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The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu yesterday dismissed the preliminary objections brought before it by the Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma and his company, Innoson Motors Ltd. Innoson arguing through his…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of a parcel of land in Lekki, Lagos State, linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal government. The land  valued at…

A counter-affidavit, filed in court by Tope Adebutu, a magistrate in Ogun state and wife of Olujonwo Obasanjo, son of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has surfaced. Olujonwo had approached an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos,…

The National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom, The Crown Prosecution Service (UK) alongside other foreign-based defendants and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been dealt a huge blow in the case against Aiteo…

The National Judicial Council has dismissed a petition written by the Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, against Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos. The Economic and…

Ebere Okechukwu, a 30-year-old woman yesterday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly biting her neighbour’s eye. Okechukwu, a resident of No 3, Alhaji Taliatu Lawal Gbasemo St., Aga Ikorodu, is facing a…

Eniola, the son of telecommunications cum business mogul, Mike Adenuga, has been accused of allegedly abducting his daughter, Athena. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 28-year-old, accompanied by some policemen, allegedly went to pick up…

The lead counsel to alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has withdrawn from the case which is currently before the Lagos State High Court. Ogungbeje, in a press statement, said his withdrawal…

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of N2.2billion recovered from former Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Adesola Amosu. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun made the order based on an ex-parte…

Peter Nielson, the Dutchman alleged to have murdered his wife and daughter was today docked before a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere, but his trial proper will begin October 8th 2018. Nielson is facing a two count charge of…

Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano today June 13, 2018 refused an application by a former governor of Kano State Malam Ibrahim Shekarau for the release of his international passport to enable him…

A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday fixed December 17 for hearing a winding-up petition filed by Vacant Board Limited against sponsors of this year’s Big Brother Naija (BBN) show, Payporte Global System Limited. Justice Ayokunle…

In ruling against Trump, the court pointed to past White House assurances that the president’s Twitter account is an official political channel. In her 75-page opinion, the United States district judge Naomi Reice Buchwald wrote: “The…

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh has collapsed on Monday in an Abuja High Court during his trials. It was gathered that Metuh was on his way to the dock when he slumped. Metuh is…

Ali Madaki, the father of late Nigerian singer, Alizee insists he doesn't believe his daughter's Danish husband, Peter Nielsen who is charged with murdering wife and four-year-old daughter is in jail at all because he looked too clean…