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Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday swore in 14 new judges into the state’s judiciary. The new judges are Justices Olubusola Adeyemi-Okunuga, Adenrera Adeyemi, Olufolake Oshin, Oluwatoyin Odusanya Olumuyiwa Martins, Ariyike Ipaye- Nwachukwu and Babatunde Kalaro. Others are Justices Omolade Awope, Akinkunmi Idowu, Olalekan Oresanya, Mujibat Oshodi, Ismail Ijelu, Mosunmola Balogun and […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joseph Nwobike. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned him before a Lagos State High Court on counts bothering on perversion of justice. The 18 counts bordered on attempting to pervert the course of justice, offering gratification to a […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice D. E. Osiagor, has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the federal government to conduct marriages. Justice D. E. Osiagor, held that only the local government marriage registries are empowered to do such by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). He […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo state has set aside the judgment of the Ondo State High Court that sentenced the founder of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, to life imprisonment over a missing child. Recall that the Ondo State High court had on October 6, 2020, sentenced the Prophet to […]
Continue ReadingNjideka Iheme, the daughter of former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili and a justice of Nigerian Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili, has just been sworn in as a Judge of the Federal High Court. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, sworn in Mrs Iheme and 20 others as Judges of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian national escaped the gallows after the Federal Court set aside his conviction and death sentence for drug trafficking by the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Kuching, Malaysia. The Nigerian, Jonas Chihurumanya was arrested for allegedly trafficking 158.3g of methamphetamine in a car park at Jalan Canna at about 12.05am on June […]
Continue ReadingPresident of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, says the Attorney-General of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, may be stripped of his senior advocate rank if he is found to be involved in the raid of the home of Mary Odili, a supreme court Justice and wife of former Rivers state governor, Peter Odili. […]
Continue ReadingNational Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resolved to file a petition against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, and Mr Emmanuel Iyanna, the Chief Magistrate in Abuja, who issued a search warrant for security officials to search the home of a Supreme Court […]
Continue ReadingSecurity operatives on Friday night October 29, conducted a search on the home of Justice Mary Odili, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in Abuja. The Supreme Court Justice is the wife of Peter Odili, former governor of Rivers state, who is currently on the watchlist of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
Continue ReadingTwo remaining aides of the embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, who have been in Nigeria’s Department of State Services’ (DSS) custody since July 1 have finally been released. Amudat Habibat Babatunde popularly known as Lady K and Jamiu Noah Oyetunji have been in the custody of DSS custody since July, even […]
Continue ReadingThe Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has on Thursday announced the elevation of 72 persons to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). A breakdown of the list included ten academics and 62 advocates. A statement issued in Abuja by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, said the […]
Continue ReadingIt was all jubilation on Thursday when the Nigerian Supreme Court cleared ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6. Nigeria’s apex court also returned Chief Victor Oye as the National […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, October 5, signed the Lagos State’s Administration of Criminal Justice (Amendment) Law (ACJL) 2021. The ACJL was first passed in Lagos State in 2007 and amended in 2011 to ensure the fundamental rights of suspects and persons that come into contact with the justice system, as enshrined in […]
Continue ReadingLagos state government’s application to become a co-respondent in an appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) after a federal high court granted Rivers state government the power to collect Value Added Tax, has been granted by the court of appeal, Abuja division. Granting the appeal, the presiding justice Haruna Tsammani held that […]
Continue ReadingHon. Justice Williams Akinlolu Akintoroye’s appointment as the new substantive Chief Judge (CJ) of Ondo State has been confirmed by the House of Assembly of the State. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN had last month sworn in Hon. Justice Williams Akintoroye as the acting CJ of the state. Akintoroye’s appointment followed the retirement of the former […]
Continue ReadingA Kenyan High Court judge, Teresia Matheka has reportedly declared being a housewife a full-time job that should attract some form of compensation. The judge who was presiding over a matrimonial property dispute, said that it is unfair for courts to rule that housewives do not contribute anything to the financial progress of the family. The complainant is said to […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Gudu Judicial Division, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria, has awarded N50 million damages against the Nigerian police for arresting and detaining an activist of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mrs. Ngozi Umeadi. Nnamdi Kanu’s defence lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who hailed the judgement on Thursday, said the court also ordered […]
Continue ReadingOyo State High Court presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola has declared the raid conducted by the Department of State Service (DSS) on the residence of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan as illegal. The court also ordered the DSS which is also called SSS, to pay N20 billion […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, Nigeria, has ordered the government of Rivers and Lagos states to refrain from any action giving effect to the August 9, 2021 judgment of the Federal High court sitting in Rivers State, which conferred powers on Rivers State to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) and Personal Income Tax. Delivering […]
Continue ReadingEight of the twelve detained aides of the Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, have been released on bail to their lawyers, Pelumi Olajengbesi and his other associates. The aides were released on Monday to their lawyers after the Department of State Security (DSS), had earlier refused to comply with […]
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