A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and counsel to Maroko evictees, Mr. Femi Falana has told the embittered clients that were resettled in Ikota-Low Cost Housing Estate, along Lagos Epe Expressway to go and value their properties for adequate compensation after the government has given their estate to a developer. Speaking during a meeting with […]
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An Abuja-based lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has accused the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Malam Abubakar Malami (SAN), of plotting to extradite a Nigerian citizen, Adesina Lasisi, to America, while the extradition request is pending at the Court of Appeal, Abuja. A Federal High Court, Abuja, had, on May 26, […]
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Kano State government has assured the public that it will accomplish all legal proceedings on the conviction of Abdulmalik Tanko and Hashimu Isiyaku, killers of Hanifa Abubakar. Justice Usman Na’aba of Kano state high court recently found the prime suspect and his accomplice guilty of kidnapping the six-year-old pupil and sentenced both to death by […]
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President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, was conspicuously absent at a meeting of the Body of Benchers (BOB) in Abuja, yesterday. The meeting, held at the Body of Benchers Complex in Jabi, Abuja, was well attended by key stakeholders in the legal profession, including the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kayode […]
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Wants Shettima, Baba-Ahmed barred as VP candidates, joins Okupe, Masari, LP The Peoples Democratic Party has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively. […]
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As the tenure of the incumbent president of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, rounds off, with barely a month to go, prominent lawyers have commenced preparations to contest the association’s number one position. The election, which holds every two years, ushers in a new set of executives to pilot the affairs of the body. […]
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Three Abuja-based legal practitioners yesterday instituted an action before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to disqualify three prominent candidates in the forthcoming presidential election following their alleged breach of the Electoral Act. Those the lawyers are praying the court to declare ineligible to participate in the presidential contest are candidate of the ruling […]
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• It’s not true, police react It was a case of breaching procedural rules guiding rule of law in the country, as a senior police officer in charge of Area D Command headquarters in Mushin, Lagos State, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Aliko Dankoli, allegedly ordered locking up of a Lagos Magistrate. Dankoli had on […]
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Federal High Court, Lagos Human rights lawyer, Chief Malcom Omirhobo, has sued the Federal Government (FG), Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lagos State government and its attorney general, and 12 other northern states and their attorneys general at the Federal High Court, Lagos, over-allocation of Value Added Tax (VAT) realised from the sale of […]
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Human Rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has berated the finance minister for suspending Ahmed Idris, former Accountant-General of the Federation over allegations of misappropriation of funds to the tune of N80 billion naira. Ahmed Idris was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after he allegedly ignored […]
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