Wednesday, 27 November, 2024

Category: Judiciary


The North East Elders and Youths Peoples Forum (NEEPYF) has expressed confidence that former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, would get justice at the Court of appeal despite alleged plot by clique to bring him down. Chairman Read more…


There was chaos on Monday at the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal venue for the hearing of the State and National Assembly appeal cases from Imo State, when the All Progressive Congress counsel, presented two petitions allegedly written Read more…


Senator Elisha Abbo has alleged that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio plotted his removal by the Court of Appeal.  Abbo made this allegation at his residence in Abuja on Monday, hours after the Court of Appeal nullified his election into Read more…


Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan has signed into law the ratification of the Rome Statute, recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the country. The decision was announced on the presidency’s website on Friday. The Armenian parliament ratified the Rome Read more…


A man posing as a lawyer in Kenya has sparked debate after winning 26 court cases before finally being arrested by authorities. Brian Mwenda was apprehended for falsely presenting himself as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Photos Read more…


By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo Chief Oseloka Osuigwe, a successful lawyer of great repute, was among 58 legal practitioners approved for elevation SAN by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC). Upon hearing the news, some of the present and past lawyers Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal the 2023 candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, filed to nullify his election. Tinubu, in a 42-paged brief of argument filed through his team Read more…


The family of the founder of Peace of Jerusalem Revival Ministry, Prophetess Lilian Chibuzor Abua, has said that the four children she had for her ex-husband, Prophet Ayodeji Obayan, would not bear his name because he did not pay the Read more…


Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has alleged that two Christian judges conspired to remove him from office due to religious sentiments. Sule made the claim in Abuja on Tuesday while speaking at the 2023 Peace and Development Submit for Read more…


The Special Army Court-martial sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, sentenced  former Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Maj. Gen. Umaru Mohammed, to seven years imprisonment. The court also ordered him to refund $2,178,900 and N1.65bn to the Army properties and Read more…


The Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island, on Monday, sentenced the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, to death by hanging. Justice Ibironke Harrison sentenced Read more…


Wife of the former Senate President, Mrs.  Toyin Saraki, has filed a libel case against three individuals in Ilorin who alleged that she acquired the Children’s Amusement Park in Ilorin for her personal use.  The respondents are Dr. Saliu Ajibola Read more…