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The Federal Government has reportedly secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The abduction occurred on 21 November 2025, when armed bandits attacked the school in the remote Papiri community. Around 2:00 a.m., the gunmen arrived on […]

Benin’s interior minister, Alassane Seidou, on Sunday said that the Army had thwarted an attempted coup by a group of soldiers who said they had ousted President Patrice Talon. “A small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilising the country and its institutions. “Faced with this situation, the Beninese Armed Forces […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that the pilots involved in Saturday’s Alpha Jet crash in Niger State are in stable condition and undergoing routine medical evaluation. Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Kelvin Aneke, visited the aircrew at the hospital, where they are receiving care following their successful ejection from the aircraft. In […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), “to promptly account for the missing or diverted N55.9 billion meant for the purchase of smart card readers, ballot papers, result sheets and other election materials for the 2019 general elections.” SERAP said the grave […]

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged the Federal Government, the country’s 36 governors and first ladies to “immediately end digital repression and embrace digital democracy, uphold human rights and media freedom.” Falana said this today in a paper titled “Press Freedom and Cybercrime Law in Nigeria: Bridging the Justice […]

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested suspects linked to the killing of retired Justice Ifeoma Okogwu in Anambra State, marking a significant breakthrough in the investigation. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed the development in a statement on Sunday. According to Edafe, on 6 December 2025, detectives from the Homicide Section […]

A federal judge dealt a setback Saturday to the Justice Department’s effort to re-indict former FBI Director James Comey, blocking prosecutors’ access to key evidence from email accounts and a computer belonging to close Comey friend and attorney Daniel Richman. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted a temporary restraining order sought by Richman’s lawyers, requiring […]

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja has officially announced its annual Christmas and New Year vacation schedule, providing a brief hiatus for judicial officers and staff amid the festive season. In a circular dated December 2, 2025, and referenced as FCT/JD/CJ.185/11/95, Hon. Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf, Chief Judge of the […]Read More

The Labour Party in the United Kingdom will ban transgender women from attending its Women’s Conference next year, following a legal review triggered by April’s Supreme Court ruling that “sex” in the Equality Act refers to biological sex rather than self-identified gender. According to GB News on Saturday, the party’s National Executive Committee approved the […]

The High Court of Imo State, Owerri Judicial Division, ruled on November 25, 2025, that First Bank of Nigeria Plc unlawfully froze the law firm account of Ikedi Agunkwu, Esq., without a court order, constituting a fundamental breach of the banker-customer contract. In a 16-page judgment delivered by Hon. Justice I.M. Njaka in Suit No. […]

Nigerian legal scholarship is poised for a significant boost as renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Uche Val Obi SAN, prepares to launch his latest work, Contemporary Law of Tort in Nigeria. The public presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, December 10, 2025, in Lagos, promising to deepen insights into one of the foundational pillars of […]

First Bank of Nigeria Plc has escalated the ongoing financial dispute with Broron Oil and Gas Company Limited by filing a lawsuit against human rights lawyer Barrister Mike Igini. SaharaReporters reports that the suit targets Igini personally, arising from petitions he submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Governor of the […]