdown on betting shops following a Supreme Court ruling on gambling.    The court overturned the 2005 law that established a national lottery commission and legalized sports betting and gambling, stating that regulation of gambling falls under the jurisdiction of state governments.   Kano State, one of 12 …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, November 22, ordered the remand of 109 alleged foreign hackers accused of attempting to defraud Nigerians.    The defendants, identified as citizens of China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Malaysia, and Myanmar, are facing a six-count charge filed by the Cybercrime Unit of the Nigeria Police Force.   Justice Ekerete Akpan …

The Family Court Division of the Delta State High Court in Ughelli has started hearing a case involving the alleged trafficking and s3xual exploitation of a 15-year-old schoolgirl by her biological mother, Eunice Asuelie.   The Delta State Police Command arrested the woman after the victim, Emmanuella Monday, had accused her of allegedly trying to force her into prostitution in …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the Federal High Court judgment seeking to stop the Rivers State Local Government election conducted on October 5, 2024.     The three-man panel of the appellate court, in its judgment, ruled that the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Peter Lifu lacked the subject-matter jurisdiction to entertain the suit …

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday, remanded a 29-year-old man, Kehinde Oyewale, at Agodi Correctional Centre, for allegedly r3ping a 50-year-old virtually impaired woman, NAN reports.   Oyewale, who resides at the Elebu area in Moniya, Ibadan, is facing trial on a count charge of r3pe preferred against him by the police.   The prosecutor, Cpl. …

A Bill seeking to increase the number of High Court Judges in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, from 70 to 100 has passed a second reading in the House of Representatives.   The Bill seeks to address a fundamental aspect of the judiciary’s ability to deliver timely justice, which is an increase in the number of judges in the High …

Nasiru Buba, the man who accused Jigawa Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, of having an affair with his wife, has rejected the verdict of the Sharia Court which absolved the politician of wrongdoing.  Recall that a Kano Upper Shari’a Court had dismissed the adultery case against Sankara, saying it could not be proven.  The Presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki …

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud.       The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned …

The Upper Sharia Court in Kano, presided over by Ibrahim Sarki Yola, has cleared Jigawa States Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, of allegations of committing adultry with a married woman.Danladi was accused of adultry after a case was filed by Nasiru Buba, who accused Sankara of having an illicit affair with his wife, Tasleem Baba Nabegu.In his ruling, …

Bobrisky has alleged that despite filing a court document to protect his fundamental rights as a human, the EFCC has continued to harass him and infringe on his rights.  Bobrisky, through his lawyer, had filed a petition in the Federal High Court of Nigeria to restrain the EFCC and other security agencies from harassing, arresting, detaining, or declaring him wanted.  …