There was confusion in Ibom State High Court as Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, was sentenced to death by hanging. Akpan attempted to escape shortly after the sentence was announced by the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, on Thursday. Our correspondent reports that it […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it may write a petition against Ekaette Obot, Akwa Ibom state chief judge, over the imprisonment of Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer. Last Wednesday, Obot sent Effiong to prison after the lawyer reportedly protested against the presence of armed policemen in court. The human rights lawyer was in […]
The leaderships of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has continued to mount intense pressure on the state Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot, to release human rights activist, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, from prison custody. The Chief Judge, last week, sentenced the lawyer to one month imprisonment over alleged contempt, a development which has put the NBA on […]
The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of the Republic of Ireland has sentenced three Nigerians to jail for defrauding a 66-year-old Irish on-air personality of €304,000 (about N130 million at the moment). The fraudsters, who the Irish police suspect of working for Black Axe, a confraternity of Nigerian origin, defrauded the Irish woman under the […]
Two employees of the Kwara State Government who stood as sureties for suspects being investigated by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for internet fraud-related offences have incurred the wrath of the law over their failure to produce suspects for trial. The two civil servants are Adenigba Olusola, an […]
Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, the state capital has ordered a popular human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong to be remanded in jail for one month over contemptuous and insulting behaviour in court. Justice Ekaette Obot ordered that Effiong should use the correctional facility to purge himself of insolence and dishonourable acts that […]
Lawyer and human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong has been rejected by the Uyo Correctional Centre. The Lagos-based human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong was sentenced to one month imprisonment on Wednesday morning by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Obot allegedly without trial. “(I am) Inside van at Uyo prison waiting for […]
The 2022 Call to Bar ceremony held on Wednesday with hundreds of new lawyers inducted into the legal profession. A total of 1,507 graduands from the Nigerian Law School adorned the wig and robe as new lawyers at the event organised by the Body of Benchers. While 1,501 of the lawyers are fresh graduates, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to the Senate for confirmation of his appointment. His request for the confirmation of the appointment of Justice Ariwoola as CJN was contained in a letter that was read on the floor of the Senate during […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Yakubu Maikyau, has emerged as the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Maikyau was named the new NBA president following an election of the legal body which was held virtually. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee who is also an SAN, Professor Ayodele Akintunde, announced made […]
