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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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Chief Magistrates to inspect police custodies in new bill at Lagos Assembly

The Lagos State House of Assembly is considering the amendment of the Administration of Criminal Justice bill that will compel a Chief Magistrate to conduct monthly inspection of police stations or other places of detention. The Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions and LASIEC, Mr Victor Akande, said this during the bll’s Read More…

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Lagos Judiciary upgrades Electronic Filing System

The Lagos State Judiciary has upgraded its Electronic Filing System (EFS) by Introducing E-Payment for faster filing and processing of cases, without the need to visit the High Court Registry. The information is contained in a circular tagged “Public Notice” signed by the Chief Registrar dated June 4 in Lagos. According to the notice, the purpose of the Read More…

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Lagos CJ urges lawyers to adapt to virtual courts

The Chief Judge of Lagos State,  Justice Kazeem Alogba, on Tuesday urged lawyers to ensure that they adapt  to virtual hearings and keep themselves technologically inclined with requisite facilities during the COVID-19 period Alogba said this while speaking during a virtual summit organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice in collaboration with the Commercial Read More…