A former Lawmaker accused of Violating Election Law, was working for a powerful Republican Political Operative, according to Court Records, released before the Case goes to Trial.
Prosecu… Read More
A Federal Judge, Denied a Legal Challenge against the Heaviest Charge that has been brought against Capitol Riot Defendants, Upholding the Felony Count that Federal Prosecutors have relied o… Read More
A New York Man pleaded Guilty Wednesday, to Storming the U.S. Capitol with Fellow Members of the far-right Proud Boys, a Milestone in the Justice Department’s Prosecution of Extremists… Read More
Federal Prosecutors in New York, have asked a Judge to Inquire about, potential Conflicts-of-Interest, in their Case against an Employee of Tom Barrack, a former Adviser to Trump who is faci… Read More
A Federal Judge, is allowing a major January 6 Conspiracy Case against Four Proud Boys Leaders to move forward, Rejecting their Bid to throw out the Charges. Lawsuits allege Extremist Groups… Read More
It might be tempting to fire off angry emails to Politicians you despise. But a Federal Court ruling, in California this month, should warn of the potential consequences.
The U.S. 9th Circ… Read More
EFCC arraigns car importer, Mohammed Sani over N264m fraud in Kaduna
On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one Mohammed Sani D&agrav… Read More
Legislative Updates
Arizona: Republican Sen. Wendy Rogers has introduced SB1133 which would ban cities, towns and school boards from holding all-mail elections. Local government entities ha… Read More
A Texas State District Judge Thursday, may have set in motion a new wave of Legal Challenges to Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) trouble-plagued Border Security Initiative, ruling that One Migra… Read More
Changes to Felon/Parolee Voting Rights
Chapter 103 of the Laws of 2021 Removes the Prohibition that a Person Convicted of a Felony that is Discharged from Incarceration but on Parole, canno… Read More
Nnamdi Kanu denied being a member of IPOB – FG’s lawyer
Counsel to the federal government, Shuaibu Labaran has disclosed that leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) d… Read More
On May 10, 1886, a Court Reporter/Clerk, recorded that the Court had ruled that Corporations are persons within the intent of the 14th Amendment, providing equal protection of the laws. Actu… Read More
A Defendant, who faces Multiple Charges connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol, is asking to Subpoena Trump, among others, as a Trial Witness.
Attorney Samuel Shamansky, on… Read More
A Judge, Reinstated the Trump Organization as a Defendant, in the DC Attorney General's Lawsuit over Inauguration Funds as the Case heads to Trial.
The DC Attorney General alleges the Trum… Read More
Court strikes out suit seeking to sack Fasina as FUOYE’s Vice-Chancellor
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, rejected a suit seeking to invalidate the appointment of Prof. Abay… Read More
A U.S. Judge signaled on Tuesday, he may Not let Trump to Countersue, E. Jean Carroll, a Writer who accused the Trump of Raping her in the mid-1990s, and is Suing him for Defamation.
At a… Read More
Alleged N7.1bn Fraud: EFCC seeks transfer of Orji Kalu case to Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to transfer the… Read More
A Federal Judge on Friday, denied Trump's effort to Countersue E. Jean Carroll, the Writer who accused him of Raping her in the '90s, and filed a Defamation Lawsuit, after he unleashed Perso… Read More
Dismissed Policeman jailed 27 months for stealing at father’s funeral
36-year-old dismissed police officer, John Dennis, has been sentenced to 27 months imprisonment for stealing an… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it a crime for state and county election officials to accept money or services from private group… Read More
Senate passes whistle-blower bill, amends legislation on crime proceeds
The Senate passed the Public Interest Disclosure and Complaints (Enactment) Bill, 2021, on Wednesday.
The law was pa… Read More
Malami’s absence stalls hearing of NBA’s suit against his office
The absence of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on… Read More
Alleged N6bn fraud: Court reduces Mompha’s bail sum from N200m to N25m
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday reduced from N200 million to N25 million, the bail sum for social med… Read More
Tribunal restricts MultiChoice from increasing DStv, GOtv subscription rates
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) tribunal sitting in Abuja has restricted MultiChoice Nigeria Limite… Read More
Abia pastor allegedly strangles two women, demands N1.5m ransom
A pastor with The Apostolic Church, Umuahia, Salem Chigozirim, has been remanded in custody of the Nigeria Correctional Serv… Read More
25-year-old motorcyclist jailed for life for raping Ekiti teenager
A commercial motorcyclist, Ayokunle Henry, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a 17-year-old girl in… Read More
Court fixes May 24 for virtual proceedings in suit by suspended OGFZAA manager Omosule
A National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed virtual proceedings in the suit by a suspen… Read More
Steve Bannon may be looking to point the Finger at Trump by employing a "Public Authority Defense" in his upcoming Trial for Contempt of Congress.
