Legal
AGF withdraw copyright infringement charges against MTN, CEO
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has withdrawn the pending copyright infringement criminal charges instituted against MTN Nigeria Communications ...
Metro
$12m fraud trial: How I transferred $3m to Aisha Achimugu – EFCC witness tells court
A witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Trinity Usman, told the federal high court in Abuja that he received and ...
International News
Margaret Obi, former Nigerian solicitor, appointed as UK high court judge
A former Nigerian solicitor, Margaret Obi, has been appointed as a high court judge in England and Wales. Her appointment, took effect on ...
International News
South African brutally murder 3 family members with a spade
The Temba magistrate’s court in Hammanskraal, South Africa has denied releasing a 37 year old man on bail after he appeared in court ...
Legal
Naira redesign: Court stops CBN from extending deadline on use of old notes
A high court in Abuja has compelled the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to go ahead with the full implementation of the naira redesign ...
Crime
Victim receives N5m compensation from arraigned human trafficker in Edo
A human trafficker on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, paid N5 million in judgment fine and compensation to a victim in Benin, Edo state ...
Technology
World’s first robotic lawyer set for court hearing by February 2023
A court hearing in February 2023, is set to make history when the defendant is advised by artificial intelligence. The technology stems from ...
Crime
Court sentences man to life imprisonment for defiling 12 year old girl in Lagos
Justice Ramon Oshodi of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Thursday, December 22, 2022, sentenced a middle-aged man, Sunday Nwokolo, ...
Crime
N80bn fraud: Court orders interim forfeiture of recovered N705m, 15 properties from ex-AGF, Ahmed Idris
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of cash and properties recovered from the former Accountant General ...
Crime
Court discharges, acquits Lagos plumber tortured, framed by SARS for alleged murder
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, discharged and acquitted a 38-year-old plumber, Anthony Bello, who was accused of murder. ...