Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Babajide Shogunle (Lagos State Correspondent, in Ikeja)
Justice A.M. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, convicted and sentenced a fake lawyer, John Nwawuto Anoruo for impersonation and possession of a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, July 23, 2026 declined to deliver ruling on the application for bail condition variation filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore leader, Bello Bodejo.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The trial of a former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido and his two sons, Aminu Lamido and Mustapha Lamido at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu was again stalled on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 due to the absence of the lead defence counsel, Joe Agi, SAN.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Nigeria cannot win the war against corruption through arrests and prosecutions alone.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, June 26, 2026, adjourned proceedings in the alleged $4.5 billion fraud trial involving a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, till July 9, 2026, for a ruling on the admissibility of extra-judicial statements allegedly made by Emefiele.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The absence of the National Coordinator of Multi-Sectional Crisis Recovery Projects, MCRP, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Danjuma Mohammed on Thursday, June 25, 2026 stalled his trial before Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court, Zuba, Abuja.
