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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ibadan Branch, has strongly condemned the reported salary deductions affecting judicial officers in Oyo State, urging Governor Seyi Makinde to intervene and reverse the policy to prevent a looming breakdown of the judicial system. In a letter addressed to the governor, the branch chairman, Mr.…
Legal practitioners across Nigeria are calling for sweeping reforms in the country’s judicial system as prolonged trials and delayed prosecutions continue to threaten public confidence and the rule of law. Several prominent lawyers have expressed frustration over the persistent backlog of court cases, particularly the extended pre-trial detention of suspects,…
An Engineer, Five Others Jailed for Internet Fraud in Ilorin, Kwara State Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 sentenced a Civil Engineer, Abeeb Uthman Jasola to six months imprisonment for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of crime.…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has visited the victims of a mosque attack in the Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Obi, who posted the pictures of the victims lying in the hospital beds with various degrees of injuries, made…
Court Dismisses Fresh Bail Application For Nnamdi Kanu
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 33-year-old motorcyclist, Michael Ahmed to life imprisonment for raping his passenger. According to report, the passenger is a minor as at the time the convict committed the offences in 2013. In his judgement, Justice Hakeem Oshodi, said that the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted Former minister of Interior, Senator Abba Moro in respect of the fraud charges arising from the conduct of the botched Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment in 2014. The judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who had, in 2020 quashed seven out of…
A 16-year-old girl has told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how her 43-year-old father, Emmanuel Odega, allegedly defiled her on several occasions. While being led in evidence by a State Prosecutor, Ms Bukola Okeowo, the survivor said her father had sex with her since she was. 14.…
… except when the Chief Judge of the court grants permission for media coverage The federal high court of Nigeria says there will be no more media coverage for cases bordering on terrorism. This is contained in a statement signed by the court’s Chief Information Officer, Dr. Catherine Christopher. According…