Bannon, Trump's former Adviser, is facing… Read More
Ex-Ogun deputy governor docked for allegedly being in possession of retiree’s C of O
A former Deputy Governor of Ogun, Olusegun Adesegun, was on Thursday docked in an Ikeja Magistrat… Read More
A decorated U.S. Air Force Veteran, who helped lead a Fundraising Campaign to build Trump's promised Wall along the U.S.-Mexican Border, pleaded Guilty Thursday to Conspiring to Defraud Dono… Read More
This Opinion is by: Josh Blackman, a Constitutional Law Professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, and S. B. Tillman, an Associate Professor at Maynooth University School of Law and Cr… Read More
Two Georgia Election Workers, have reached a Settlement in their Defamation Lawsuit, alleging One America News (OAN) spread False Claims that the pair committed Election Fraud.
Terms of th… Read More
Legislative Updates
Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed a bill into law that creates a statewide voter fraud force to respond to allegations of illegal election activity reported by c… Read More
Court fixes date to decide transfer of Orji Kalu’s N7.1bn fraud trial to Lagos
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed July 22 for ruling in the application by the Economic… Read More
D.C. Attorney General (AG) Karl Racine (D) on Monday, announced he is suing Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, for Failing to Protect Facebook Users during the… Read More
Twitter Shareholders have filed a Lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of engaging in Unlawful Conduct aimed at sowing doubt about his bid to buy the campany.
The Lawsuit, filed late Wednesday in th… Read More
Court remands 30-year-old man for alleged attempt to kill father, wife
A Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin remanded a 30-year-old farmer, Alli Hassan, on Wednesday for allegedly threateni… Read More
Court sentences Ekiti man to 4 years in prison for raping 11-year-old girl
A state high court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a 49-year-old man identified as Dele Adeyanju to 4 years im… Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister has hit out at Real Madrid president Florentino Perez for laughing at the possibility of bringing him back to the Santiago Bernabeu.The Madrid president was… Read More
Cormega Signs With Viper Records: Nas, Alchemist and More to be on Forthcoming AlbumIconic emcee, poet, and entrepreneur CORMEGA has inked a partnership with NYC-based label VIPER RECO… Read More
The Bible tells us that God says “vengeance is mine”. But even Christians are people. And people tend to want to get our own revenge. So it leaves us with a bit of a problem… Read More
The Bible tells us that God says “vengeance is mine”. But even Christians are people. And people tend to want to get our own revenge. So it leaves us with a bit of a problem… Read More
The mother and father who killed their morbidly obese daughter with “shocking and prolonged neglect over lockdown” have been sentenced to prison. The judge said they lacked remor… Read More
Rodolphe Jaar has pled guilty to three charges in a plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise, gunned down in his home in 2021. The 11 defendants in the case include businessmen ac… Read More
The "bravery" of a key prosecution witness in the trial of Thomas Cashman has been praised by police. The woman, who was given anonymity, told Manchester Crown Court that Cashman came to her… Read More
Seun Kuti, an afrobeat musician, was released on bail from the State Criminal Investigation Department in Panti, Lagos, on Tuesday night.
Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, his counsel, verified… Read More
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has sued the federal government for “discriminatory, unfair, and illegal treatment” of its members.
Femi Falana, a top advocate in… Read More
There was drama at the Ondo State Magistrate Court in Odigbo, the headquarters of the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, after a defendant, Segun Akala, ran out of the court premises… Read More
The government of Lagos state has filed a 12-count charge against popular interior designer and socialite, Ehizogie Ogbebor, for alleged tax evasion.
The state, which filed the charge before… Read More
Philippe Hategekimana, a former Rwandan policeman and French citizen, faces a life sentence for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The public prosecutor argued that Hategekiman… Read More
Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu defeated her inlaws after a decades-long litigation over the management and control of some of the assets of Oju… Read More
Former President Donald Trump and 18 others indicted in Georgia on charges of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election have turned themselves in to a jail in Atlanta… Read More
A businesswoman, Mary Jideobi, was arraigned on Monday before a Grade I Area Court in Kado, Abuja, for allegedly pouring pepper mix on her neighbour.
The 27-year-old of Tudun-Wada village, A… Read More
Scott Hall, a co-defendant of former President Donald Trump in his Georgia election interference case, has pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor conspiracy charges. Hall is the first person cha… Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried, the defendant in a criminal trial set to start on Tuesday, opposes allowing a Ukraine-based FTX customer to testify remotely. The customer, referred to as "FTX Customer-1… Read More
On Thursday, an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State granted bail in the sum of N200,000 to a messenger who allegedly stabbed a brothel manager.
The 24-year-old messenger, Huzairu S… Read More
A teacher has been arraigned by the police in Abuja on Tuesday.
43-year-old, David Yusuf was arraigned in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly flogging a student of… Read More
Kate Henshaw, the popular Nollywood actress, was on Tuesday at the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court.
She was in court to witness the judgment of the medical director of Opti… Read More
Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who worked on Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge in the Georgia election interference case. Ellis is the latest co-defendant of Trump… Read More
Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been taken to court by some students and parents of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso regarding the relocation of the Faculty of Agric… Read More