A Federal Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment after being convicted on all seven counts of terrorism filed against him.
On 18 November 2025, one of the leaders of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Ismaila (aka Mai Tangaran), who has been standing trial before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja since 2017, pleaded guilty and was convicted on a four-count terrorism charge brought against him by the Department of State Services (DSS) under the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013.
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has postponed the trial of the two Ansaru leaders, Mahmud Usman and Abubakar Abba, captured by the Department of State Services (DSS), which will begin on January 15, 2026.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Hussaini Ismaila, one of the leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleged terrorism, to 20 years imprisonment.
A court in Lagos State sentenced Emmanuel Lakehinde, a press worker, to life in prison for raping an 11-year-old child. Lakehinde went before Justice Rahman Oshodi at Ikeja's Special Offences and Domestic Court, where he was found guilty and sentenced to life.
As Nigeria awaits the court verdict in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), public debate continues to swirl along political and ethnic lines. Yet the real issues remain rooted in law, national security, and global democratic standards. This moment calls for calm, clarity, and fidelity to the principle that justice must be grounded in evidence, not sentiment.
