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The University of Benin(UNIBEN), has ordered the dismantling of the statue of Lady Justice, creatively reimagined by a sculpture undergraduate. The statue, which stood in front of the Students’ Hostel at the university’s Ekenwan Campus, Benin City, was pulled down by the university management, displeased with the symbolism. However, unlike the traditional representation of…
A Magistrate court in Ekiti State has granted human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi ₦30 million bail. Farotimi arrived at the Ekiti Magistrate Court, with heavy security comprising policemen and other law enforcement agents sighted. He was remanded in prison custody on December 7, 2024, after being arrested on 16 counts of criminal defamation, following the…
WHAT GOES AROUND ALSO COMES AROUND, this is the case of Mr Danladi Umar, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) whom Muhammadu Buhari as President used to humiliate the then Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onoghen. The Senate recently passed a resolution after purportedly relying on Section 157(1) of the 1999…
Rather than totally doing away with the lower courts’ rulings, the Supreme Court said that it did not “lightly set aside the concurrent findings of the two lower courts”, however, it would disturb their findings “where it is satisfied that there is an apparent error on the face of proceedings showing or manifesting that such findings are perverse.”
Counsel to the former CJN, Chris Uche, pointed out that some documents were served on the AGF office and acknowledged. He appealed to the court to allow him to move an application for an accelerated hearing, which was granted.
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are to hold the NBA Anti-money Laundering, NBA-AML, Sensitization Workshop for lawyers in the country. NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal said on Saturday: “As you are aware, Chapter 2 of the Rules of Professional Conduct 2023 provides Guidelines And Rules On Anti-Money…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of 41 internet fraudsters to one-year imprisonment, each, with an option of fine of N100,000. The judgment was handed down by Federal High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State, presided over by Justices S. M Shuaibu and Hauwa Inuwa. EFCC, in a post…
A Lagos-based lawyer, Ademola Adefolaju has described a story published by Gistlover online against Mr Stephen Aladeyekun known as Doshlowkee as malicious, aimed to tarnish his image. The lawyer said Doshlowkee will not involve himself in any act that is prohibited by law. Added that is a law-abiding citizen. He described the story by Gistlover…
A British court has dismissed an appeal by Bola Tinubu’s administration and upheld the ruling of Justice Mary Clare Moulder, who earlier authorised Louis Emovbira Williams to take $21 million and approximately £20,000 out of Nigeria’s central bank account with JP Morgan, court filings sighted by newsmen showed. “The application of the defendants is dismissed…
The election petition tribunal(EPT) sitting in Lokoja has declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the February 25 Kogi Central Senatorial election. Read Also: Kogi Central: Appeal Court affirms Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Justice K.A. Orjiakoin, the tribunal Chairman in his ruling on Wednesday said Uduaghan scored 54,064 votes to defeat his…