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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…

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Court invites parties to justify N20 million decision against LASTMA

In a N20 million lawsuit against the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered some Nigerian commercial banks to appear and give reasons. Following a garnishee action brought by a Lagos lawyer named Mr. David Enemona, the court issued the order for parties Read More…

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Man dragged to court for allegedly beating up wife

Austin Anthony, 42, was charged at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for allegedly hitting his wife and breaking their three-month-old child’s arm. The defendant, a baker from Lagos State, is being prosecuted for assault, causing great bodily harm, and endangering life. His address is 16 Ajibade Street, Baruwa Ipaja. The offences were perpetrated Read More…

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Legal year: Retired Justice Taiwo Taiwo tasks judges on courage

Justice Taiwo Taiwo, a retired Justice of the Federal High Court, has advised the judiciary to remain firm and fearless in justice delivery as the Nigerian judiciary begins a new legal year. Taiwo, who recently retired said that a fearless judiciary would remain the key to effective justice administration. The Lagos Judiciary on Monday began activities Read More…

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Lagos CJ appeals for rebuilding of destroyed Igbosere high court

Two years after the Igbosere High Court courthouse was vandalised and burnt down by hoodlums taking advantage of the #EndSARS crisis, the Lagos State Chief Judge, the Honourable Kazeem Alogba, has asked that the buildings be rebuilt. Justice Kazeem Alogba on Monday appealed to the State Government to urgently reconstruct the Igbosere High Court that Read More…

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As NANS protests ground Lagos Airport, court rules on FG’s prayer to end ASUU strike Wednesday

As students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) stormed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in protest against the continued nationwide lecturers’ strike on Monday morning, the ruling has been set for Wednesday on whether lecturers should return to the classrooms. The National Industrial Court will deliver its ruling in an Read More…

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Nigerians sue INEC for disallowing them from completing voter registration

After failing to give them and seven million other Nigerians adequate time and opportunity to complete their voter registration after they had started their registration online, twenty-four Nigerians have dragged the Independent Na­tional Electoral Commission (INEC) to court in a lawsuit. The plaintiffs, who are suing for themselves and on behalf of seven million other Read More…

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ASUU dragged to Industrial Court by FG to end strike

All efforts to resolve their differences outside of a court action having come to nought between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), both parties are now in court. On Monday the Federal government urged the National Industrial Court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call Read More…