Legal Nigeria

By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos has warned lawyers from filing frivolous motions for purposes of stalling pending cases. The judge warned lawyers while ruling on preliminary objection seeking discontinuation of a 14-year-old suit in […]

Robert Egbe By Robert Egbe  The Lagos State Government yesterday asked Justice David Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos to recuse himself from a suit filed by Admiral Festus Porbeni (Retd) over a disputed Lekki property. It averred in […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Godwin Oritse AHEAD of the local government elections billed for tomorrow, Lagos State Government, yesterday, announced seven hours restriction of movement across the state. This came on a day the United Kingdom Deputy High Commissioner in […]

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 […]

Six of the 100 suspected Boko Haram members declared wanted by the army have been arrested in Lagos. Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Ahmed, Goigoi Kamsalem, Ibrahim Mohammed, Banagana Blam Ali and Adam were arrested last Friday by vigilantes. The Seriki Hausawa […]

By Evelyn Usman A six-man robbery gang yesterday shot a bank customer, who had gone to withdraw an undisclosed amount from one of the new generation banks at Odunade, Alaba area of Lagos, dead, carting away the withdrawn amount. The […]