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In two separate landmark judgments delivered on Thursday, in suits HCAK/294/CIV/2025 and HCAK/299/CIV/2025, respectively, Justice T.M Adedipe of the Ondo State High Court has granted the Orders of Mandamus sought by a legal practitioner in Akure, Femi Emmanuel Emodamori.  The orders are against the Ondo State Commissioner for Finance (Mrs. Omowumi Isaac) and the State […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained former Senate President David Mark, ex-Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, and others from parading themselves as leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The order, delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite on September 4, 2025, followed a motion ex parte filed on September 2. A copy of

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a top Ansaru leader, Mahmud Usman, to 15 years in prison. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the judgment after Usman pleaded guilty to charges of illegally mining California stones without lawful authority, with the proceeds channelled into the purchase of arms and ammunition for terrorist

The Nigerian government has announced the revocation of the 5% excise duty previously imposed on telecommunications’ voice and data services in Nigeria. The National Orientation Agency (NOA), which announced the revocation of the telecom tax on voice and data services in a statement issued on Thursday, said the move is expected to ease cost pressures

A magistrate court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Wednesday remanded Mr. Aye Egberi, head of the Social Media team of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to 30 days in the Okaka Medium Correctional Facility. Egberi, 37, faces allegations of cyberstalking involving the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Francis Idu, Governor Douye Diri,

Gunmen have attacked members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Akwa Ibom State, dispossessing them of valuables and leaving a female corps member injured, SaharaReporters has learnt. The latest incident happened on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at the Nigerian Christian Corpers’ Fellowship (NCCF) Family House, Urua Ekpa, along Calabar–Itu Road in Itu Local

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man who allegedly paraded himself as the “Obi of Lagos,” along with three accomplices, thereby thwarting their planned unveiling ceremony. The suspects, Engr. Chibuike Azubike, 65, of Obodoukwu Ancient Kingdom in Ideato North LGA, Imo State; Chief Chibuzor Ani, 57; Chief Martins Nwaodika, 65; and Mr.

Troops of the 3 Division/Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace (JTF OPEP) have arrested two “notorious cattle rustlers” and recovered arms and ammunition in Plateau State. This was disclosed by Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, Media Information Officer, JTF Operation Enduring Peace, in a statement on Thursday. Zhakom said, “As part of efforts to curtail the

   

Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele, CEO of Sujimoto, is still being detained by the Enugu State zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following his voluntary visit to the Commission to address his company’s ongoing dispute with the Enugu State Government. Mr. Ogundele, whose company has been embroiled in a Smart School contractual dispute

Mele Kyari, former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja. SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday that Kyari was being grilled at the EFCC headquarters. However, a source close to the investigation told SaharaReporters that