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Kwara: Court Sentences 2 To Death For Armed Robbery, Kidnapping Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced two men, Abubakar Sodiki and Abubakar Mohammed to death by hanging. The convicts were prosecuted for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping and illegal possession of firearms. Delivering his judgment, Justice Ahmed…

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday fixed March 10 for the Department of State Services (DSS) to open its case of alleged terrorism financing and illegal possession of firearms against a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and his son, Abdulaziz Malami. DSS had on February 27 arraigned Malami and…

  A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nkemakolam Ukandu has dragged the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho and a judge of the Abuja division of the FHC, Joyce Abdulmalik to court over allegations bordering on corruption and bias, in respect of…

  A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday issued an order for accelerated hearing in the ongoing prosecution of five men accused of being behind the August 26, 2011, bombing of the United Nations’ building in Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order while ruling on an application to that effect moved by prosecuting…

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun will on Wednesday, 25th February, 2026, swearing-in the newly appointed Justice of the Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole. The inauguration is scheduled to hold at Courtroom Two, Supreme Court complex, Abuja, by 2pm The bench of the apex court had depleted recently…

  Justice Halilu Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has adjourned indefinitely, judgment in a N5. 5Bn defamation suit Instituted by two staff of the Department of the State Service (DSS) against a non governmental organization, the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The Judge on Thursday reserved the judgment after…