The Presidency has dismissed reports suggesting that former President Muhammadu Buhari was “forced” to testify in an arbitration proceeding in Paris related to the billion Mambilla power contract dispute. In a statement issued by President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the government refuted claims circulating on social media that ...

    American music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, facing federal charges for racketeering and s3x trafficking, has claimed that videos at the heart of the allegations depict “fully consenting adults” and not coercive acts. Combs’ legal team filed a letter on Tuesday to Judge Arun Subramanian in a New York federal court, arguing that the ...

  The hearing of an alleged theft case involving Douglas Ogbankwa, a former Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Benin branch, has been postponed to March 4, following delays initiated by the prosecution. The case, instituted over a year ago by complainant Ms. Sandra Palmer-Kelvin, accuses Ogbankwa of stealing a stabilizer and forcibly ...

  Disney is facing a lawsuit from animator Buck Woodall, who claims the company stole his screenplay ideas for the 2016 blockbuster Moana and its upcoming sequel. Filed on January 10 in a California federal court, Woodall accuses Disney of lifting key elements from his animated screenplay titled Bucky. Woodall alleges that both his screenplay ...

    The Nigeria Police Force has set a controversial bail condition of ₦2 billion for Destiny Ekhorutomuen, a TikToker accused of cyberbullying and cyberstalking. The terms, shared online by former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, have been widely criticized by lawyers as “outrageous” and “unreasonable.” According to the administrative bail document, Ekhorutomuen must provide four ...

  President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced on Friday for his conviction in the hush money case involving payments to an adult film star, marking the culmination of an unprecedented criminal case against a U.S. president. The sentencing, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. ET in a Manhattan court, follows a ruling by the U.S. ...

  The Court of Appeal in Abuja, in a 2-1 decision, has ruled that the Federal High Court in Kano lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate the legal tussle involving the Kano Emirate. In the lead judgment delivered on Friday, Justice Gabriel Omoniyi Kolawole held that matters concerning Kano State chieftaincy issues fall exclusively under the jurisdiction ...

    The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed fraud charges amounting to ₦144 million against Mrs. Mariam Isoje, the branch head of Providus Bank Plc. The decision came after the police prosecutor, Mr. Henry Obazi, filed a notice of withdrawal, which was unopposed by the defence counsel, Mr. Mobolaji Kuti. Delivering the ruling, ...

    A Chief Magistrate Court in Isabo, Abeokuta, has sentenced five chiefs from Igbore in Ogun State to six months imprisonment for maliciously damaging sealed letters and removing caution tape placed by the Abeokuta South Local Government on the Ogboni Igbore House. The court, presided over by Magistrate E.O. Ogunyemi, gave the convicts an ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Mr. Akindele Akintoye, Founder and Chairman of Platform Capital Investment Partners Limited, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like amount, following charges of alleged financial misconduct. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the ruling on Wednesday, emphasising the seriousness of the allegations against ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of ₦228.4 million allegedly linked to Theodore Orji, the former governor of Abia State, over suspected money laundering activities. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the order following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The funds, held in ...

  The Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday dismissed former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele’s application challenging its jurisdiction in his ongoing case involving alleged abuse of office resulting in losses of billion and ₦2.8 billion. Emefiele faces 26 counts filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, is ...

  The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has opposed the Federal Government’s bid to resume his trial, insisting that Justice Binta Nyako must withdraw from presiding over the case. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, disclosed his client’s stance on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, rejecting the request to reopen ...

    President-elect Donald Trump is requesting that the court postpone sentencing in his New York hush money case until after his January inauguration, citing ongoing appeals and claims of presidential immunity. The sentencing, currently scheduled for Friday, stems from Trump’s May conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments to his ...

  A group of 33 former employees of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has filed a lawsuit against the apex bank at the National Industrial Court in Abuja, challenging their termination and seeking ₦30 billion in damages. The claimants, who were laid off during a mass termination in 2024, allege that their constitutional right ...