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Lagos Speaker Obasa’s Removal Ruled Invalid By Court
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ruled that the removal of the reinstated Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
Lagos Attorney General, others face contempt of court over Abule Ado kingdom vacant stool
The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Bolaji Kayode Robert, and others have been dragged to court for contempt.
EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General, Others for Alleged N8.3bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 7, 2025, arraigned Sirajo Muhammad Jaja, Bauchi State's Accountant General, before Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for alleged fraud.
EFCC prosecutes three suspects, including two Chinese, for cyber-terrorism, money laundering involving N3.4bn and $2,562,203
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned Huang Haoyu and An Hongxu, two Chinese nationals, and Audu Friday, a Nigerian, before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, March 17, 2025
Obasa files corruption charges against Meranda, moves to expunge her name as ex-Speaker
The Lagos State House of Assembly crisis took another turn yesterday as reinstated Speaker Mudashiru Obasa filed a corruption case against his brief successor Mrs Mojisola Meranda at an Ikeja High Court.
Sentenced to death for killing a Fulani herdsman in self-defence—The Sunday Jackson case
In what has been described as a classic ”textbook case of miscarriage of justice,’ Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday, March 7, 2025, ruled that Sunday Jackson, a farmer who was brutally attacked with a knife by a Fulani herdsman, must die by hanging
Lagos Varsity lecturer sentenced to life imprisonment for raping student
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced Kolawole Muyiwa, a part-time lecturer at the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, now called the Lagos State University of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, to life imprisonment for raping a student of the institution.
Supreme Court declares Rivers Local Government election invalid, sacks Chairmen
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has sacked all Local Government Chairmen in Rivers State after the apex court ruled that the election conducted by the state electoral commission in October 2024 was invalid.
Lagos High Court orders all Lawmakers of Lagos Assembly to be included in Obasa’s Suit
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that all members of the Lagos House of Assembly be joined as parties in the suit filed by Mudashiru Obasa.
Thirty-Five Lagos Lawmakers arrive at Court insupport of Meranda
Thirty-five lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly have arrived at the Lagos State High Court to support Mudashiru Obasa's removal as Speaker. The latter Has filed a matter for the hearing.