The Nigeria Police Force has denied that the current administration of the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) violated a court order. The denial was contained in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer. Adejobi claimed that, with regard to a story making the rounds in the media, Read More…
Legal
Lagos trains judges and magistrates on sexual violence adjudication
Through the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), the Lagos State Government taught judges and magistrates on Wednesday how to deal with sexual and gender-based violence in the state. During the training, Justice Kazeem Alogba, the Chief Judge of Lagos State, said that it was important to deal with sexual and gender-based violence by taking Read More…
Lagos State introduces new Bail Information Management System
Justice Kazeem Alogba, the Chief Judge of Lagos State, unveiled the Bail Information Management System (BIMS) on Tuesday at the Ikeja High Court. Alogba said that the system would cut down on the time it takes to find and confirm defendants and sureties, which would make prisons less crowded. The Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Read More…
Court adjourns Maina’s action against Interior Minister, NCoS CG due to illness
On November 18, a Federal High Court in Abuja will issue its ruling in a lawsuit brought by Abdulrasheed Maina against Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola and Controller General (C-G) of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) Haliru Nababa. After Ibrahim Idris, counsel for Maina, and Abdulmumin Muhammad, counsel for the respondents, followed their procedures and presented Read More…
Kanu files N100bn suit against FG over continued detention
Federal Court orders Kanu’s return to Kenya Nnamdi Kanu, the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group that is now proscribed, has sued the federal government for violating his fundamental rights by the Department of State Services (DSS) in an action worth N100 billion. Kanu is requesting his immediate release from the Read More…
Transfer of 21 Appeal Court judges not about Nnamdi Kanu
The Court of Appeal says that the decision to drop the terrorism charges against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who was illegally extradited, has nothing to do with the move of 21 justices to different divisions. Contrary to several media accounts, the appellate court said that the postings of Read More…
Lagos authorises auto dealer’s wife’s death inquest
The Lagos State Government has mandated a coroner’s inquest to determine the exact cause of death of the late Bimbo, the famous auto dealer Ikechukwu Ogbonna’s (also known as IVD) wife, who was recently reported to have passed away from serious burns. The instruction was given in a statement on Tuesday by Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, Read More…
Unemployed in court for supposedly pickpocketing woman N25,000 phone
Taofeek Alabi, an unemployed guy, appeared before a Lagos High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday for allegedly robbing a pedestrian of a phone. Alabi, whose home location was omitted, is awaiting trial on two counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. The Lagos State Government’s charge against the defendant, however, was one Read More…
Ataga: Absence of prosecution witness delays murder trial
Due to the absence of a prosecution witness, the trial of undergraduate Chidinma Ojukwu for the murder of Super TV CEO Mr. Usifo Ataga was postponed on Tuesday. Ojukwu is on trial in front of the Tafawa Balewa Square-based Lagos High Court. Along with her sister Chioma Egbuchu and another person named Adedapo Quadri, she Read More…
Appeal Court reserves judgement in FG’s stay-of-execution application over Nnamdi Kanu
The Federal Government filed a request with the Court of Appeal in Abuja asking for a stay of the ruling that released Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the illegal Indigenous People of Biafra. On Monday, the three-judge panel presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani withheld judgment after hearing the arguments of the attorneys. Mr. David Read More…