By Ameh Ochojila Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said the Federal Government is engaging heads of courts for the establishment of special courts to fast track justice for victims of rape, sexual and gender-based […]
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BY MICHAEL BAMIDELE A Russian woman is suing fast food giant McDonald’s after an advert showing their cheeseburgers allegedly made her break her fast during Lent. Ksenia Ovchinnikova, an Orthodox Christian from Omsk, Russia, claims that seeing McDonald’s adverts made […]
By Joseph Onyekwere Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, restrained Mrs. Oluwayemisi Ajayi from dealing with or running the affairs of her estranged husband’s firm as a sole surviving director/shareholder pending the hearing and determination of the main suit. The firm, First […]
NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Two Babcock university dropouts, said to have gang-raped a female friend, failed Thursday to have their case struck out by the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos. The duo of Don-Chima George, and […]
PRESS RELEASE Mr Oyinlade is the first-ever Nigerian, second African after Abdelrahman Al Gasim, a Sudanese lawyer, to receive the top rights award. Nigerian human rights and international law expert, Adeola Austin Oyinlade, has been declared the 2021 American Bar […]
By Odita Sunday, Abuja Police IGP Usman Alkali Baba receives the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), led by Barrister Olumide Akpata, accompanied by other officials of the association, on Wednesday, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.The Inspector-General of Police, IGP […]
by The Nation Agency Reporter A businessman, Godwin Uloko on Thursday, told a Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa that his wife, Josephine Oyibinga does not respect him. Uloko told the court that there is no peace in the house. “We […]
By Kazeem Awojoodu IBADAN – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Command, on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, secured the conviction of two fraudsters, Adisa Adebayo Adegboyega and Ganiyu Sodiq Olalekan before Justice Iyabo Yerima of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan for internet-related fraud. The development according to a copy of […]
By Akinwunmi King The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday approved the report of its committee on establishment which recommended the reduction of pensions to former governors and other affected officials by 50 per cent. The committee also expunged the […]