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A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay N407 million into the court’s account as compensation for the death of Salamatu Adamu in their custody or

A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, of Lagos State, has directed a banker, Mrs. Temitope Olubukola Adetunji-Oseni, who is seeking a divorce, to appear in court on March 20, 2025, with the two kids, who are the product of the crisis-ridden marriage. Temitope,

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has agreed to compensate former member, Mr Innocent Bola-Audu, in accordance with a National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) judgment. In a statement signed on Saturday, ASCSN Secretary-General, Joshua Apebo, said the

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested the Chairman of Kiru Local Government  Area, Abdullahi Mohammed, over an alleged sale of an expanse of land reserved for the construction of Kafin Maiyaki Mini Stadium. The Commission discovered that

A High Court 2, sitting in Warri, Delta State, has declared as unconstitutional the16-year minimum age fixed by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as a qualification for admission into Nigerian universities. The court, which was presided over by Hon. Justice

A Chief Magistrate Court in Lokoja, on Friday – earlier today, February 28 – remanded a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Austin Okai, in the Correctional Centre pending the investigations labeled against him by the Directorate of State Security Service (DSS). Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Musa-Mopa,

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Friday, ordered that all members of the Lagos House of Assembly be joined as parties in the suit filed by ousted Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. Justice Yetunde Pinheiro has also adjourned the case till

The Onitsha indigenous community has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to take over the investigation of the murder of Hon. Justice Azuka, who represented Onitsha North Constituency 1 in the Anambra State House of Assembly. In

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday – yesterday, February 26 – February 26, 2025, arraigned Jude Okoye Chigozie, older brother and ex-manager of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct P-Square music group,