By Yunus Ustaz Usman SAN Corruption To be able to appreciate the topic, there is the need to remind ourselves what corruption entails, particularly, it is the stealing of the commonwealth by those entrusted to keep it for us, since […]
An Iyanganku Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday discharged 26 suspects in connection with the murder of CSP Ike Nworgu following the advice of the Oyo Sate Directorate of Public Prosecution. Nworgu was the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Agugu Police Station […]
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on Justice Olamide Oloyede to toe the honourable path by first, resigning her position as a High Court Judge in the state’s judiciary before, “ganging up with the […]
A 22-year-old man, Emeka Ifyjerike, has been arraigned before a Badagry chief magistrate’s court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing a carton of turkey and some sausage valued at N9,500. The accused, whose address is unknown, is facing a charge of […]
By Olufemi Ajasa Now that the US has demonstrated its commitment to equality before the law, by ensuring same-sex couples can now marry in all 50 states of the confederate following its historic Supreme Court’s ruling which gave marriage equality […]
Legal Eagle By May Agbamuche-Mbu, Email: may.mbu@thisdaylive.com Every now and again one reads about a lawyer being struck off the roll and the issue of the rules of professional conduct in our profession becomes a hot topic of discussion. Over the years […]
Abakaliki – Raph Igwenagu, Ebonyi State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) on Saturday said it arrested 85 suspects for drug related offences in the first half of 2015. Igwenagu made this known in Abakaliki at a forum […]
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said he will not be taking any legal actions against the Cote D’ Ivoire Football Federation after it listed him on their website as one of the applicants to replace Herve Renard as the Elephants […]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday turned down the bail application of Emmanuel Okoyomon, a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, whose extradition is being sought by the United Kingdom. The U.K. government […]
Accused persons in the over N8billion currency recycling fraud at the Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday asked the trial judge, Justice Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, to hands off the case. They also want […]