JUDICIARY

ABUJA – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that the Nigerian Judiciary must embrace technology and innovation, not only for the evolution of the profession and national development but also to ensure that the country’s justice delivery mechanism is run on a system of enforceable, discernible laws and efficient …

ABUJA – The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), We must state with profound respect to the Court that the bench warrant came to us as a surprise for the simple reason that we did not breach any Court pronouncement. According to a press release e-signed and …

ABUJA – A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 has ruled that former Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun was ineligible for national service. The court said she was not supposed to present herself for National Youth Service because under the 1979 Constitution, which was in …

NEW YORK – Bill Cosby is set to be released from prison after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Cosby, 83, had served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia. The state Supreme Court …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has stressed the need to entrench user-friendly civil justice, just as he identified absent of justice in the society as one of the factors impacting negatively on the welfare of the people. Speaking at the launch of the Ogun State Transformation …

YOLA – Wife of a Pastor in Adamawa State, Mrs. Jumal Mala, has alleged that her husband, Pastor Yakubu Kefas, have slept with several women right inside his church. Jummal made this disclosure when she appeared before an Upper Area Court 3, in Yola, where she alleged Mr Yakubu, the …

The Civil Liberties Organization has berated AMCON for failing to obey court orders on an ongoing case involving the agency and Peace Global Satellite Communications Limited. The Human Rights Organization made this disclosure in Lagos today during a press conference. The organization stated below its findings after a thorough investigation …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – A two day orientation programme was organized by the Ministry of Justice to usher in the newly appointed State Counsel into the ministry. The event which took place between January 14 and 15, 2021 at the Conference Room Mediation Centre, Ministry of Justice Ibadan was …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has built capacity of the recently inaugurated Family Court Assessors and other relevant stakeholders, to bring about effective court judgement on the family system in the State. The State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Modupe Dipeolu while speaking at the …

IBADAN – The National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 has said it will deliver judgement on the suit (NICN/IB/85/2019) between Mr. Soji Amosu and three others against Chief Chris Isiguzo, President, Nigerian Union of Journalists, (NUJ) and others, on February 24, 2021. According …