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LEADAP urges government to advance human rights

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By Silver Nwokoro As the world celebrates the International Human Rights Day, Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) has urged the Nigerian Government to advance human rights by ensuring equality of all Nigerians in dignity and rights. This year’s theme, “Equality – […]

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Court summons military officer, others over alleged invasion

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By Joseph Onyekwere A federal High Court, Lagos, has summoned the General Officer Commander (GOC), 81 Division and the Commandant, 65 Battalion of the Nigerian Army to appear before it over alleged continuous harassment and intimidation of a businessman, Alhaji Yunus […]

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SAN application goes digital as LPPC partners tech firm

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By Joseph Jibueze The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has partnered with a legal-tech company, LawPavilion, to automate the application process for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Chief Justice of Nigeria Ibrahim Muhammad said this […]

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Court remands church worker for allegedly defiling eight-year-old girl

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By Agency Reporter An FCT High Court in Kubwa, on Tuesday, ordered that a 34-year-old church worker, Patrick Ekene, allegedly defiled an eight-year-old girl. The police charged Ekene, who resides in Kubwa, Abuja, with rape. Justice Bello Kawu ordered that the […]

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Man docked for defrauding fiancée of N1.3m

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By Agency Reporter A 38-year-old man, Abdulkareem Isah, was on Tuesday docked in a High Court in Lokoja for allegedly defrauding his former fiancée of N1.3 million. Isah, who resides in Galili in Lokoja Local Government Area is charged with two […]

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Alleged murder: Dane says he tried resuscitating wife, daughter

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By Agency Reporter A Danish man, Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his Nigerian wife and daughter, on Tuesday told a Lagos High Court that he realised that his wife and daughter had died before a doctor arrived. Nielsen said he had […]

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Lagos High Courts begin Christmas vacation Dec. 24

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By Agency Reporter The High Courts in Lagos will be on 2021 Christmas vacation from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3. The Courts will resume sittings on Jan. 4, 2022. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is according to […]

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‘Why court ordered closure of Fed Govt’s marriage registries’

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By Robert Egbe The National President, Association of Local Government Marriage Registrars, Deji Sokeye, on Tuesday, confirmed that the Federal High Court in Lagos has barred the Federal Government from conducting marriages at its marriage registries nationwide. He said the court […]

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Fani-Kayode appears in court, challenges false medical report charge

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By Ayodele Oluwafemi Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, has challenged the jurisdiction of the special offences court sitting in Lagos to hear the 12-count charge levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC, in […]

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Experts task lawyers to embrace technology

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By Joseph Onyekwere Experts in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have called on lawyers to embrace technology in the discharge of their professional services. According to them, technology is evolving rapidly and law firms must deploy its tools or die off with […]