Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed the request by legal luminary, Afe Babalola, to revoke the law practising licence of lawyer and author, Dele Farotimi, over allegations bordering on criminal defamation and professional misconduct. The dismissal of the debarment request Read more…
Nigerians were stunned on Tuesday as social media was awash with reports of an only child, Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death in Osun State for stealing fowl. There were different versions of what truly transpired and why the Read more…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Thursday stated that a state governor has no right to remove a democratically elected local government chairman. The AGF, who made this declaration in Read more…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted the immediate past Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million and three sureties. The trial judge, Justice MaryAnne Anenih, made the pronouncement after listening Read more…
The Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, has condemned continued incarceration of human right activist, Dele Farotimi, demanding his immediate and unconditional release. The organisation said that the manner Farotimi is being treated further confirmed most of the allegations he raised about Read more…
From Ijeoma John,Nnewi Chief Oseloka Godwin Osuigwe (Dikenamuta Nnewi) a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has condemned the impression of the general public that judiciary system is corrupt and there is no hope for the common man in Nigeria. He made Read more…
AN Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of 12 mechanics at the Agodi Correctional Centre over alleged treasonable felony and sundry offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The defendants were Abdullahi Alajiga Read more…
•Lawyers, state AGs aiding govs risk LPDC sanctions, Fagbemi accuses governors of treason The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has issued a stern warning to state governors bypassing the Supreme Court judgment Read more…
An Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sent lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, back to prison after the police vehemently opposed his application for bail, accusing him of intimidating witnesses. The magistrate adjourned till December 20 to Read more…
Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, refused to grant bail to former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on the grounds that his bail application was filed prematurely and Read more…
The Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi a N50 million bail. The court’s decision was disclosed by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Read more…
The Take It Back Movement has vowed to go ahead with its planned protests in Ekiti, Lagos, Abuja, London and Canada following the detention of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over defamation charges. The group insisted this despite a directive Read more…