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  The Lagos State Government has firmly stated that a recent Court of Appeal decision in Abuja restricting Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) activities does not extend beyond the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and has no nationwide impact. The clarification comes amid widespread public confusion and viral claims suggesting the ruling invalidates vehicle enforcement nationwide. The appellate court upheld a 2025 Federal High Court judgment by Justice Evelyn Maha, which declared that VIO officials in Abuja lack legal authority to stop motorists, impound vehicles, or impose fines due to the absence of enabling statutes in the FCT. In a detailed statement issued by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro (SAN), the Lagos State Ministry of Justice emphasized that the decision is jurisdiction-specific. “The judgment, though binding, is not of general application or of nationwide effect in Nigeria,” the statement read. “It is premised on the absence of statutory pow...

  A Magistrate Family Court in Akure, Ondo State, has ordered the remand of two Islamic clerics at the Olokuta Correctional Centre following allegations of inflicting severe bodily injuries on two minors entrusted to them for Islamic education. The suspects, Adebodun Muideen (30), operator of Al-Balaagul-Mubeen Arabic and Islamic Centre, and Oladejo Musiliu (35), operator of Abdullah Arabic and Islamic Centre, both in Owo, Ondo State, were arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on assault and child abuse. The case stems from a report by the child rights group, Kids and Teens Resource Centre, which prompted the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to arrest the clerics earlier this month. According to NSCDC investigations, the minors—boys sent from Osun State for Quranic studies—were allegedly subjected to brutal punishment. Reports indicate that one of the boys returned with an unexplained Vivo Android phone, leading to questioning. When the second boy was implicat...

  The African Alliance Party (AAP) has leveled serious allegations against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), claiming the electoral body registered the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party without any valid court order, in what the party describes as a breach of due process and an affront to Nigeria's democracy. In a statement released on February 14, 2026, AAP accused INEC of misleading the public by citing a non-existent Federal High Court judgment from Lokoja, Kogi State (Suit No. FHC/LKJ/CS/49/2025), as the basis for registering NDC on February 5, 2026. The party said independent checks at the court revealed no Certified True Copy (CTC) of such a judgment exists. "This judicial abracadabra which INEC brandished in registering NDC — which was not listed as one of the political associations that applied to be registered as a political party in all the commission’s official social media platforms as well as in its various press statements...

  Alleged N1.02bn fraud: Court remands 3 Kano electoral officials in prison"—appears to describe a recent or reported development in the ongoing case involving officials from the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC). However, based on available reports from mid-2025 to late 2025, no court has yet remanded the three officials in prison. Instead, the case involves allegations of money laundering and fraud amounting to N1.02 billion (or N1 billion in some reports), with proceedings focused on arraignment, charges, and adjournments. Allegations: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) accused the trio of conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering between November and December 2024. They allegedly transferred N1.02 billion from KANSIEC's Unity Bank account to SLM Agro Global Farm (a private company with no official contract or link to the commission). The defendants claimed the transfer was to source cash for paying ad-ho...

  Prince Harry faced a “sustained campaign of attacks” for challenging Britain’s powerful Daily Mail over alleged intrusion into his private life, his lawyer told the High Court on Tuesday, January 20, as the Duke of Sussex and six others pursue claims of unlawful information gathering against the paper’s publisher, Associated Newspapers. Harry, 41, and fellow claimants, including Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley, Sadie Frost, Doreen Lawrence and former MP Simon Hughes, accuse Associated of violating their privacy over more than two decades from the early 1990s. The allegations include hacking voicemail messages, bugging landlines and securing confidential information through deception, known as “blagging”. Associated denies the claims, calling them smears and insisting its journalists used legitimate sources drawn from “gossipy social circles,” contacts and press officers. “The claims are without any foundation,” the company wrote in submissions, arguing they relied on “spuri...

 A medical doctor has been remanded in prison custody by an Ogun State Magistrates' Court following allegations that he issued a fraudulent medical report. The document was purportedly used to help popular social media blogger and activist Adetoun Onajobi, widely known as @justadetoun, avoid honoring a police invitation. According to a statement from the Ogun State Government, released through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, the doctor was arrested after police investigations revealed the medical report was fabricated. The doctor reportedly confessed that he never examined, treated, or even met Onajobi, and that the report was created at her direction during a phone conversation facilitated by her lawyer. The controversy stems from a broader case involving cyberbullying charges against Onajobi. The Ogun State Police Command has filed a six-count charge against her at the Federal High Court in Abeokuta for alleged violations of the Cy...

  A Federal High Court has cleared the Department of State Services (DSS) of allegations regarding the disappearance and alleged killing of a terror suspect connected to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) activities, including bank attacks and other terrorism-related offences. In a judgment delivered by Justice Musa Liman, the court held that the plaintiffs failed to provide sufficient evidence to substantiate claims that the suspect, Yusuf Lukman Omeiza (also known as Magas), was unlawfully detained and killed by the DSS. Omeiza was arrested by the DSS on October 1, 2015, in Okene, Kogi State, over suspected involvement in terrorism-related offences. These included alleged participation in bank attacks and other violent acts linked to ISWAP operations. Following his arrest, the suspect reportedly went missing, prompting his family and representatives to file a suit against the DSS, seeking declarations of unlawful arrest, detention, and extrajudicial killing. The plaintiff...