A National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to review the salaries and allowances of judicial officers in Nigeria. Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, on Friday, ruled that the current salaries and allowances of judicial officers in the country is not only abysmally low but embarrassing. The judge held that the refusal of […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Kogi State has, on Thursday, discharged two humnan rights activists, who were being prosecuted by the state for pasting posters of ‘Buhari must Go’ in April 2021. Magistrate Tanko Muhammed dismissed the suit against Amini Udoka and Emmanuel Larry, with case No: CMCL/123m/2021 after suffering series of adjournment. The […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun as the All Progressives Congress candidate, in Saturday’s Governorship Election holding in the state. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, declared that the suit filed by a chieftain of the APC, Alhaji Moshood Olalekan Adeoti, […]
The Federal High Court, has issued new practice directions that allows for virtual hearing of cases and electronic service of notices on lawyers. This is to Provide for a fair, impartial and expeditious determination of pre-election cases. The new practice directions, which was issued by Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho, forbade […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to nullify the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State gubernatorial primaries held on May 26, 2022. Trial judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo also declined to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from accepting the winner of the primary. He held that […]
An Ondo State High Court has sentenced one Daniyan Ojo to death for killing his wife Dorcas Daniyan by setting the deceased ablaze. The 50-year-old convict, who is a welder, was found guilty of committing the offence as he set their house ablaze and locked the wife inside a room in the house while […]
An Irish court, Belfast Crown Court has sentenced a 52-year-old Nigerian man, Rotimi Adeyemo to eight years imprisonment for attacking and accusing girlfriend of causing his erectile dysfunction. Adeyemo, a father of six, from Carrickdale Gardens in Portadown, who appeared at Belfast Crown Court via a videolink was sentenced by Mr Justice Fowler on […]
The Lagos State Government says it has fired a customary court judge, Mr Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, who allegedly dissolved a marriage and snatched the wife of a complainant, Mr. Olayemi Ayeni. In a viral video, Ayeni was seen narrating how Adeyemi, who allegedly had interest in his wife, dissolved their union and denied him […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Thursday urged the courts to “stop imposing politicians on Nigerians,” arguing that, “the involvement of the courts in the electoral process has not been favourable to the country’s democracy.” Falana made the call in a paper titled “The Role of the Courts in the Electoral Process and the […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request for an interim order to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling […]
