By Adenike Ayodele The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stressed the need for women judges to identify obstacles that hinder women advancement in the profession and collaborate on ways to overcome them. Sanwo-Olu also urged them to carve out a future where women in the legal profession would standContinue Reading
By Ebere Agozie Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed, says the judiciary was indeed the hope of the common man, following the fine of 1.1 trillion naira imposed on the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power by a Minna High Court. Mohammed, who represented the community, made this knownContinue Reading
Supreme Court dismisses order barring SDP’s Ajaka from inspecting election materialsContinue Reading
By Edith Nwapi Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday imposed a fine of N2 million against Mr Cecil Osakwe, a property developer, over abuse of judicial processes. Delivering judgment in an enforcement of fundamental rights suit filed by Osakwe, Justice HaliluContinue Reading
By Adebisi Fatima Sogbade An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered a fraudster, Ismail Adeniyi, 58, to pay N1.6 million restitution to the complainant. The Chief Magistrate, Mr E.A. Idowu, in his judgment, found Adeniyi guilty of fraud, as charged. Idowu ordered the convict to pay N1.6Continue Reading
By Adenike Ayodele A Deputy Director with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mr Yakubu Abisogun, on Monday, told an Ikeja High Court that Chrisland School Ikeja failed to comply with the state’s safeguarding and child protection policy. Abisogun, a Level 16 social wellbeing officer, saidContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A legal practitioner, Nnedimma Eiyisi, on Monday, testified against a Briton and Director of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd, Mr James Nolan, at a Federal High Court in Abuja. Eiyisi, while being led in evidence-in-chief by the EFCC’s counsel, Bala Sanga, revealed how she registered anotherContinue Reading
By Adenike Ayodele An Ikeja High Court has adjourned until April 15 to hear applications of counsel involved in the case of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto, accused of N4.8 billion fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that when the case was called on Monday, the Director ofContinue Reading
By Adenike Ayodele The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stressed the need for the implementation of reforms that will enhance the delivery of justice system in Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu also called for collective and strategic response to tackle the nation’s justice system challenges. The governor said this in his keynoteContinue Reading
By Joy Kaka A FCT High Court sitting in Kubwa has struck out the N1 billion suit brought against a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, while he was in office. Also sued was a civil servant, Ms Asabe Waziri and two others – theContinue Reading
