The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said it would appeal the one-month jail sentence handed a Lagos-based lawyer Inibehe Effiong by Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot for alleged contempt. NBA President Olumide Akpata said efforts to free Inibehe by diplomatic means had failed, following Justice Obot’s unwillingness or inability to “further entertain the […]
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Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has disclosed how his group made President Muhammadu Buhari to commit to ensure that urgent steps were taken to improve the welfare of the nation’s judges. He said last Thursday’s meeting of the BoB leadership with Buhari afforded him the opportunity to brief the […]
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The Traditional Religious Practitioners’ Association (TRPA) in Nigeria has dragged the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, to the Federal High Court in Enugu for the commission’s refusal to register the traditional worshipers as a religious body such as the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA. In its online […]
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An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced four men to death by hanging over the murder of a traditional chief. The court also sentenced each of the four men to seven years’ imprisonment for conspiracy and life imprisonment for attempt to murder a woman. The convicts, Sunday Aernana (30); Jonathan Elijah (19); […]
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced Nollywood actor and comedian, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha to 16 years imprisonment over sexual assault. According to Vanguard, Justice Taiwo gave the judgment on Thursday adding that the jail term will run concurrently. Baba Ijesha was convicted for […]
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An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 49-year-old man, Ademola Akinola, to death by hanging for shooting his elder brother to death and taking away his motorcycle. Ademola was arraigned in December 2020 for robbing and killing his elder brother, Tunde Akinola. The charge read, “That you, Akinola Ademola, on November […]
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The court of appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered MultiChoice to sublicense some channels to Metro Digital, pursuant to the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC’s) code. MultiChoice is the South African owner of the satellite television services, DStv and GOtv — popular subscription-based platforms in Nigeria. Metro Digital Limited is a multi-channel terrestrial digital satellite […]
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A Delta State High Court sitting in Oghara, Delta State, has ordered the Benin Electricity Development Company to pay a sum of N20 million as damages to Edjemuonyavwe community in Oghara and reconnect the community to the national grid. The community was said to have been disconnected from the national grid since November 2017. The […]
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A social justice group, Centre for Democracy and Development, has said following happenings in recent times at the Supreme Court, all is not well at the highest court in the land. The organisation recalled that two former Chief Justices of Nigeria have been enmeshed in allegations of corruption. A statement by the Forum of Fellows […]
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A Sharia Court in Ningi Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State has sentenced three men to death by stoning over homosexuality. While delivering the judgement after hearing the statements by witnesses and admittance of guilt by the three accused persons, the trial Judge, Munka’ilu Sabo Ningi, sentenced them to death by stoning. The convicts […]
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