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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Akinlolu Kehinde has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the persistent demand by Omoyele Sowore that the Director General of the Department of State Services (DG, DSS), Tosin Ajayi must appear in person to testify as a witness in the Cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu charges against…
A legal practitioner, Obunike Calistus Ohaegbu has dragged the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), before the Federal High Court in Abuja, over the refusal of the party’s national leadership to announce the result of the primary election conducted for Nnewi North/Newi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, of Anambra state. The aggrieved lawyer in his suit he filed…
The Federal Highway Court has asked the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore to continue his defence on October 2 in the alleged cyber-bullying case brought against the politician by the Department of State Services (DSS). There were social media reports last month that the DSS would, upon the resumption…
A witness of the Department of State Service in the ongoing trial of alleged Ansaru terror group members on Friday told the Federal High Court in Abuja, that their abductors left them to starve during the ordeal. The witness code-named AAA who was one of the victims of the Orire school abduction said that…
A witness for the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday told the Federal High Court in Abuja how 49 students and teachers abducted from schools in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State were subjected to what she described as a “dehumanising” ordeal during 56 days in captivity. The witness, identified as AAA…
The Department of State Services (DSS) will on Thursday, September 17 re-arraign five men accused of complicity in the May 15 kidnap of pupils and teachers in the Oriire Local Government of Oyo State and subsequent killing of two of the victims. They are to be arraigned on a 6-count amended charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/438/2026…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the July 16, 2025 judgment by a HIgh Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which imposed a fine of N85million against Zenith Bank and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for freezing bank’s customer’s account by relying on an invalid court order. A three-member panel of…
The crisis ridden Nigeria’s biggest Insurance Company, the National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) has finally lost its operational licence and taken over by a Receiver Manager. NICON owned by the Federal Government and established in 1969 by Decree 22 was axed by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), the Insurance Regulatory body that revoked…
Detained Director-General of the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). Adeniyi Mathew Adeyemi, has lost the bid for bail at the the Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, refused to admit him to bail until he hears reasons for his detention by the Nigeria Police Force. In a ruling on…
The Osun state government has dismissed an allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that it froze the state account because of a looted N11 billion, calling the statement a failed attempt to cover up illegal action through unfounded allegation. The state government claimed that the real reason the commission froze its…
