Abdulazeez Malami, son of Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has been called to the Bar. The son of Nigeria’s Chief Law Officer was among the 800 lawyers called to the Nigerian bar in Abuja on Tuesday. To celebrate this, the young lawyer shared pictures of his wife and daughter. Abdulazeez’s father is a Senior […]
A mother of 10, Mrs Tolu Osho, has lost her 48-year-old marriage for allegedly denying her husband sex. An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, granted the request of her estranged husband, Mojidi, to dissolve the union. The court president, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions, […]
A magistrate court in Abuja has granted bail to the five #BuhariMustGo protesters who were arrested at Dunamis Church on July 4. The Department of State Services had arrested Ben Manasseh, Anene Udoka, Henry Nwodo, Samuel Larry and Samuel Gabriel at the church premises in Abuja for allegedly wearing #BuhariMustGo branded shirts. The federal high […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the re-election of Rotimi Akeredolu as Governor of Ondo State. Akeredolu’s victory was affirmed after four of the seven justices of the Supreme Court that heard the case upheld his candidacy in the October 10, 2020 election in the state. Three other justices disagreed with the majority judgement, insisting […]
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, one of the lawyers representing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that the British government may be complicit in the travails of his client. Ejiofor made this allegation on Wednesday during the Morning Show programme on Arise Television. He alleged that there was a connivance with […]
There’s heavy security presence at the Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday as the court prepares to deliver judgement on the no-case submission filed by the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibraheem El-Zakzaky. The case is presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada. El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah Ibrahim are standing trial […]
There is tension at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Supreme Court justices are set to make their pronouncements on the subsisting petition over the mandate being exercised by the sitting governor in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu. Checks revealed that the candidate of the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic […]
Chairman of the Body of Benchers and retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, has advised the 880 law graduates admitted to Bar yesterday not to stray from the ethics of the profession. Rhodes-Vivour urged them to avoid acts or conducts that could obstruct or adversely affect the course of justice. “You must […]
Security operatives in Benin Republic have removed leg chain and hand-cuff from Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Ighoho. The Communications Manager of Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye, made this known while giving an update on the state of Igboho’s health. He said, “We are pleased to inform all Yoruba People and well-wishers that […]
The federal high court in Abuja has selected only 10 media organisations to cover the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which resumes on Monday. The development is contrary to the report that the Department of State Services (DSS) picked the 10 media organisations to cover Kanu’s trial. In […]
