Law & Society

A high-profile theft at one of Victoria Island’s premier event venues ended in the recovery of vital equipment after a Lagos-based creative studio leveraged social media visibility and a substantial cash bounty to trace missing property. ​The incident unfolded during a high-traffic

​Chaos erupted along Mission Road in Benin City on Thursday morning when drink merchants violently clashed with the Edo State Consumer Protection Committee during a routine raid on illicit goods. The violent skirmish began around 10:30 AM after vendors noticed inspectors approaching

By Paul Sanusi Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala of Federal High Court in Lagos, has dismissed a N300 million fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by one Oladapo Afolarin Obateru against the Nigeria Police Force and others over his arrest, detention and seizure of

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has issued a stern warning to judicial officers across the country to guard against external political pressure, refrain from issuing conflicting rulings, and put an immediate end to the abuse of ex parte

Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 36-year-old man, Shobande Taofeek, over the alleged vandalism and theft of critical railway infrastructure in the Arigbajo axis of Ewekoro Local Government Area. ​The

An Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola on Thursday, October 22, 2026, sentenced three men to death after convicting them for the February 2025 kidnapping of two Catholic clerics. ​The convicts, Taledo Demiel, Namomai Medan, and Mikaila Yusuf, were handed the

The Police, on Thursday, arraigned 43-year-old Salimon Ola before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court over alleged N22.5 million fraud. The defendant, who hails from Ita-Akun, Ikire in Osun State, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and fraud. The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale

Tensions flared at the Lekki tollgate on Tuesday morning, October 20, 2026, as heavily armed officers of the Lagos State Police Command fired teargas to disperse residents, journalists, civil society advocates, and political figures gathered for a memorial service. ​The quiet memorial,

Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, popularly known as the Lagos State Taskforce, have apprehended a dismissed operative, Yahaya Salami, widely known as Adams, for alleged impersonation and extortion. ​Salami, who was previously dismissed from the agency

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has pledged to launch a full-scale investigation into an Abuja-based cybercrime ring accused of impersonating prominent international YouTubers to scam victims seeking to recover stolen funds. ​The development follows an online investigative report released on