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Engage #EndBadGovernance Protesters Before It’s Too Late, Falana Advises Tinubu, Criticises Court Judgments Restricting Demonstrators

8 months ago1277 min

Renowned human rights advocate and senior lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to engage in dialogue with the young Nigerians driving the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests.   Falana spoke on Thursday evening while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today.   He emphasised the need for the government to listen to and address the grievances of the youth, who have been vocal about their discontent through peaceful demonstrations.  ...

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Protests Belong On Streets, Not In Stadiums, Lawyer Temokun Knocks Wike, Governors Over Court Judgements

8 months ago1488 min

Tope Temokun, a lawyer and human rights activist, has strongly denounced the government’s move to arm security agencies with court orders to suppress peaceful protests. Temokun described this development as a dangerous precedent, emphasising that it is ill-conceived and will not withstand scrutiny. In a statement released on Thursday, Temokun reminded authorities that court orders cannot silence the cries of a hungry and desperate people. He criticised the government’s new policy of seeking court orders...

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Kogi court remands man for robbery
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Kogi court remands man for robbery

8 months ago1244 min

A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State has remanded an 18-year-old suspect, Ibrahim Musa, for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery. Musa was dragged before the magistrate court by the Department of State Service for committing an offence punishable under Section 298 of the Kogi State Administration of Criminal Justice. The prosecution counsel, Yahaya Olanrewaju, has filed an ex parte motion supported by an 18-paragraph affidavit seeking an application for an order of the honourable...

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BREAKING: Lawyer Temokun Drags Governor Aiyedatiwa, Others To Court Over Appointment Of Transition Committees For Ondo Local Councils

8 months ago10112 min

Tope Temokun, a lawyer and human rights advocate, has taken Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to court, challenging the legality of appointing and inaugurating Caretaker Committees or Transition Committees to manage local government affairs in the state.  The lawsuit, filed at the Ondo State High Court’s Akure Division, seeks a court order declaring such appointments illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void.  The Attorney General of Ondo State and the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission are also defendants...

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Ondo court remands pastor for defiling 14-year-old daughter
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Ondo court remands pastor for defiling 14-year-old daughter

8 months ago1174 min

An Ondo State Family Court has ordered the remand of a pastor, Adetunji Obatayo, in the Olokuta Correctional Centre for sexually assaulting his foster daughter and procuring an abortion for her three times. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim had been living with the defendant since 2020 when her parents handed her over to the pastor.  Obatayo is also the principal of the school where the 14-year-old victim attends. The 55-year-old defendant was arrested by...

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Court jails Akwa Ibom man for spraying naira notes
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Court jails Akwa Ibom man for spraying naira notes

8 months ago1123 min

The Akwa Ibom Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Etiusen Stephen for spraying naira notes before Justice M.A.Oyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. This was disclosed in a statement posted on X.com on Wednesday. Stephen was arraigned on July 19, 2024, on a two-count charge of naira abuse, which violates Section 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria...

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Rivers court remands 12 over cop’s murder
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Rivers court remands 12 over cop’s murder

9 months ago1304 min

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded 12 suspects to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in connection with the alleged murder of a female Police Inspector, Christiana Erekere. The suspects, including a groom identified as Efeoghene Uwheraka, were arraigned by the police on 13 counts bothering on conspiracy to murder, among others. They were arraigned after allegedly killing the police officer who stopped them for a search operation along the Taabaa...

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BREAKING: Nigerian High Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Arabic Inscriptions On Naira Notes

9 months ago1045 min

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, dismissed a case brought by Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo challenging the inclusion of Arabic inscriptions on Nigerian currency – naira.     Citing the precedent set in Chief Gani Fawehinmi vs. Akilu (1998) 2NWLR (Part 102), 122 at 169, Justice Bogoro ruled that while Omirhobo has the standing to bring the action, he failed to provide sufficient evidence that the Central Bank of...

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BREAKING: Nigerian High Court Strikes Out Two Cybercrime Charges Against Social Media Influencer, Ijele; Nullifies Stringent Bail Conditions

9 months ago1139 min

  A Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out two of the three counts of cybercrime charges brought against social media blogger,Mr. Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, popularly known as Ijele. In a ruling delivered on Friday, the court also nullified the initial stringent bail conditions that had kept Ijele in prison. Legal luminary, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), had filed a preliminary objection challenging the validity of his trial for alleged cybercrime offences. The charges were...

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BREAKING: Judge Rules Federal High Court Lacks Power Over Criminal Defamation In Nigerian Police Case Against Social Media Influencer, Ijele

9 months ago1187 min

  A Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that the court lacks the power to try the offence of criminal defamation. The court stated this while dismissing two of the three counts of cybercrime charges brought against social media blogger, Mr. Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, popularly known as Ijele. SaharaReporters earlier on Friday reported that a Federal High Court in Lagos had struck out two of the three counts of cybercrime charges brought against the...

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