“Magistrates Association of Nigeria, MAN, has directed its members to seal up all magistrate courts in Cross River State with effect from tomorrow, 9th December, 2024. Chairman of the association in the state, Godwin Onah, and the Secretary, Solomon Abuo, Read more…
..As Nkwoka felicitates with NBA Idemili Branch By Uzo Ugwunze Legal practitioners have been advised to embrace and adapt to the opportunities provided by the advent of Artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance justice delivery if they want to be relevant Read more…
Fresh cybercrime charges have been filed against activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi following his recent arrest and detention. The charges were filed on Friday, December 6, 2024, by the Nigerian Police before a Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti. Farotimi Read more…
The Labour Party has vowed to pursue legal action against its four members of the House of Representatives who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The four defected members are Chinedu Okere, Mathew Donatus, Akiba Bassey, and Esosa Iyawe. Read more…
Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has accused the remanded human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, of deliberately defaming him in his book after failing to secure a favourable judgement for his client in a land dispute case. Babalola, who Read more…
Amid the defamation saga between Dele Farotimi and Afe Babalola, the activist’s book ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’ has been listed as a bestseller on Amazon. Daily Sun reports that Farotimi is currently in detention after his arrest following Read more…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has has condemned the arrest of a civil rights activist, Dele Farotimi, describing it as a reminder of “the dark days of military dictatorship.” Farotimi was arrested on Monday over his book titled, ‘Nigeria and Read more…
A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, Wednesday, remanded a lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, in prison over alleged defamation of Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD). Read more…
President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of Read more…
Reactions have continued to trail the arrest of the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, with some South-East indigenes calling for his sentencing in Finland. On Thursday last week, the Finnish authorities arrested Ekpa alongside four others and they Read more…
A prosecution witness, John Adetola, on Thursday told a Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja that he received and handed over $400,000 to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele while he was his Read more…
Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has fixed December 10 for ruling in the bail applications by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others. The Judge fixed the date after taking Read more…