The National Judicial Council (NJC) has barred judges being investigated for criminal offences from presiding over cases and performing other functions relating to their offices pending when their innocence is established.The NJC made the decision at its 79th meeting held […]
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Wednesday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Segun Fabunmi, the former Divisional Police Officer of Pen Cinema Agege Police Station, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter. The sentence was passed on him in December 2015 by a Lagos High Court following the death of one Ademola Aderintola Daramola during the […]
°Reserves sentence pending the end of trialDavidson Iriekpen A Federal High Court in Lagos wednesday convicted the four companies allegedly used by a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-owei Emmanuel Dudafa, to launder $15,591,700. The trial judge, Justice […]
The failure of the police to arrest the chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Mr Jide Awe for alleged murder has made a high court in Ado Ekiti to strike out the murder charge preferred against the […]
Amnesty International has condemned the 10 years imprisonment imposed by a Military Court in Cameroon on three young men, Fomusoh Ivo Feh, and his friends Afuh Nivelle Nfor and Azah Levis Gob – who were convicted of ‘non-denunciation of terrorist […]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered a bogus financial transaction of N18 million in the foreign account of Justice Rita Ngozi Ofili-Ajumogobia. It was learnt that the commission “stumbled on the N18 million wired into the foreign […]
The Lagos State Government has promised to protect and respect the rights of all.The Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mrs Funlola Odunlami, said this at a workshop by the Public Advice Centre (PAC) held at the Combo Hall […]
The executive, not the National Judicial Council (NJC), should be blamed for corruption among judicial officers, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmud Mohammed, has said.He said the failure of the executive to act upon recommendations by the Commission cannot […]
Ex-NSA prefers political solution Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, who is on trial for alleged mismanagement of $2.1billion arms funds, would like former President Goodluck Jonathan to be his witness, it was learnt yesterday.Dr. Jonathan has faulted the […]
Amendment V {to the U.S Constitution} “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval […]