PILEX Drags FG to Court Over Gas Flaring, Rights to Life, Dignity
The Pilex Centre for Civic Education Initiative (PILEX) has instituted a landmark lawsuit challenging the continued statutory authorisation and regulation of gas flaring in Nigeria under Sections 104 and 107 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. The organisation said the suit, filed in the public interest, seeks to protect Nigerians, particularly communities in the […]
Terrorism Charge: Court Sets September 3 for Gani Topba’s Bail Hearing
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has fixed September 3, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and possible commencement of trial of the Leader and Spokesman of the Conscience of Ogoni People, Chief Gani Topba. Topba is facing a four-count charge bordering on terrorism, alleged seizure and detention of […]
Court Ends Century-Old Rivers Dispute, Asari Calls for Peace
Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has nullified the case filed by Usokun Community over the contested Obupiri land, marking the end of a land ownership case which has taken over 100 years. Justice David Gbasam struck out the suit, DHC/76/CS/2020, stating that the case was already concluded through court decisions. The High Court […]
High Court Orders N5m Compensation for Defiled 10-Year-Old Girl in Rivers
A High Court in Rivers State has sentenced a 25-year-old man Jerry Njoku to seven years in prison with hard labor for raping a ten-year-old girl. This verdict was reportedly given under Judge Rita Oguguo. In addition to the sentence, a compensation fine of N5 million was asked to be paid to the parents of […]
Court Jails 25-Year-Old for Defiling 10-Year-Old Girl in Rivers
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced 25-year-old Jerry Njoku to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 10-year-old girl. Delivering judgment, Justice Rita Oguguo convicted Njoku after the prosecution successfully proved the case of defilement against him. The judge also ordered the convict to pay the sum of […]
The Unraveling — If Nigeria Breaks Apart, Who Wins, Who Starves, and Why the World Will Not Let It Happen
My comment section has become a referendum. Week after week, as I write about reforming Nigeria, about holding Abuja accountable, about a united nation finding its conscience, the replies arrive like a verdict already rendered. “You are wasting your time.” “The Lugard experiment is finished.” “The South is done with the North.” “The Fulani want […]
Rivers Court Sentences Twin Brothers, Five Others to Death
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced twin brothers and five other persons to death by hanging for the kidnap and murder of Reverend Edwin Isaiah Dokubo-Harry. Justice Boma Diepiri, in a judgment delivered on Monday, 25 May 2026, found Precious Jack Opara, Answer Dick, Osaki Fubara, Prince Mikado […]
Court to Decide Fate of Rivers LG Chairmen, Councillors
The elected Chairmen of Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Areas, along with their vice chairmen and councillors, will know their fate on June 3, 2026, as a Rivers State High Court prepares to deliver judgment in a suit challenging the validity of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates in the 2025 local […]
Court to Hear Bail Plea of Notorious Celebrity Kidnappers
The Bayelsa State High Court sits today, March 9, 2026, to further hear the controversial bail application filed by two alleged high-profile kidnappers, Emmanuel Charles Angasei and John Lyon Ike, infamously dubbed “celebrity kidnappers” for their flashy lifestyle before their arrest. The case, which has gripped public attention since the duo’s dramatic 2022 arrest, took […]
Court Stops NNPCL’s Subsidiary, Others From Demolishing Estate
A High Court in Rivers State has granted an order prohibiting the NNPC Exploration and Production Company Limited (NEPL), Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, WAGL Energy Limited, and Kristal Polis Limited from proceeding with the demolition at the Ntamoku Ayambo Pipeline Estate in Bonny, Rivers State. The presiding judge in Suit No.BYHC/17/CS/2026: Justice Rita Ogugu […]
Legal Experts Praise Court’s Stand Against Impeachment Flaws
Legal experts and practitioners have welcomed the Rivers State High Court’s interim injunction halting further steps in the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Nma Odu, describing the decision as a vital affirmation of constitutional due process and judicial oversight. Following and ruling delivered on January 16, 2026, by Justice […]
Hypocrisy of the APC Government of Terrorists
How funny, that everyone is trying to avoid saying that former president Buhari was not only a terrorist enabler but a terrorist! Why are we all avoiding the truth? Why are you all smartly avoiding the fact that APC rode into power on the back of terrorism? Why are we all silent on the fact […]