By Flowerbud News An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned till Dec. 12, to hear the application filed by the embattled ex-Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, challenging the jurisdiction of the lower court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emefiele had approached the Court of Appeal, challengingContinue Reading
By Flowerbud News The ECOWAS Court has ordered Nigeria to pay five million naira as compensation to citizen Oluwatimilehin Adebayo, for the violation of his right to freedom from torture. The court also ordered Nigeria to conduct a “prompt, impartial, and effective” investigation into Adebayo’s alleged torture by the police, as wellContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews The President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Afam Osigwe, SAN, on Monday, asked judges and the heads of court to urgently tackle the negative public perception about accountability and uprightness in the nation’s judicial system. Osigwe gave the charge at a special court session to mark theContinue Reading
Oyo monarch, Oloko of Oko loses land appeal at supreme court. By Suleiman Shehu. Oba Solomon Akinola, the Oloko of Oko in Surulere Local Government area of Oyo State has lost his appeal in the land case he had been contesting with the Aagba kingdom for several years. In aContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The Convener of the Duty Solicitor’s Network, (DSN) Mr Bayo Akinlade, on Monday faulted the police for failing to bring the case to the attention of the Federal Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPPF), before arraignment. Akinlade spoke in reaction to the arraignment of 76 defendants, including 32 minors,Continue Reading
Flowerbud News Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has strongly condemned the long detention of minors involved in the recent #EndBadGovernance protests by the police authorities. Lawmaker representing Kogi Central, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Saturday by Arogbonlo Israel, her Chief Press Secretary, described the police action as “inhumane and unjust”.Continue Reading
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of six persons for offences bordering on internet fraud before Justices Sulaiman Akanbi and Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. This is contained in a statement signedContinue Reading
…pledges to pledges to preserve sanctity of judiciary JUSTICE Kudirat Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Monday, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reaffirming his administration’s commitment to upholding the judiciary’s independence and sanctity. Justice Kekere-Ekun, the second femaleContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, fixed Oct. 25 for Ali Bello and his co-defendants to cross examine the EFCC’s 3rd prosecution witness (PW-3), Jamilu Abdullahi. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the matter after he overruled an oral application by counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN,Continue Reading
