An unsolved puzzle is currently before a Port Harcourt Magistrate Court over a lawyer who was confirmed dead in December 2025 but appeared in court to represent a client in February 2026. The court presided over by Senior Magistrate Kingsley Briggs had begun the day’s proceedings on March 12 2026 and would later be thrown…
Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has reacted to a ruling of the Federal High Court in Akure restraining him from seeking another term in office, describing the decision as premature and a distraction from governance. The governor reacted to the judgement while speaking as a guest on Channels Television last night. Aiyedatiwa said discussions about…
A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, has ruled that the state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, cannot seek another term in office. Delivering the judgement on Thursday, the presiding judge, Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke, held that the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) did not permit an elected President, Vice President,…
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed a complaint filed against Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives over allegations that he attended the Nigerian Law School at the same time he carried out his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). In the ruling, certified true copy reference BB/LPDC/1954/2026 which…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday adjourned proceedings in the legal dispute surrounding the elective convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held in Ibadan. The appellate court ruled that the matter would be put on hold indefinitely while parties explore the possibility of resolving the dispute outside the courtroom. The panel…
CJ Tsoho Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have reportedly intercepted the wife of the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho, while she was allegedly travelling to Benue State with $160,000 in cash. According to multiple online reports on Sunday, EFCC operatives stopped the woman…
The Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday sentenced two bandits, Abubakar Sodiki and Abubakar Mohammed, to death by hanging for armed robbery. The defendants faced six charges, including criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping, and illegal possession of firearms. In addition to the death sentences for armed robbery, the court imposed life imprisonment…
Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, following a PREMIUM TIMES investigation that disclosed he failed to declare several bank accounts in his asset declaration form, in violation of the country’s Code of Conduct law. Multiple sources within the CCB disclosed that the…
Yakubu Adamu Justice Mohammed Umar of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, adjourned indefinitely, the alleged terrorism financing trial of the Bauchi State Finance Commissioner, Yakubu Adamu. Justice Umar disclosed that the decision to suspend the trial follows request for the transfer of the case by the prosecution. According to the trial court, prosecution…
Justice Tsoho By Sufuyan Ojeifo The Bench cannot sit in judgement of the law while standing outside it. In a nation where the rule of law is ostensibly the bedrock of democracy, the allegations that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Terhemba Tsoho, has operated undeclared bank accounts in blatant violation of…
