•Be transparent, CJN charges Judges President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro, has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of undermining the independence of the judiciary. Usoro, said this in his speech at the 2019 judicial year opening ceremony in Abuja. Usoro said the success of a democracy was […]
Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad, has narrated how his action and that of his colleagues, years ago, led to the acceptance of “pidgin English” as part of communication language in court. Justice Muhammad who is the Emir of Lafia Bare-Bari, in Nasarawa State, said the […]
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Monday dissolved a 10-year marriage between Kamardeen Babatunde and his wife, Iyabo, over threat to life and stealing. The Court’s President, Chief Ademola Odunade, in his judgment, held that since there was no more love lost between the couple, dissolution of the marriage […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, has arrested one Kehinde Olumide Agbabiaka, a sales agent of Fidelity Bank Plc. His arrest was sequel to a petition jointly penned by the bank’s Regional Security Officer and the Cluster Control and Compliance Manager, in which it was alleged […]
The trial of former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, will now resume on Oct. 21 before a Federal High Court in Lagos. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N6.9billion fraud and money laundering charges. […]
The police in Lagos have arrested a 29-year-old man Emeka Emmanuel alleged to have impersonated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Emmanuel was arrested on Saturday morning at Iyana-Iba in Ojo for allegedly defrauding innocent people under the guise of providing jobs for them at the EFCC. Police said […]
Former minister of foreign affairs Professor Bolaji Akinyemi Sunday called on the Nigerian Government to drag South Africa to the International Criminal Court of Justice over the xenophobic attacks that claimed lives and property of some Nigerians. Akinyemi, in a statement he sent to The Guardian, said that the South […]
By Paul Iyoghojie The management of Park Way Microfinance Bank located on Lagos Island has dragged two customers to court for failing to pay back the sum of 2.4m loan they secured from the bank and forgery. The accused, Nnamdi Chukwudi, a resident of Ikorodu, Lagos from Enugu State and […]
The Lagos State Government has approved the constitution of the Physical Planning and Building Control Appeals Committee as an effective feedback mechanism of Government policy performance. This was made known by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako during the opening ceremony of the Annual General […]
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has described the judgment by the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal as the triumph of rule of law; victory for democracy and further validation of the mandate bestowed on him at the polls. Abiodun, said this after the ruling of the Tribunal, led by […]