Estimated Reading Time: 1A Federal High Court Ikoyi has dismissed a plea by 11 political parties seeking discontinuation of Saturday’s Lagos local government elections. The ruling which was pronounced by Honourable Justice Akintayo Aluko on Friday upheld the submissions of the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore[Read More…]
Judiciary
Court remands man in Kirikiri for stealing aluminum pot
Estimated Reading Time: 1A 36-year-old man has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for stealing aluminum pot in Lagos. The Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that the man, Saviour Dominic, who pleaded guilty to stealing the pot worth N80,000, be remanded in a correctional centre, impending sentence. Chief Magistrate[Read More…]
Court orders DSS to produce 12 persons arrested at Sunday Igboho’s house
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, mandated the Department of State Service, DSS, to present before it by July 29, the 12 persons arrested at Sunday Igboho’s Soka residence in Ibadan, Oyo state. NewsWireNGR had reported that Sunday Igboho (real name Sunday Adeyemo) was[Read More…]
Nigerian Judges begin 2 month vacation
Estimated Reading Time: 1 Nigerian judges are going on vacation for two months in July. This vacation is coming after the nation’s judiciary had been shut down for over two months due to the industrial action by the judicial workers union. JUSUN members had on April 6 shut down courts[Read More…]
‘Unfair prosecution’: ECOWAS court awards Agba Jalingo N30m against FG
Estimated Reading Time: 2The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja has awarded a N30m compensation against the Nigeria Federal Government for “ill-treating and torturing” the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo. The Court in its ruling noted that “Agba Jalingo was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about[Read More…]
EndSARS: Bayelsa Judicial Panel awards N21bn against Nigerian police
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Bayelsa Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Other Related Offences has awarded N21bn to victims of extrajudicial killings perpetrated by the police and other security operatives. Chairman of the panel, rtd. Justice Young Ogola, disclosed this while submitting the report to Governor Douye Diri[Read More…]
Friend opens GoFundMe account for Baba Ijesha, targets N24m donation
Estimated Reading Time: 1Friends and family of embattled actor, Olanrenwaju Omiyinka, popularly known as “Baba Ijesha” have opened a GoFundMe account to cover his legal expenses. Baba Ijesha was arrested and detained by the Lagos state police after he was alleged to have sexually molested a minor at age 7[Read More…]
#TwitterBan: ECOWAS Court stops FG from prosecuting twitter users
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Court of Justice sitting in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from arresting any Nigerian on account of their use of Twitter. In a ruling delivered today, the court held that the use of the social media platform is[Read More…]
Court rules President has powers to extend retiring IGP’s tenure
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Nigeria’s president can extend the tenure of a retiring Inspector General of Police (IGP) pending the completion of the process for the appointment of a substantive successor. President Muhammadu Buhari had on February 4 extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as[Read More…]
APC Governors resolve to implement judiciary and legislative autonomy in their states
Estimated Reading Time: 1Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to implement judiciary and legislative autonomy in their states. The governors met at an emergency meeting in Abuja on Friday and issued a communique on their decision, signed by chairman of the Progressive[Read More…]
