Category: Legal
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Nigeria gets 8 new Supreme Court justices
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in 8 new Justices of the Supreme Court, pushing the number of Justices of the court from 12 to record 20. The CJN presided as the eight of them, in turn, took their oath of office and oath of allegiance to the Nigerian Constitution, a…
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I’m committed to speedy dispensation of justice, Gov Uzodinma vows
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has insisted that administration is committed to speedy access to justice in the state. The governor also said that his administration would put mechanisms in place to ensuring that all citizens of the state have easy access to justice. Uzodinma stated this at the launch of the Justice Transformation…
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Man docked for allegedly stealing Church music instrument
A 20-year-old man, Yusuf Olatunji, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing music equipment worth N365,000 from The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ojokoro, Lagos. The police charged Olatunji with conspiracy, burglary, stealing, and damage, The Nation report says. He pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Victor Eruada, told…
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Court dissolves 32-year-old marriage over husband’s failure to pay dowry
A Customary Court in Ekiti on Wednesday dissolved a 32-year-old marriage between Mr. Oladipo Ogunleye and his wife, Adeola Falade over failure to pay dowry. The President of the Court, Mrs. Yemisi Ojo, dissolved the union on the grounds that Ogunleye beats Falade. Delivering judgment, Ojo held that it is evident that no marriage exists…
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Lagos CP orders trial of Inspector over attack on photojournalist
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered immediate detention and orderly room trial of one Inspector Adadu Innocent attached to PMF 22 Ikeja, for hitting and injuring Kayode Jaiyeola, a photojournalist with Punch Newspaper at Maryland, Lagos on Thursday, October 1, 2020 around 11.10am. The police chief, who was monitoring the…
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Court orders P&ID to pay Nigeria £1.5 million
A United Kingdom judge has ordered P&ID to make an interim payment of more than £1.5 million to Nigeria within 21 days to cover legal costs the country incurred as part of its successful application for the extension of time to challenge the arbitration award of $9.6 billion to the company. The judge gave the…
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P&ID $9.6bn fraud: Victory in UK court, a huge relief – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the Friday judgment of a UK Commercial Court suspending the execution of a 9.6 billion dollar judgment debt against Nigeria is “a huge relief”. The Minister, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the court decision “is a…
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End of road for Wada, Akpoti as Gov. Bello triumphs at Supreme Court
The dreams of Musa Wada, candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 16 governorship election and that of Natasha Akpoti of SDP of occupying the number one position in Kogi have finally come to an end as Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election of Governor Yahaya Bello. A seven-man panel of…
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As Appeal deadline ends, Kano musician facing death sentence over blasphemy denied access to lawyer
A 22-year-old Musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State on August 10, 2020, has been denied access to lawyers even as the 30-day deadline given to him to appeal the judgment lapses on September 9, a PUNCH report says. A notice of appeal had yet to…
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(updated) Supreme Court fixes new date for Kogi guber judgement
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, fixed August 31 to deliver judgments on two separate appeals that are seeking to nullify the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. A seven-man panel of Justices of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Ibrahim, okayed the appeals for justice…