By Joseph Onyekwere Lagos courts have cleared two Beninoise nationals of the conspiracy, stealing and forgery charges brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2017. In the first suit marked LD/2415C/16, Justice O. A. Taiwo discharged […]
By Alice Lawrence-Nemi Arbitration is the most common and most preferred means of resolving international commercial disputes. The benefits of arbitration include relative speed, privacy, and party autonomy in selection of their umpire. The beneficiary of an Arbitration Award expects that […]
By Eniola Daniel and Silver Nwokoro Women Empowerment and Legal Aid (WELA) and the Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Comrade Deji Adeyanju have condemned the detention of a female soldier, Sofiyat Akinlabi by the Nigerian Army for accepting marriage proposal. Akinlabi was reported […]
By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a self-acclaimed prophetess, Linda Mabi-Praise to five years imprisonment over a fraud of N128 million fraud. Mabi-Praise was sentenced after she was found […]
By Ngozi Egenuka Lawmaker representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Hon Kingsley Ogundu Chinda, has hailed Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja for making the final list of the Gani Fawhinmi Outstanding Integrity Award organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda […]
By Ameh Ochojila • CSOs task agencies to ensure submission of torture report to UN The UN has called on Nigeria to ensure detainees’ rights are brought to the law court and the freedom to challenge the legality of their detention at […]
By Charles Ogugbuaja Stakeholders in the fight against corruption across the country, after an extensive deliberation recently, have urged the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to extend the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS). The implementation of NACS included the two […]
By Agency Reporter The absence of Justice Iniekenimi Uzakah of a High Court in Bayelsa on Monday stalled the trial of John Idumange, who raised an alarm over the alleged diversion of N3 billion Agriculture loan by government officials in Bayelsa. […]
By Agency Reporter A 56-year-old businessman, Umar Muhammed, was on Tuesday docked in a Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja for alleged N15 million fraud The police charged Muhammed, who resides in Mararaba, Nasarawa State with criminal breach of trust, cheating, impersonation […]
By Agency Reporter A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, awarded N2 million fine against Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) over the refusal to comply with its order on the release of the travel documents of former Rivers Governor, Peter Odili. Justice […]