Human rights activist and #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, has been detained by the Nigeria Police Force at its headquarters in Abuja following an invitation from the Inspector General of Police’s Monitoring Unit. Sowore, who arrived at the Force Headquarters around 12:13 p.m. on Wednesday, was accompanied by his lawyers, Barristers A.K. Musa and Marshal Abubakar,…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has rejected the membership claim of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, and has announced his 30-year expulsion from the party. The decision was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, following reports submitted…
Nigerian authorities have brought a series of forgery and trespass charges against three Ghanaian nationals, including prominent businessman and Knight of the British Empire Sir Sam Jonah, and a Nigerian lawyer, over claims of an attempted illegal takeover of local firms. The Inspector-General of Police, through prosecuting counsel Isa Garba, filed the charges—numbered CR/402/2025—at the…
Justice Suleiman Belgore of an Abuja High Court in Garki, on Wednesday fixed June 23 for the arraignment of Joseph Eriki and 10 others. Eriki is the Director of Investigation and Prosecution of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Justice Belgore fixed the date after counsel for the 1st, 2nd 3rd ,5th and 9th defendants…
Justice Suleiman Belgore of anAbuja High Court on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant against the Director, Investigation and Prosecution of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Joseph Eriki and 10 others. The order was given to compel their appearance before the court for arraignment in a charge filed against them by the Federal Government. Belgore…
The absence of two Abuja-based lawyers, Victor Giwa and Ibitade Bukola, in a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court, on Monday stalled their arraignment over allegations bordering on forgery and impersonation. In the charge marked CR/150/25 filed by the Inspector-General of Police, the lawyers are accused of conspiring to forge a legal document purportedly issued…
An Oyo State High in Ibadan on Wednesday fixed Oct. 21 for further hearing in a forgery and impersonation case leveled against Pastor Moses Ayantoye of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC). Justice Racheal Akintola adjourned the case after the defence Counsel, Mr Anthony Daramola, finished cross examination of the prosecution witness, DSP Charles Oluwatoki, an investigation…
The arraignment of Mr Christopher Maikalangu, the Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), over alleged certificate forgery was, on Wednesday, stalled at the Dutse Magistrates’ Court in Abuja. The case, which was on the day’s cause list before Chief Magistrates Abdullahi Ilela of Court I, could not proceed due to the magistrate’s absence….
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted, Femi Fani-Kayode, the former Minister of Aviation, of a medical report forgery charge. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Nov. 11, 2021, charged Fani-Kayode with 12 counts, including procuring of documents by false pretences, using false documents, fabricating evidence, and using fabricated…
