The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on Friday, June 28, affirmed the judgement of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly called Baba Ijesha to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. The appellate court in its lead judgement delivered by Justice Folashade Ojo who presided over the case found the Appellant, Baba Ijesha guilty on counts 4 and 5, where he was accused of indecently touching a minor and sexually assaulting her. Other panel members, Justice Abdullahi Bayero and Justice Paul Bassi aligned themselves with the lead judgement.

The Nigerian Police has vowed to investigate the cause of the death of one of Nigeria's e-commerce icons, one-time Chief Executive Officer of Kinga Nick Imudia, who committed suicide. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Adegoke Fayoade, said this on Thursday on the sideline of the 2024 Chartered Pension Institute of Nigeria (CPIN) investiture/induction ceremony of new fellows and associates in Maryland, Lagos. Fayoade said the police would want to ascertain what was responsible for the death of Imudia. Imudia was reported to have jumped to death from a story building in the late hours of 25th June 2024, in his Lagos home in the Lekki area.

Operatives of the Nigerian Army involved in Operation UDOKA in the southeast have recovered 14 boats and several drums of crude oil recovered from oil bunkerers at Isimini Waterside, Ukwa West local government area of Abia state. General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Enugu, Major Gen. Hassan Dada, who personally led the operation near an oil flo station in the Ukwa West LGA, told our correspondent that troops acting on intelligence, laid siege on the bunkerers for five days before eventually catching up with them. According to Dada, six suspects were apprehended and handed over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for further interrogations and prosecution.

Two members of the United States (US) Congress have visited Nigeria to see the Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan who has been detained at the Kuje correctional center in Abuja over case of money laundering. The US members are French Hill a Republican and Chrissy Houlahan a Democrat, who stated that Tigran is suffering from malaria and double pneumonia, revealing he has been denied access to adequate medical attention as he has lost weight. Announcing this on X Account, Hill stated, "Yesterday, @RepHoulahan and I visited with US citizen Tigran Gambaryan in Kuje Prison in Nigeria. We found him suffering from the conditions there, as he has malaria and double pneumonia, and he reports that he has lost significant weight. Even worse, he’s being denied access to adequate medical attention.

Workers union of the Police Service Commission, PSC, has called for the removal of Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun over alleged deliberate misrepresentation and falsehood in the recent recruitment. The police in an earlier statement alleged that the process was marred by corruption and other irregularities thereby reject the exercise; however it was denied by the Joint Union Congress of the PSC.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has today dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit earlier filed by the Africa regional manager of Binance Holdings Limited, Nadeem Anjarwalla, against the federal government. In a short ruling on today, the presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit against the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for lack of diligent prosecution.