Legal

NPF Warns Against Lobbying for Promotions, Restates commitment to merit-based elevation of officers

  By Dennis Udoma The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has raised alarm over the increasing trend of lobbying by some officers seeking special promotions through unofficial channels. The Force has also strongly refuted false narratives being circulated by online platforms,…

Supreme Court Clears Civil Servants to Participate in Politics: A Landmark Clarification of Constitutional Rights.

SUPREME COURT HAS CLEARED CIVIL SERVANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS!   Nigerian Workers are Constitutionally Free to Participate in Politics. In a Circular that the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, in a memo dated 5/5/2022, ordered Civil Servants…

ROBBERY: Soldier, Another To Die By Hanging For Stealing Tricycles, Others

Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced two armed robbers to death by hanging for robbing tricycle operators, popularly known as keke riders, at gunpoint in the capital city. One of the condemned criminals is Lance Corporal…

Nana Udom Refutes Court Order, But Video Evidence Reveals Otherwise in ₦52m Debt Saga (Video attached)

A High Court sitting in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, has ordered the forfeiture of multiple properties belonging to Mr. Ndianabasi Idongesit Udom due to his failure to repay a ₦52 million debt owed to Chief Iniobong Emmanuel Idem since 2022….

Court grants Natasha bail on self-recognition

The Federal High Court in Abuja granted Senator Natasha Akpoti-Udauaghan bail on self-recognition on Monday, June 30, 2025. Akpoti-Udauaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on alleged cybercrime. She pleaded not guilty to all…

Alleged $4.5bn Fraud: Court Fixes Sept 15 for Ruling on Emefiele’s Forensic Evidence Request

A Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed September 15, 2025, to rule on an application by former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, seeking a forensic examination of WhatsApp messages admitted in evidence in his ongoing trial…

Bayelsa Judge Kidnapped in Yenagoa, Police Launch Investigation

Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a judge of the Bayelsa State judiciary and former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa branch, was kidnapped by masked gunmen on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at around 7:00 p.m. at Kilimanjaro Eatery, opposite Ekeki…

Contempt charge: Court serves INEC chair Yakubu with Form 48

The Federal High Court in Abuja has served the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, with a contempt proceeding initiated against him by the National Rescue Mission, NRM. The court bailiff, Ayuba Sule, served the…