An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday granted the request of Mr Eric Frank for dissolution of his 30-year-old marriage to mother of four, Ibeawuchi, for denying him sex for four years. Delivering Judgment, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, President of the Court, said that since Frank, insists on divorce after several interventions, the court is
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the bail application brought before it by the 12 detained aides of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu ordered all the detained aides to be admitted to bail. He gave the order after a recess that lasted for over two hours, following
The Department of State Service (DSS) on Wednesday produced all 12 detained aides of Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho before the Federal High Court in Abuja. This comes less than seventy-two hours after the court ordered the agency to produce all aides of the Yoruba Nation agitator. On Monday the DSS produced only
Justice Ladiean Akintola of Oyo High Court has granted an ex-parte motion restraining the Department of State Security (DSS) and Attorney General of the Federation from arresting, intimidating, harassing, and blocking bank accounts of Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. The order was granted following an ex-parte motion moved by his lawyer Chief Yomi Aliu
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has rejected the re-appointment of Mr Cyprian Akaolisa as Imo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of the state by Governor Hope Uzodinma. This is even as the party has pointed out that the re-appointed Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General is a non-lawyer having been
The Benin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday began a boycott of High Court 6 presided over by Justice Courage Ogbebor over alleged highhandedness. Senior and junior lawyers have complained over the activities of the judge, including a situation where she was said to have delayed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, instructing him
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, on Tuesday, warned Secretaries and administrative staff members of the judiciary to stop leaking court judgements for pecuniary gains. He implored judicial officers across the federation to stay away from corrupt tendencies, vowing to wield the big stick against anyone found wanting. The CJN spoke at
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the unfreezing of the bank account of the Chairman of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi. The Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, held that the account should be unfrozen immediately since Dokpesi has been discharged and acquitted of the charge upon which the freezing
Chief Magistrate’s Court 4 sitting in Yola, Adamawa State on Monday, sentenced Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Hong Local Government Area, Ikamu Kato, to one year imprisonment for insulting the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari; and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The PUNCH had reported that the
The Federal High Court Abuja on Monday adjourned the suit brought by the 12 detained aides of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to August 4. Justice Egwuatu granted the applicants’ lawyer, Pelumi Olagbenjesi, the leave to amend his processes to correct the names of the applicants. There was confusion in court regarding the