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Court to NBC: Don’t punish broadcasters for opinions

Tijani Mariam May 6, 2026

Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from “using its recently issued ‘Formal Notice’ to threaten, sanction or punish broadcast stations and presenters for...

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Court

Court orders SERAP to pay DSS for defamation

Tijani Mariam May 5, 2026

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered a non-governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, to pay N100 million as damaged to two operatives of the Department of the...

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Court

Court jails men for 97 years over kidnap, robbery

Tijani Mariam April 29, 2026

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has convicted three individuals for kidnapping, armed robbery, and unlawful possession of weapons, sentencing them to a combined 97 years in prison without the option...

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Court

Court shuts out media from coup trial

Tijani Mariam April 27, 2026

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday restrained journalists from covering the bail proceedings of six defendants accused of plotting a coup against President Bola Tinubu’s government. Operatives of the Department of...

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Court adjourns bail hearing, El-Rufai held in custody

Tijani Mariam April 21, 2026

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court has deferred the bail application of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to the first week of June 2026. El-Rufai is currently being prosecuted on...

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Court frees cops in killing of traders; DCP, Falana react

Tijani Mariam April 18, 2026

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has released four policemen and a developer, Abiodun Ariori, who were accused of killing six traders in Owode Onirin, in the Kosofe area of the state. It was gathered...

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Court Politics

2026 Guber: Court Affirms Oyebanji As APC Candidate

VAM News April 15, 2026

THE Federal High Court has reaffirmed Governor Biodun Oyebanji as the substantive All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the 2026 Ekiti governorship election. The Court delivered judgment on Wednesday in a suit challenging Oyabanji’s...

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Court blocks attempt to stop Kingibe from ADC activities

Tijani Mariam April 2, 2026

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the bid of the leaders of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Wuse Ward of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to bar...

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Foreign

12-year-old in court over alleged assault on elderly woman

Tijani Mariam March 25, 2026

A 12-year-old boy has appeared in a UK court after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 60s, leaving her seriously injured. The woman was found in a property north...

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Court affirms final forfeiture of $13m linked to Aisha Achimugu

Tijani Mariam March 25, 2026

The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the final forfeiture of $13 million linked to Lagos businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, to the Federal Government. Justice Emeka Nwite ruled that the money, linked to Oceangate...