The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Wednesday urged magistrates to strictly adhere to the law while giving remand orders, cautioning them against carrying out such actions in the absence of…
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Court grants Farotimi N50m bail
A federal high court sitting in Ado Ekiti has granted human rights activist, Dele Farotimi N50m bail in the case of defamation instituted against him by the Ekiti State Police…
Alleged Defamation: NBA demands release of human rights lawyer, Farotimi
…as Court remands activist in Ado-Ekiti correctional center The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has demanded the immediate release of a detained human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, by…
Man in Prison for Impregnating Daughter
A 48-year-old man identified as Mallam Adamu Ibrahim Umaru has been remanded over alleged raping and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter. Umaru’s imprisonment was ordered by the magistrate Court 1 in…
Kwara Grand Qadi Inaugurates Independent Shariah Arbitration Panel in Ekiti
The grand Qadi of the Kwara State Shariah Court of Appeal ,Justice Abdul-Lateef Kamaldeen on Saturday inaugurated 11-man Ekiti State Arbitration Panel ,with a promise that the panel would…
Bobrisky released from prison
Leyoo Ajeokun Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been set free from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre. This comes after the controversial cross- dresser has spent six months in…
14-yr old Student in court narrates ordeal of several abortions for Cleric- School Principal
A 14-year-old secondary school student, has revealed a traumatized incident before an Akure Magistrates’ Family Court, Ondo state on how she aborted three times for her school principal and clergyman,…
Court declares Shaibu’s impeachment illegal
…reinstates Edo deputy governor The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the impeachment of Edo state Deputy Governor ,Mr. Philip Shaibu The court, in the judgment delivered by…
Edo 2024: Court upholds Akpata as LP Guber Candidate, nullifies Imansuangbon’s suit
The Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State capital on Monday faults a lawsuit filed by Kenneth Imansuagbon challenging the candidature of the Labour Party (LP), governorship candidate,…
Supreme Court orders financial autonomy to Local Governments
The Supreme Court has stopped the 36 governors of the federation from directing the funds that are meant for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the country. The apex…