A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. The court, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano Labour Party (LP) that contested during the 2023 General Election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a plaintiff, Mr Ibrahim […]
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The defendants, Omotayo Deji (23), Chidiebere Ifeanyin (25) and Bolaji Usman (28), were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on January 21, 2020, on four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. The charge […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned judges against being compromised as they oversee election petition tribunals. Joe Ajaero, NLC president, spoke on Sunday in Abuja at a press conference organised by the Labour and Civil Society Movement Front. Ajaero said the organised labour and civil society movements will create a “hall of shame” […]
Justice John Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, as the Inspector General of Police IGP. The suit was instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari and four others by an Abuja activist, Micheal Idoko. In his judgment, Justice Omotoso […]
The judiciary is historically regarded as a conservative arm of government, but in 2022, key stakeholders shook things up. From supreme court justices protesting poor welfare to a chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) stepping down, the judiciary was at the centre of several controversial events during the course of the year. Here are some […]
President of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has raised the alarm over the number of citizens, who are languishing in correctional facilities across the nation, without trial. Ugorji raised the alarm yesterday while preaching the homily, during a Eucharistic celebration at the Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri, to mark […]
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Kano State, Lawan Musa, has said the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is ready to sign the death warrant of the convicted Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara. The commissioner, in a chat with Daily Trust, was reacting to the conviction and sentencing of Abduljabbar to death […]
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, set aside its order committing the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Usman Baba to three-month imprisonment for contempt. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling, said that there was evidence before the court that the I-G had substantially complied with the court’s earlier order directing the reinstatement of Patrick […]
The Body of Benchers (BoB) has explained why its chairman, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) did not recuse himself from conducting the induction of 4,711 new lawyers into the profession. In a widely circulated letter, President of the NBA, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), had asked Olanipekun to recuse himself from the Call to Bar ceremony following the […]
The Benin Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria has sentenced a human trafficker, Fatima Joy Odiri Joseph, to three years imprisonment with hard labour for trafficking young girls for prostitution. Fatima was arraigned by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for trafficking two 14-year-old girls to Burkina […]
