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The Kano State High Court has postponed the hearing of preliminary objections in the bribery and misappropriation case involving the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, and seven other defendants to February 13, 2025.    The case, filed by the Kano State Government, centers on allegations of bribery, misappropriation, and diversion of public funds amounting …

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has issued an interim injunction against Lagos-based lawyer Dele Farotimi, restraining him and his representatives from publishing, selling, or distributing his book Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.    The order, granted by Justice Peter Kekemeke, applies to both physical and digital versions of the book and extends to various entities, …

Justice Suleiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, December 09, 2024 sentenced a student, Akanbi Akorede Afeez, to two years imprisonment for internet fraud.     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday, December 10, disclosed that Afeez was arraigned on a lone-count charge bordering on internet fraud.   …

The trust divides control of the company equally among four of Rupert Murdoch’s children – Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James – after he dies. Lachlan Murdoch has been the head of Fox News and News Corp since late last year, when his father stepped down. ADVERTISEMENT A court has ruled against Rupert Murdoch’s effort to change his family’s trust to …

The magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has denied human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, bail.    Farotimi was last week arraigned before the court for allegedly defamation of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola.   Delivering ruling in the bail application today December 10, the presiding magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, adjourned the application of bail to December …

Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, has filed a preliminary objection asking the Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court to strike out the defamation suit filed against him by legal expert, Afe Babalola.   This comes ahead of tomorrow’s hearing of the case.   The preliminary objection dated December 9, 2024, was filed through his lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, leading …

A UK upper tribunal has overturned a prior ruling that halted the deportation of 43-year-old Nigerian Olutobi Ogunbawo.    Ogunbawo’s deportation was halted by a tribunal judge following a claim by his wife, Maria Adesanya, that they would not be able to access vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment if deported to Nigeria.   Ogunbawo, who is fighting his deportation on human …

  French football legend, Marcel Desailly is ‘set for court amid ongoing paternity row over 10-year-old daughter he has refused to acknowledge.     Desailly and his ex-partner, Cosma Batista de Alcantara are due at the Paris judicial court on Tuesday amid an ongoing case to confirm whether he is the biological father of his ex-partner’s daughter, Victoria.      …

If you’ve ever wondered what really transpires in a Nigerian courtroom and the position of law in certain situations, here’s your chance to witness it firsthand! Courtroom, the groundbreaking legal series, takes you inside the drama, deliberations, and decisions that define justice in Nigeria. This episode tackles a hot-button issue of —cross-dressing and gayism in Nigeria—exploring its rising trend and …

The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (HCAA) has appointed Chinasa Unaegbunam, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as a member of its advisory board.   This was disclosed on Friday, December 6, in a statement by Tunde Moshood, spokesperson for Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development. Moshood described the appointment as “not only a personal achievement but …