The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee has rejected the request from Chief Afe Babalola’s (SAN) law firm, Emmanuel Chambers, to revoke the practising licence of lawyer and author Tomilola Farotimi, also known as Dele Farotimi, over allegations of criminal defamation and professional misconduct. A petition submitted by a lawyer from Emmanuel Chambers, Mr. Ola Faro, was […]
A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has granted N30 million bail to Dele Farotimi, human rights activist. Abayomi Adeosun, the magistrate, ruled on Farotimi’s bail application on Friday. The bail conditions include two sureties, who are responsible citizens in the society, with the defendant asked to leave his international passport with the court. Farotimi would also […]
The Supreme Court has dismissed the lawsuit seeking the removal of President Bola Tinubu from office. The suit filed by the presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party in the 2019 general election, Ambrose Aworu, sought Tinubu’s removal based on Central Intelligence Agency and drug allegations. The apex court in an unanimous decision by a […]
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has granted an order of interim injunction, restraining Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi whether acting by himself or his representatives, from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising, or distributing the physical/hard/digital or soft copies of the book: “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”. Justice Peter Kekemeke granted […]
Kehinde Ogunwumiju, managing partner of Afe Babalola & Co., is suing Dele Farotimi for alleged false and defamatory statements in his book ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. In the suit filed on December 6, the senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) asked the court to stop the publication and sale of the book at all […]
The magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has denied bail to human rights activist, Dele Farotimi. Farotimi was taken to court for allegedly defaming Afe Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti. At the court hearing on Tuesday, the presiding magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, postponed the decision on Farotimi’s bail application to December 20. This happened after […]
The federal high court in Ekiti has granted Dele Farotimi, a human rights activist, N50 million bail with one surety. On Monday, the court asked the surety to provide evidence of two years’ tax clearance, land document and a letter of authorisation from the telecommunication operator. The suit bordering on defamation and libel, as filed […]
A Policeman in Imo state identified as Abubakar Mohammed has been sentenced to a two day in prison for invading a court session to arrest a suspect. The incident which happened on friday at Orogwo customary court in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state disrupted a court session. Our correspondent obtained a […]
Afe Babalola, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says Dele Farotimi defamed him over a supreme court judgment on a land dispute. In a petition dated November 19 and addressed to Adeniran Akinwale, Ekiti police commissioner, Babalola narrated how his law firm got hold of the book containing the “defamatory” remarks. On Wednesday, Farotimi was remanded […]
A bill seeking to increase the number of judges of the high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) has passed second reading at the house of representatives. The proposed legislation intends to amend section 1b of the FCT High Court Act, to increase the number of judges from 75 to a minimum of 100. […]
