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Borno IDPs Protest Against Closure Of Camps

Internally Displaced Persons in teachers village camp on Friday staged a protest against the Borno State government’s decision to close the camp without any proper alternative accommodation for them either in their ancestral homes or elsewhere. They also alleged unfair distribution of…

18/12/2021

Conflicting Exparte Orders: J.S Okutepa Commends NJC for Disciplinary Steps Against Erring Judicial Officers

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, J.S Okutepa, has commended the National Judicial Council for sanctioning judicial officers who issued indiscriminate Exparte orders in favour of politicians across Nigeria recently. The Learned Silk commended the NJC for the prompt investigation of the erring judicial…

17/12/2021

Police Breached Right Of Detained #NorthIsBleeding Protesters — Falana SAN

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of protesters arrested in the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the North under the #Northisbleeding movement. In a statement personally signed by Falana on Thursday, he accused the…

17/12/2021

Judge Exposes Lawyer Who Tried To Bribe Him In Plateau

Hon. Justice G. M Kamyal of High Court 9 in West of Mines Jos, Plateau State, has exposed a counsel who attempted to solicit a favour in a case treated before him. While narrating in open court how a counsel made an…

17/12/2021

Appeal Court Affirms Final Forfeiture Of NDDC Director, Tuoyo Omatsuli’s N1.8bn Properties

A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Wednesday, affirmed the final forfeiture of properties worth N1.8billion recovered from a former Executive Director, Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli, to the federal government. The spokesperson for the…

17/12/2021

‘He Took Nude Photos After Raping Me’ — Witness Testifies Against Iniubong Umoren’s Alleged Killer

Samuel Udo, the police officer investigating the killing of Iniubong Umoren testified on Tuesday in the ongoing trial of the suspected killer, Uduak Akpan, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Mr Akpan is accused of raping the victim, a fresh graduate of the University…

17/12/2021

NBA- NEC Flays Asiwaju Adegboyega Awomolo SAN, Passes Vote Of Confidence On Akpata’s Administration

The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA-NEC”) has passed a resolution condeming the actions of a very senior member of the Association, Asiwaju Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN over his recent utterances directed at the President of the NBA, Mr. Olumide…

17/12/2021

2020/2021 Legal Year: 40,822 Civil Cases, 30,197 Criminal Cases Filed In Federal High Court In 10 Months, Says CJ Tsoho

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, says about 30,197 criminal cases were filed between September 2020 and June 2021. Justice Tsoho disclosed this, on Thursday, while delivering a speech to formally declare the 2021/2022 legal year…

17/12/2021

Lawyers Involved In Conflicting Exparte Orders To Face LPDC — NBA-NEC

The Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), at its ongoing National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has resolved that all the lawyers involved in recent matters of conflicting exparte orders granted by different divisions of the Federal High Court should be referred…

17/12/2021

Conflicting Exparte Orders: NJC Bars Erring Judges From Promotion, Appoints Nine (9) Heads Of Court And Fifty-Four (54) Judges For 16 States

The National Judicial Council rose from its two days meeting held on 14 and 15 December 2021, with a resolution to bar the three Judges of Courts of concurrent jurisdiction who granted conflicting Exparte Orders in matters with same parties and subject…

17/12/2021

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