By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu Awka, April 21, 2026. The Court of Appeal, Awka Division, has affirmed the conviction and death sentence of Chizoba Ede for armed robbery by an Anambra High Court. In a judgment on June 15, 2022, Justice Victoria Nwoye found Ede guilty and sentenced him to death byContinue Reading
Judgment By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, March 23, 2026. The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), to a 72-year jail term without an option of fine. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the Economic and FinancialContinue Reading
Justice actors champion Improved multidoor courts system to resolve conflicts Stakeholders in dispute resolution techniques on Tuesday in Sokoto, called for improved multi door court model, as well as climate-action, aimed at achieving out-of-court settlement of conflicts. They made the call at the end of a two-day Executive Policy andContinue Reading
Flowerbud News/ The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, overruled Nnamdi Kanu on his argument that the court lacked jurisdiction to try him on alleged terrorism charge. Justice James Omotosho held that issues raised by Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to challenge the courtContinue Reading
*Standing With the Bello Family – Justice Must Never Be Cheapened The decision to grant Maryam Sanda a Presidential pardon is indeed heartbreaking and deeply troubling. It sends a dangerous message – that justice in Nigeria can be overturned by sympathy or influence, rather than truth and accountability. MrContinue Reading
Kwara State High Court has convicted and sentenced an Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Mohad (also identified as Mohammed A. Bello) to death. The convict was sentenced to death for killing Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde, a final-year student of Kwara State College of Education, for ritual purposes. The judgment was pronounced on ThursdayContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) says it has approached the court to clarify the legal powers of the House Committee on Capital Market and Institutions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House, on Monday, began probing 25 insurers over alleged non-remittance of multi-billion-naira revenuesContinue Reading
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 present more witnesses to proof a case of alleged N5,78billion involving the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu. At the resumed hearing ofContinue Reading
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The mind grows old, no less than the body.” Aristotle, The Politics, Book II, Ch. 9, 146 (Penguin Classics, 1981) A little over two decades away from its perception as a shrine for the resolution of the most rarefied disputes in the country, the Supreme CourtContinue Reading
