Reno Omokri’s Video Calling Tinubu ‘Drug Lord’ Admitted as Evidence in Sowore’s Trial

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaReno Omokri’s Video Calling Tinubu ‘Drug Lord’ Admitted as Evidence in Sowore’s Trial

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 28, 2026

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday admitted as evidence a video clip in which former presidential aide and ambassadorial nominee Reno Omokri described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a “drug lord” in the ongoing trial of human rights activist Omoyele Sowore. Justice Mohammed Umar admitted the video after dismissing objections raised by counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN. The judge held that the defence complied with the requirements...

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Rotimi Oyedepo Assumes Office as Nigeria’s Director of Public Prosecutions

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaRotimi Oyedepo Assumes Office as Nigeria’s Director of Public Prosecutions

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 7, 2026

Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo, SAN, has formally assumed duty as the new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Federal Ministry of Justice, marking a key transition in Nigeria’s criminal justice administration. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved Oyedepo’s appointment in December 2025, transferring him from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the mainstream Federal Civil Service. His elevation to the office takes effect as he succeeds Abubakar Babadoko, who retired on 31 December 2025...

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Court Halts Nationwide Enforcement of Tinted Glass Permit Policy

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Halts Nationwide Enforcement of Tinted Glass Permit Policy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 1, 2026

The Nigeria Police Force has suspended the nationwide enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit policy following an interim court order restraining the action. The Force disclosed this in a statement, signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, and dated 1 January 2026. It explained that although it had earlier announced the resumption of enforcement from 2 January 2026, the move has now been put on hold in compliance with a subsisting court...

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34 Lawyers Fail Integrity Test for Appointment as High Court Judges

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria34 Lawyers Fail Integrity Test for Appointment as High Court Judges

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 29, 2025

Thirty-four lawyers have failed the integrity test introduced under new guidelines approved by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for appointment as judges to the Federal High Court of Nigeria. A source stated that the 62 applicants who had earlier passed the Computer-Based Test (CBT) conducted by the Federal High Court had their names forwarded to the Federal Judicial Service Commission for approval as members of the Federal High Court bench. However, they were disqualified following...

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US Court Convicts Nigerian Over $7.5m Wire Fraud

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaUS Court Convicts Nigerian Over $7.5m Wire Fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 21, 2025

A Nigerian, Olusegun Adejorin, a 32-year-old, has been convicted by a US court of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorised access to a protected computer. Adejorin, who was extradited from Ghana to face trial, was found guilty of carrying out a fraud scheme that targeted two charitable organisations in the United States between June and August 2020. Prosecutors told the court that Adejorin perpetrated a scheme to defraud a charitable organisation in Maryland, which...

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Tinted Glass: Court Halts Inspector General of Police From Enforcing The Order

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaTinted Glass: Court Halts Inspector General of Police From Enforcing The Order

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 18, 2025

A Delta State High Court has issued an ex parte injunction, stopping and barring the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from enforcing the tinted glass permit policy nationwide. The latest injunction followed a suit filed in Delta State by the applicant, Mr. Israel Joe, a citizen, through his lawyers led by Kunle Edun (SAN). Recall that the Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, had on Monday announced...

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CJN to Swear In 57 New SANs as Nigeria’s Judiciary Enters New Legal Year

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCJN to Swear In 57 New SANs as Nigeria’s Judiciary Enters New Legal Year

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 22, 2025

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will on Monday, 29 September 2025, swear in 57 newly appointed Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court in Abuja. The ceremony will also officially open the 2025/2026 legal year. The Supreme Court began its annual vacation on 21 July 2025, following what has been described in statements as a “remarkably successful” 2024/2025 legal year. In a statement, the Supreme...

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Corps Member Assaulted by Anambra Vigilantes Demands Justice

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCorps Member Assaulted by Anambra Vigilantes Demands Justice

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 22, 2025

A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Jennifer Elohor Edema, who was assaulted by armed vigilante operatives in Anambra State, has narrated her ordeal and called for justice. On 19 August, a video surfaced on social media showing men of the Agunechemba Vigilante Group beating and stripping corps members at their lodge in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area. The footage, filmed on 23 July, captured Elohor being assaulted while crying for...

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Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Orders Deportation Of 21 Foreign Hackers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 6, 2025

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, presided over by Justice Ekerete Akpan, has fined each of the 21 foreign nationals one million naira after being convicted of high-level cybercrime. The 21 convicts are among 109 foreign nationals being prosecuted by the Inspector-General of Police over charges of cybercrime, money laundering, and actions deemed threats to Nigeria’s national security. The convicts were from countries including China, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand, and were...

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Rendition Unlawful, Says Kenyan High Court

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNnamdi Kanu’s Rendition Unlawful, Says Kenyan High Court

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 27, 20251

…Awards ₦119.5m in Damages A High Court in Kenya has declared the 2021 arrest and transfer of Nnamdi Kanu from Nairobi to Nigeria illegal and a blatant violation of his rights. In a judgement that could ripple across international legal and diplomatic spaces, Justice E.C. Mwita, sitting in Nairobi, ruled that Kanu’s abduction, secret detention, torture, and eventual handover to Nigerian authorities did not follow due process and grossly breached the Kenyan Constitution. “Having entered...

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