Judiciary & Crime

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has restored the interim forfeiture order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seize 14 properties allegedly linked to Kogi State …

Nine persons, including a police officer, have been killed in a renewed attack by suspected herders in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. A source said that the …

THE Federal Government has filed an appeal against the July 24 ruling of the Federal High Court in Lagos, which acquitted Olufemi Thomas, a former Executive Secretary of the National …

Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has convicted 21 foreign nationals over high-level cybercrime, fining each of them one million Naira. Delivering judgment on the plea bargain …

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a suspected assassin, Wasiu Akinwande, popularly known as Olori Eso, at the Ogba Magistrate Court, Ogba area of the state. Akinwande faces 11 …

THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four individuals — including two sisters and a married couple — over a staged kidnapping designed to extort ₦5 million from …

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture, to the Federal Government, of a property in Lagos in connection with an alleged fraud totaling ₦986 million. …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has reaffirmed Musa Mohammed as the duly elected Executive President of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). Delivering judgement, the three-member panel, …

The Kwara State High court Ilorin has sentenced Abdulrahman Bello to death by hanging for killing Hafsoh Lawal, a final year student of the College of Education, Ilorin. ‎Delivering her …

The Special Offences Division of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has refused to grant the fresh bail application filed by businessman, Fred Ajudua. Through his counsel, Olalekan Ojo …