By Ebere Agozie The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has released the list of lawyers newly elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The names released comprised 56 advocates and one from the academia. Mr Kanir Akanbi, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, disclosedContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, adjourned the trial of controversial social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly called VeryDarkMan (VDM), for allegedly cyberbullying actresses Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh, until Dec. 2. The court fixed the date after the trial judge, Justice Musa Liman, presidedContinue Reading
By Wandoo Sombo The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, said former Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswam, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Omadachi Oklobia, have a case to answer in the N3.1 billion charge against them. Delivering a ruling in the no-case submission entered by Suswam and Oklobia, Justice PeterContinue Reading
By Sandra Umeh A Federal High Court Lagos, on Wednesday, struck out a charge preferred by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and others. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, struck out the charge, following EFCC’s information to the court that parties had achievedContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A legal practitioner, Ken Harries, says Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan cannot enforce a judgment of the lower court in which she has filed an appeal. The senior lawyer stated this in Abuja in reaction to the Kogi Central senator’s alleged invasion of the National Assembly (NASS) on TuesdayContinue Reading
By Ramatu Garba A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by Abdullahi Abbas of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one other seeking to stop statutory allocations to the 44 Local Government Areas of Kano State. Abbas, Aminu Aliyu-Tiga, and the APC , throughContinue Reading
By Edith Nwapi The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Hope Behind Bars Africa (HBBA) on Monday facilitated the release of four Suleja Correctional Service inmates. The release took place during a visit to the facility by NHRC and HBBA in commemoration of Nelson Mandela Day. Speaking, the ExecutiveContinue Reading
By Judiciary Reporters, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) With hundreds of inmates languishing on death row and governors increasingly reluctant to sign execution warrants, Nigeria finds itself caught between legal duty and moral conscience. Although capital punishment remains enshrined in the Constitution, a growing number of legal experts, human rightsContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, ordered the immediate reinstatement of ACP James Idachaba, who was compulsorily retired by the Police Service Commission (PSC). Justice Mohammed Danjuma, who delivered the lead judgment, also reversed the directive by the PSC, requiring him to refund eight years’Continue Reading
By Ebere Agozie Stakeholders in the judicial sector have urged members of the National Assembly to ensure the proposed constitution review aligns with democratic best practices. They gave the charge at a one-day Webinar Series No. 14 of the Rule of Law Foundation organised to address the Problems ofContinue Reading
