By Zainab Oyekan An Area Court sitting in Jos on Monday sentenced a 24-year-old butcher, Mathew Danjuma, to one year imprisonment for stabbing his colleague. The judge, Mr hawomi Bokkos, who jailed Danjuma after he confessed to the crime, however, gave him an option of N50,000 fine. He also orderedContinue Reading
By Oloniruha Emmanuel The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has described the recent call for the immediate suspension of its Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, from office over alleged incompetence as a reflection of ignorance. The Media Aide to the CCT Chairman, Mr Atekojo Usman, disclosed this inContinue Reading
By Edith Nwapi Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Thursday appear before the Presidential Election Petition Court Thursday. This was stated on Tuesday by Chris Uche, SAN lead counsel to Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party in their ongoing petition. InContinue Reading
By Edith Nwapi The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Saturday viewed the first video evidence presented before it by Mr Peter Obi and his party, Labour party. Obi and his party are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election which brought President Bola Tinubu into power. RespondentsContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Dr Malami Ma’aji, Ambassador At Large of African Region, International Human Rights Commission, has commended the peaceful democratic transition of power to the newly elected governments in Nigeria. Ma’aji, while congratulating President Bola Tinubu and the newly sworn in governors in a statement on Sunday in Abuja,Continue Reading
By Hafsat Tilde Nigerians have been urged to continue to have trust in various government policies and programmes established to ease their daily life challenges. Hajiya Saratu Shafi’i, Chairman of Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT), stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on SundayContinue Reading
Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba, the Solicitor General of the Federation By Ebere Agozie Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba, the Solicitor General of the Federation says only a small fraction of cybercrimes is actually prosecuted and adjudicated. Jedy-Agba said this at the closing ceremony of the ‘Training of Trainers on Cybercrime and ElectronicContinue Reading
By Ephraims Sheyin The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), says it will appeal a ruling by a Federal High Court, Abuja nullifying its powers to impose fines on erring broadcast stations. Its reaction to the Wednesday ruling by Justice James Omotosho was contained in a statement signed by its Director General,Continue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has appealed against a Federal High Court (FHC) judgment which held that his suit filed against some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, was not binding on the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that JusticeContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The Network of University Legal Aid Institutions, (NULAI), Nigeria, a civil society organisation resolved 1, 400 pretrial detention cases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Keffi, Nasarawa State in five years. The President of NULAI, Prof. Ernest Ojukwu, SAN, said this at an event organised inContinue Reading
