Crime Facts

Lagos govt fined N750,000 for towing lawyer’s vehicle

  A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has awarded N750,000 damages against the state government for violating a legal practitioner, Lawal Aliyu’s fundamental rights, following the towing of his vehicle and imposed fines by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority without a valid court order. In a judgment delivered by Justice Olalekan Oresanya, Thursday, in […]

SANs kick as Malami moves to appoint new Supreme Court justices

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, said yesterday the Federal Government would collaborate with the Judiciary to ensure appointment of new justices into the Supreme Court bench. Malami, who spoke at a valedictory court session held in honour of a retired justice […]

Judges’ Welfare Uppermost On Buhari’s Agenda –Malami

  The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the improvement of the remuneration and conditions of service of judicial officers remains uppermost on the agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari. “I wish to recall that one of the cardinal issues raised by the President of the Court of Appeal in Her […]

Court dissolves 2-year marriage for lack of love

  A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja on Monday dissolved a two-year-old marriage between a civil servant, Aisha Ari and her estranged husband, Ibrahim Hassan, for lack of love. The Judge, Malam Muhammad Adamu, dissolved the marriage according to Islamic Law, following Ari’s prayer to the court for a divorce. Adamu also ordered […]