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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…
War of words by two Senior Advocates of Nigeria SAN, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika and Akinlolu Kehinde on Monday stalled the continuation of trial of the Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress AAC, Omoyele Sowore in the defamation charges brought against him by the Department of the State Service DSS. At the Monday’s proceedings, heated…
The Federal High Court has lost one of its retired Judges, Justice Baba Gana Ashigar, said to have died on 25th of July 2026 after a brief illness. A statement on Tuesday by the Court’s Director of Information,Dr. Catherine Oby Christopher indicated tha His Lordship passed away in Maiduguri, Borno State, and has since…
The Presidential candidate of the of the African Alliance Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has dropped his plan to feature the Director General of the Department of the State Service DSS, Oluwatosin Ajayi as his witness in the alleged defamation of President Bola Tinubu on his Facebook page. Sowore on Tuesday admitted that the evidence…
Lawyers operating under the aegis of the Obident Lawyers Forum have demanded that the Federal High Court in Abuja, should order President Bola Tinubu, to compel the Police, Department of State Service (DSS) and others to give special protection to the Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, ahead of…
Alleged KWSUBEB Fund Diversion: Witnesses’ absence stalls proceedings in Ex-Gov Ahmed’s case * Case adjourned to Nov 9 Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Not much could be achieved on Monday at the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin in the criminal proceeding involving former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and his former Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu,…
