Judges Boycott Courts In Abuja To Protest Arrest Of Colleagues
Judges in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday abandoned their various duty posts to protest last
weekend’s arrest of their colleagues in different parts of the country on allegations...
EFCC Arrests Female High Court Registrar Notorious For Matching Senior Lawyers With Corrupt Judges
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last Thursday arrested Helen Ogunleye, a registrar at the Federal High Court in Lagos with a record of pairing up senior lawyers
with...
Falana Slams Nigeria Bar Association, Says It Is Embarrassing To Shield Corrupt Judges
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday, criticised the Nigerian Bar Association for shielding corrupt judges despite having information about their activities. He
described the failure of NBA...
Customs removes rice from import restriction list at land borders
Hameed Ali Customs boss
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment...
Abia, NDDC and the Rule of Law
The NDDC is a creation of an Act of National Assembly, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 58(5) of the constitution. This Act is cited as Niger Delta Development...
Appeal Court rejects Motion to Stop Oba of Benin’s Coronation
The Court of Appeal in Benin City, yesterday, refused to hear a motion
by counsel to one Rich Arisco-Osemwingie, who proclaimed himself
the Ogiamien of Utantan nation.
The motion aimed to...
Money Laundering: Banker Gets 12-Year Jail Term, Forfeits N43m
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The Federal High Court in Ibadan has sentenced a former employee of Wema Bank, Ademola Oni, to 12-year imprisonment for conspiracy and money laundering. The...
N5.5m Fraud: Court Revokes Accused Bail
The offense is punishable under Section 364 of the Penal Code Cap 532, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990.
Justice Jude Okeke of the Federal Capital Territory High...
Bayelsa ‘Prophet’ Dupes Victim Of N3m, Possesses Illegal Firearm
Mr. Godfrey pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge.
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Joseph Godfrey, a 65-year-old self-proclaimed prophet, was on Tuesday dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa over...
Nigerian Government Withdraws Forgery Charges Against Saraki, Ekweremadu
Messrs. Saraki and Ekweremadu, as well as a former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and a former Deputy clerk, Ben Efeturi, were first arraigned before Justice Yusuf...
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Amnesty International calls on Uganda to reverse social media tax in election run-up
Amnesty International has called on Uganda to reverse its social media licensing and taxing process, which it contends is a violation of freedom of...
Colombia protests against police brutality continue after law student killed
Protests against police brutality continued on Thursday in Colombia’s capital city Bogota after the killing of law student Javier Ordonez. A friend filmed Ordonez’s...