High Court

January 23, (THEWILL) — A Rivers State High Court has adjourned indefinitely the suit filed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, challenging the impeachment processes initiated against them by the Rivers State House of Assembly. Justice...

December 17, (THEWILL) — The High Court of Lagos State has announced that it will observe its 2025 Christmas vacation from December 24, 2025, to January 2, 2026, while ensuring that urgent matters are heard during the period. A circular...

October 04, (THEWILL) — A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has restrained the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from releasing or approving admission lists for the 2025/2026...

April 03, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the forfeiture of $20,000 confiscated from a U.S.-bound traveller, Olusola Okunfulure, to the Federal Government. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu issued the forfeiture order after convicting Okunfulure on a one-count...

December 23, (THEWILL) - In December 2010, Justice Sakariyah Oyejide Falola (now retired) of the Okuku Division of the Osun High Court sentenced two teenagers Segun Olowookere and Morakinyo Sunday to death by hanging  for stealing chickens. The thieves were charged...

October 28, (THEWILL) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted a panel to probe all conflicting rulings by the State and Federal High courts relating to the political crisis in Rivers State. Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat...

October 06, (THEWILL) – Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, has convicted and sentenced one Ofure Prince Akpolo to three years imprisonment for retention of proceeds of crime. The convict was prosecuted by the...

February 07, (THEWILL) - The presiding judge of the Enugu State High Court, Justice Kenneth Okpe, has sentenced the killer of Ijeoma Nweke, an Enugu-based make-up artist, to death by hanging. The court, in a judgement on Wednesday, found...

December 18, (THEWILL) - An FCT High Court, Abuja has issued an order to freeze the accounts of the Oyo State Government in ten commercial banks across the country. The banks in which the Oyo State Government’s accounts are blocked...

November 22, (THEWILL) - A Federal Capital Territory High Court, siting in Maitama, Abuja, has again, granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Justice Hamza Muazu had on Monday, November 17, ordered...