An Ogun State Magistrate’s Court sitting at Itori, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, remanded 12 suspected killers of the Olu of Agodo, Oba Olajide Odetola. The suspects were alleged to have killed Oba Odetola and burnt his remains. They were later arrested in connection with the crime. Our correspondent […]
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A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a lady, Blessing Stephen, to 10-year imprisonment for conspiracy and child trafficking. The Chief Magistrate, Felicitas Amanze, described Stephen as unrepentant and hardened, adding that the prosecution proved she deceived the child’s mother, Abigail Monday, to sell her baby for N200,000, and gave her […]
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Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, yesterday, shrugged off insinuations suggesting he was weighed down by a recent court decision, which sacked his administration. This came as a Federal High Court in Abuja prepares to deliver judgment tomorrow in a suit filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade. The PDP, […]
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, will on Friday, deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek an order sacking the governor and his deputy […]
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• Battle shifts to Appeal Court as Umahi withdraws stay of execution application • Lawmakers’ removal in line with spirit of law – Senator Imoke • Withdrawal complicates Umahi’s matter, says Oyebode • Issue certificate of returns to our nominees, PDP prays INEC • No cause for alarm, APC declares Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the […]
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•President, Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem IN THE COURT OF APPEAL IN ASABA JUDICIAL DIVISION ON FRIDAY 12TH MARCH 2021 BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS MOHAMMED A. DANJUMA, JCA JOSEPH EYO EKANEM, JCA ABIMBOLA O. OBASEKI-ADEJUMO, JCA BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE OF NIGERIA & 2 Ors And OLUKUNLE OGHENEOVO EDUN, ESQ (Lead Judgment delivered […]
Continue ReadingA Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, shares his thoughts with Leke Bayewu on the reforms being proposed by the House of Representatives for the judiciary. The House is seeking to prevent the courts from interfering with matters under the consideration of the National Assembly. Does this conform to the principle of checks and […]
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The National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Army Council to immediately reinstate Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Hanafi Saad, who was compulsorily retired in 2016. The military officer was among the 38 Army officers that were compulsorily retired on June 9, 2016, without any cogent reason. The court ordered that Saad be paid all […]
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There was jubilation on Wednesday at the premises of the Court of Appeal in Akure by members of Sotitobire Praising Chapel as the church’s founder, Prophet Babatunde Alfa was set free two years after he was taken into custody. Prophet Alfa and five other members of the church were arrested in 2019 over the mysterious […]
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Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says all is set to launch the pilot nationwide deployment and use of Virtual Court Proceedings in Nigeria’s Correctional Centres. Malami said this in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, on Friday in Abuja. He […]
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