Onozure Dania
Emefiele loses bid to stop $4.5bn, N2.8bn fraud trial
The Lagos State Special Offences Court, on Wednesday, dismissed an application filed by former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to enter...
9th January 2025
Contract breach: Tribunal orders Bankers’ Committee to pay firm N19.4bn
An arbitration tribunal in Lagos has ordered SANEF Creatives Ltd, a company owned by the Bankers’ Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, to pay the sum of N19.4bn to Hanson Dredging and Marine Se...
9th January 2025
Victims assistance, witness protection law begins in Lagos
The Lagos State Government has enacted the Victims Assistance and Witness Protection Law, marking a significant shift towards a more victim-centred approach to justice. The law, which was assented to ...
9th January 2025
SANs warn against planned destruction of over 6m PVCs
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wahab Shittu, has warned against any plan to destroy Permanent Voter Cards without adequate public consultation, notice, or clear evidence of exhaustive distribution effo...
9th January 2025
Court dismisses N144m fraud charges against banker
A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed the N144m fraud charges against the branch head of Providus Bank Plc, Mrs Mariam Isoje. The court’s decision was made after the police prosecutor, Mr Henr...
9th January 2025
Woman who threatened Seyi Tinubu, IG granted N10m bail
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted N10m bail to a woman, Olamide Thomas, who was accused of allegedly using her social media platform to make death threats agains...
7th January 2025
Judiciary not solely responsible for human rights lapses – Justice Taiwo
In this interview with Onozure Dania, a retired justice of the Federal High Court, Justice Taiwo o. Taiwo, speaks about the unending trend of human rights abuse in Nigeria and other sundry issues What...
2nd January 2025
Practical experience essential for young lawyers — SAN
Dr. Anthony Idigbe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has emphasised the importance of gaining practical experience for young lawyers before venturing into private practice. Idigbe made this asserti...
2nd January 2025
Heart-rending stories of tortured victims denied justice
Despite Nigeria’s constitutional guarantees and the existence of the Anti-Torture Act, narratives of bruised bodies in detention cells, haunting testimonies, and abuse, point to the fact that tortur...
31st December 2024
In-law’s defilement: Lagos challenges convicted doctor’s acquittal at S’Court
The Lagos State Government has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision that overturned the conviction of Femi Olaleye, a medical doctor and managing dire...
30th December 2024
Defilement: Lagos heads to Supreme Court, appeals Olaleye's acquittal
The Lagos State Government has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the acquittal of defilement charges, against Dr. Olufemi Olaleye. Dr. Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foun...
29th December 2024
Family drags LG chair to Lagos Assembly over property seizure
A Lagos family has petitioned the State House of Assembly, accusing the executive chairman of Agege Local Government, Ganiyu Egunjobi, of unlawfully taking over their property at plots 7 and 8, Ogba R...
26th December 2024
Family seeks court order to overturn Lagos monarch’s installation
The Olanwa Ruling House of Isheri-Olofin has asked a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja to quash the purported installation of Ibrahim Olasunkanmi Bello as the Oba-elect of the community. Alhaji Adebiyi ...
26th December 2024
Court upholds Tejuosho property sale, directs deed signing
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Yaba has ordered the Onitiri family to sign the deed of assignment for a prime property located near Tejuosho market in Surulere, Lagos. The court made the order fo...
26th December 2024
Market demolition: Court threatens judgment as LASBCA, others shun hearing
Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square has threatened to give judgment against Lagos State Building Control Agency, the Ministry of Physical Planning and ...
26th December 2024
Couple, accomplice jailed 18 months for stealing N5m
A Yaba Chief Magistrate Court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a couple, Warris Matti, 27, and Anifat Matti, 25, and one Adeyemi Olaiya, 32, to 18 months in prison and 200 hours of community service...
25th December 2024
Lawyers urge IG to probe alleged assault on colleague
A group of lawyers, known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu Lawyers, are urging the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to probe the alleged assault on one of their members, Mr Ernest Okpaga, by officer...
25th December 2024
Two remanded for alleged identity theft, $150,000 fraud
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday remanded two men, Elvis Edokpiawe and Kelly Enogieru, in the Ikoyi correctional centre for alleged identity theft and $150,000 fraud. The defendants who were ar...
24th December 2024
Turkey-based Nigerian passenger jailed one year for drug trafficking
A Turkey-based Nigerian passenger, Anoke Roomy, was on Thursday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for attempting to unlawfully export 600 grams of tramadol, a contro...
20th December 2024
Court orders final forfeiture of Ogun warehouse linked to Emefiele
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of a warehouse and 54 steel containers located on a 1.925-hectare plot along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Magboro, Ogun State, to...
19th December 2024
EFCC closes case in N13m fraud case
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, closed its case against Oluwole Olutimehin, who is standing trial for allegedly stealing N13.29m from Sterling Bank Plc. Olutimehin is stand...
19th December 2024
NGO urges reforms over rising pre-trial inmate population
Non-governmental organisation, Zarephath Aid has called for urgent reforms to address the increasing number of pre-trial inmates in Nigeria’s correctional facilities. Speaking on Human Rights Day, t...
19th December 2024
Human rights have declined under democracy – Justice Taiwo
A retired judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Taiwo Taiwo has raised concerns over the deteriorating state of human rights in Nigeria, stressing that the situation has deteriorated more under dem...
19th December 2024
Stakeholders urged to embrace uniformity in justice delivery
The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies has urged stakeholders in Nigeria’s criminal justice sector to adopt the National Minimum Standards to effectively implement the Administration of Criminal Justice...
19th December 2024
FERMA repairs Abuja-Keffi Expressway after PUNCH report
The Ministry of Works through the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency has awarded a contract for rehabilitating the Abuja-Keffi Expressway after months of lamentations by users of the road. PUNCH Metro h...
18th December 2024
32-year-old man jailed 30 months for stealing N9.8m property
A Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Ebute-Metta, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a 32-year-old man, Jibril Idenyi, to two years and six months imprisonment for stealing property valued at N9...
18th December 2024
Fake visa agent arraigned for N9.8m student scam
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 40-year-old fake visa agent, Timothy Atolagbe, before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Iba for allegedly obtaining the sum of N9, 879,928.00, under fals...
18th December 2024
148 Chinese, 645 others arrested for cyberfraud, romance scams in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 193 foreign nationals in a busted operation against a cybercrime and cryptocurrency fraud syndicate in Lagos. The Executive Chairman of the Ec...
17th December 2024
EFCC re-arraigns ex-bank MD Atuche for forgery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc (now Keystone Bank Limited), Francis Atuche, on forgery charges. Atuche was a...
17th December 2024
Sanwo-Olu okays 10-year jail for organ harvesters
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed a law prohibiting human organ harvesting and 10 years’ imprisonment for offenders. The Human Organ Harvesting and Tissue Transplantation La...
16th December 2024
Lagos court halts FG’s N60bn fine against Facebook
The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an interim order restraining the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, formerly known as the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, or its agent...
16th December 2024