October, 2021 - Legal Nigeria

PICTURES: Thanksgiving Service For the Inauguration of FIDA, Ikorodu Branch

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Below are some of the pictures taken at the ongoing Thanksgiving service for the Inauguration of FIDA, Ikorodu Branch today, 3rd October, 2021. The Thanksgiving service is held at Methodist Church Cathedral Ita-Elewa adjacent to the High Court Ikorodu Lagos […]

I Have Not Received NBA Committee Report On Crises In Dutse Branch Says Jigawa AG

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By Unini Chioma Nigerian Bar Association (NBA’s) fact-finding committee instituted to locate lasting solutions to the festering crises in the Dutse branch, Jigawa State, has submitted its report. The committee, which was led by NBA’s vice-president, John Aikpokpo-Martins, made some far-reaching […]

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Court Orders Characterize 2021 Sports Federations Elections

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By Unini Chioma The 2021 sports federations elections which were held on Thursday in Abuja have come and gone but not without the sad incidents that usually characterize such elections in Nigeria. The gladiators as expected deployed all manners of tools […]

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BREAKING: Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Hearing As FG Absent In Abia Court

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By Adedayo Babatunde Justice K. C. J. Okereke of Abia State High Court has adjourned the hearing of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu till Thursday, October 7, 2021. The vacation judge took the […]

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Court Stops NUJ From Proceeding With October 3-5 National Delegate Conference

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By Tony Ezimakor A Federal High Court in Ibadan, presided by Justice Opeloye Ogunbowale has issued an order restraining the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), its President, Chris Isiguzo and Secretary, Mr Shuiabu Usman Liman from proceeding with events of the […]

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Court jails ex-navy captain for N45 million fraud

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The ex-navy captain was convicted for presenting false documents to obtain N45 million from a bank. CHUKWUEMEKA AYOMIDE The Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a retired navy captain Jerry Ogbonna to 13 years in prison for N45 million fraud. […]

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‘They’re armed to the teeth’ — lawyer narrates encounter with IPOB members

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by Bolanle Olabimtan Fabian Onwughalu, a lawyer and former chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Lagos branch, has narrated his encounter with gunmen who are supporters of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Onwughalu, who narrated how […]

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Court slams Adesina’s impostor with 28years imprisonment

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By Odun Edwar and Timothy Agbor Mother, son bag 8 years for stealing cigarettes, others in Osun Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, yesterday slammed 28 years imprisonment on Alfa Jamiu Isiaka, a self-styled Alfa in Ilorin for […]

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Court sentences commercial sex worker to four years in prison

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By Uja Emmanuel, An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Thursday sentenced a commercial sex worker, Dooshima Anems, to four years imprisonment for biting a customer’s tongue during sex. The police charged Anems with assault and causing grievous hurt. The […]

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NIGERIA @ 61 – By Jide Akinrotimi,Esq.

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Recall on October 1st 1960, when Prime Minister Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa received the constitutional instruments symbolizing Nigeria’s independence, he expressed his wish that having acquired our rightful status as an independent sovereign nation, history would record that the building […]