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Aug

2024

Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun Appointed New Chief Justice Of Nigeria

Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has been appointed as the New Chief Justice of Nigeria The former Chief Justice (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, has retired as a Supreme Court judge this August paving the way for the appointment of the second female to ever hold the post of CJN. Kudirat Kekere-Ekun (born1958), has been a Supreme Court judge since 2013, has succeed Ariwoola when he takes a bow on his controversial tenure. The constitution mandates that the president sends the name of the most senior Supreme Court judge to the Senate for confirmation as CJN when the incumbent retires. Kekere-Ekun is the most…

Aug

2024

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Exposed: Judge Who Restricted Abuja Protesters To A Stadium Is Wike’s Kinsman

Judiciary, News Flash, Politics

REVEALED: Judge Who Restricted Abuja Protesters To A Stadium Is Wike’s Kinsman Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, who gave the order restricting protesters of the just concluded #EndBadGovernance demonstration to MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, hails from Obi Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, like Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Chidi Odinkalu, a Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, drew attention to this, on Sunday. “I didn’t really want to be the person saying it but the @fcthighcourt judge who gave the…

Aug

2024

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Court Jails 24 Internet Fraudsters

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash

Court Jails 24 Internet Fraudsters Justice G. O. Imadegbelo of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, has sentenced 24 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The fraudsters were prosecuted by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zone. This was made known in a post via the EFCC’s X handle on Friday, August 2. The post reads:”The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of 24 internet fraudsters to various jail terms by Justice G. O. Imadegbelo of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin…

Aug

2024

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2 Students Arraigned For Hacking MTN Computers

Education, Judiciary, News Flash

Two Students Arraigned For Hacking MTN Computers The Police Special Fraud Unit has arraigned students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, and Resign Regal Academy, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, for allegedly hacking MTN Nigeria Communication Plc’s computers and stealing airtime and data valued at N1.9bn. Oluwabukola and Odemerho who were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday are facing four counts bordering on conspiracy, unauthorised access into the company’s web-based platform known as Application Programming Interface and unlawful conversion, preferred against them by the police. The police prosecution counsel, Justine Enang, told the court that the defendants committed…

Jul

2024

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Abacha’s Family Drags Tinubu, Wike To Court

Judiciary, FGN, News Flash

Abacha’s Family Drags Tinubu, Wike To Court Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Mariam Sani Abacha and her son, Mohammed Sani Abacha, have dragged the President, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and two others before the Court of Appeal in Abuja seeking recovery of an alleged unlawfully revoked property of former Head of State, Late General Sani Abacha. The property located in the Maitama District of Abuja was said to have been revoked by the Federal Government and sold to a private company, Salamed Ventures Limited, without the knowledge of the Abacha family. The Abacha family is praying…

Jul

2024

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Gov. Otti Declares Open 4 Days Training Program For Judicial Officers; Assures ABIA Judiciary Better Working Conditions

Abia State, Good Governance, Judiciary, News Flash

GOV OTTI ASSURES ABIA JUDICIARY OF BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS *Charges them to remain unbiased in justice disposition Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, has assured the judiciary arm of government in the state of his determination to provide enabling environment for the administration of justice system in the state. Governor Otti stated this while declaring open a four day training programme by the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICARB) in the Capital City of God's Own State. Represented by his Deputy, Engr Ikechukwu Lekwachi Emetu, FNSE, Governor Otti disclosed that the essence of organising the programme is to…

Jul

2024

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Corruption: IMO State Chief Judge Caught In The Web Of Age Falsification

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash

Breaking news… Imo State Judiciary reeks of massive corruption as the State Chief Judge is caught in the web of age falsification. Majority of National Judicial Council NJC nominees for Imo State Judiciary also falsified their ages. The Imo State Judiciary is in the eye of the storm as a Coalition of Civil Society Groups; the Civil Society Engagement Platform CSEP has opened a can of worms over age falsification by the Chief Judge of the State; Chikeka and many others recommended by the National Judicial Council NJC for appointment as Judges in the State. In a petition made available…

Jul

2024

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ECOWAS Court Finds FGN Guilty Of Rights Violation During #EndSARS Protest

Human Rights, International, Judiciary, News Flash

ECOWAS Court Finds FG Gu¡lty Of Rights Violation During #EndSARS Protest The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) community court of justice has found the federal government of Nigeria guilty of human rights abuses in its response to the #EndSARS protest in October 2020. The court ruled on Wednesday that the Nigerian government’s actions, particularly its disproportionate use of force at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, breached several international human rights standards, including articles 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African charter on human and peoples’ rights. The court mandates the Nigerian government to pay…

Jul

2024

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Fubara Wins As Appeal Court Strikes Out Sacked Rivers LG Chairmen’s Suit

Judiciary, News Flash, Politics

Fubara Wins As Appeal Court Strikes Out Sacked Rivers LG Chairmen’s Suit The Court of Appeal, sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday, dismissed two appeals instituted by the sacked Local Government Chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The appeals, marked CA/PH/137M/2024 and CA/PH/145M/2024, were filed by the former Chairman of Opobo/Nkoro LGA, Enyiada Cookey-Gam, and six others, challenging the decisions of the High Court regarding the elongation of their tenure. While delivering its ruling, the court ruled that the appeals lacked merit and consequently struck them out. The judgement comes weeks after Governor Siminalayi Fubara…

Jul

2024

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N80.2Billion Fraud: Abuja Court Rejects Yahaya Bello’s Bid To Transfer Case To Kogi

Crime, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Judiciary, News Flash

(N80.2Billion Fraud): Abuja High Court Rejects Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello’s Bid To Transfer Case To Kogi Justice John Tsoho, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, has rejected a request by former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to transfer his N80.2 billion fraud case from Abuja to the Kogi division of the court. The Chief Judge sided with Dr. Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who argued that Bello’s application was flawed on three grounds. The ruling means the case will continue to be heard in Abuja. Yahaya Bello is facing a 19-count charge of…