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- Insecurity , Judiciary
- February 10, 2025
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INSECURITY: Court Of Appeal Owerri Division shut down over threat to Judges
……..RULAAC Kicks The Court Of Appeal, Owerri Division is under lock and key, and has remained so since October 2024. This is also as the Rule of Law and Accountability…
Nnamdi Kanu to appear in court Monday
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been ordered to appear for a hearing on Monday, February 10, 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the…
BREAKING: NBA raises alarm over court building at risk in Imo, suspends sittings
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has directed its members to stay off the court for one week for the state government to conduct its integrity test. This followed the…
Court Vacates Order Freezing General Hydrocarbons Limited’s Assets
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has set aside an ex-parte order freezing the assets and accounts of a Nigerian oil and gas services company, General Hydrocarbons Limited…
SERAP sues FG, NCC over 50% telecom tariff hike
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Communications Commission over what it described as the “arbitrary, unconstitutional,…
EXTRA: ‘Fake lawyer’ arrested in Lagos court while representing client
Police have arrested a suspected fake lawyer identified as Godwin Eguabor while he was representing a client in a court in Lagos state. Eguabor reportedly appeared before a magistrate court…
Terrorism Charge: Court Frees ‘Eze Ndigbo Of Ajao Estate’ Frederick Nwajagu
A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on the island has acquitted and discharged the “Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate” in the state, Frederick Nwajagu on…
Court orders release of Bashir Hadejia, Matawalle’s ex-aide arrested for ‘treason’
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the release of Bashir Hadejia, a politician and businessman, who was reportedly arrested for alleged terrorism. In a judgment delivered on Tuesday,…
- Human Rights , Judiciary
- January 13, 2025
- 27 views
12 Days of injustice, as NUJ-4 narrate ordeal of torture, extortion, corruption in the Imo justice system
In a shocking disclosure over the weekend, four victims of the Imo State Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) property saga, now known as the NUJ-4, after emerging from 12 days…
- Human Rights , Judiciary
- January 12, 2025
- 30 views
SERAP sues Tinubu, govs at ECOWAS over cybercrime law abuse targeting journalists, activists
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu’s administration and Nigeria’s 36 state governors at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja. The…
Magistrate demoted over ‘fraudulent’ remand of woman who allegedly defamed Erisco food
The Nasarawa State Judicial Commission has demoted Emmanuel Jatau, a chief magistrate, over misconduct in the case involving Chioma Okoli and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The judicial commission demoted…
Court convicts lawyer, two brothers for forceful entry, malicious damage
An Anambra State Magistrate Court sitting in Nnanka, Orumba North Council Area, has convicted and sentenced three brothers, including a lawyer, for conspiracy, forceful entry, and malicious damage to property…
Documents razed as fire guts Cross Rivers court
A fire outbreak has ravaged the Cross River High Court building in Ogoja, northern part of the State leaving a trail of destruction and uncertainty. According to TheNatiin, the cause…
LPDC dismisses disbarment petition against Dele Farotimi
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…
- Human Rights , Judiciary
- December 20, 2024
- 27 views
BREAKING: Court grants Dele Farotimi N30m bail in defamation case — restricts him from press interviews
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…