Category: Judiciary

Court restrains Kwara government from taking over Ile-Arugbo

By Correspondent in Ilorin A Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin has granted an interim order restraining Kwara state government from taking over landed properties,...

Jukun/Tiv suit: Court adjourns indefinitely

By Correspondent in Jalingo The transfer of the Judge of the Jalingo Division of the Federal High Court, Taraba state on Friday led to the indefinite adjournment of the...

Uplift State Judiciary, Gov. Bello urges Ag. Chief Judge

By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja Kogi State Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello has sworn-in Acting Chief Judge,Justice Richards Olorunju Olorunfemi,with a task on him to uplift the...

Court grants sacked Sunset Teachers bail.

By Correspondent in Ilorin A Magistrates’Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday granted bail to the six protesting former ‘Sunset Teachers’ who were...

Saraki’s trial:Counsel Cross-Examines EFCC Witness over Alleged N220m Contract Scam

By Correspondent in Ilorin The trial of a former Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Millenium Development Goals, MDGs, Alhaji Ope Saraki, continued on...

Commission assures Kogites of direct access to justice

By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja The people of kogi state have been assured of continued and direct access to justice, especially the indigents, vulnerable, poor and the less...

Saraki lawyers to Kwara govt–Demolition Of Ile Arugbo, illegal

By Correspondent in Ilorin The legal team of Asa Investments, the owners of the property on which late Dr. Olusola Saraki’s Ile Arugbo was erected have described the...

Court strikes out Saraki’s case, Kwara govt reclaims Ile Arugbo land

By Correspondent in Ilorin Kwara State Government on Tuesday, got a legal green light to proceed with building on the controversial Ile Arugbo land in Ilorin, following...

Criminality: Bello advocates stiffer penalty for informants

By Correspondent in Minna The Governor of Niger state, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has advocated stiffer penalty against those feeding bandits with information, fuelling...

Court overturns 2 blasphemy convictions

(CBC)A Nigerian court threw out two blasphemy convictions on Thursday that had caused an international outcry, freeing a teenager from a 10-year prison sentence and...