A trial began in Abuja on Tuesday over allegations that an Abuja-based lawyer and four social media influencers defamed Senator Shehu Umar online. The first prosecution witness, SP Michael Kalu, a police investigator with the National Cybercrime Centre, outlined how the defendants were tracked following a complaint by the senator. Senator Umar, Chairman of the…
The trial of two promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), over allegations of investment fraud, was on Monday stalled due to the absence of the prosecution counsel. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had in July fixed Monday for the commencement of trial of…
A human rights lawyer, Barrister Chinomso Okezie, has dismissed claims linking the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to terrorism, describing such assertions as false and inconsistent with the charges before the court. Okezie, a member of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium, stated in a release on…
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court, Apo, Abuja, on Monday ordered the remand of lawyer Victor Giwa in police custody after his arrest in Lagos on allegations of forgery and impersonation. Giwa is standing trial alongside a co-defendant, Ibitade Bukola, who is still at large. The court had, on September 15, issued a…
A legal practitioner, Ken Harries, says Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan cannot enforce a judgment of the lower court in which she has filed an appeal. The senior lawyer stated this in Abuja in reaction to the Kogi Central senator’s alleged invasion of the National Assembly (NASS) on Tuesday to resume her legislative duties. The News Agency…
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…
A constitutional lawyer, Joshua Ijaodola, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the Acts enabling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as being unconstitutional. Ijaodola, in two fresh suits, argued that the acts violated Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)…
An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr Realwan Okpanachi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider reshuffling his cabinet and appoint people with firm grassroots presence and electoral appeal. Okpanachi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, said the Tinubu-led administration required those with the capacity to translate policies into…
Nigeria’s Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son Folarin, popularly known as Falz, have demanded that popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, issue a public apology and retract alleged defamatory statements he made against them. In separate Pre-Notice letters written by their lawyer, Taiwo Olawanle, the senior lawyer, and his musician…
