ECOWAS Court Declares Kudirat Abiola’s Assassination Case Inadmissible

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaWest AfricaECOWAS Court Declares Kudirat Abiola’s Assassination Case Inadmissible

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2025

The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, on Friday, declared the case concerning Khalifa Abiola and two others and the Federal Government of Nigeria over alleged claims of human rights violations involving late Mrs Kudirat Abiola as inadmissible. The case filed under suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/62/22 was brought before the Court by the applicants, Khalifa Abiola, Moriam Abiola and Hadi Abiola suing on behalf of themselves and the estate of late Kudirat whom they alleged to have...

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PHOTOS: Churches, Hotels, and Businesses Sealed Over Noise Pollution in Lagos

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPHOTOS: Churches, Hotels, and Businesses Sealed Over Noise Pollution in Lagos

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 29, 2024

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has sealed several establishments, including churches, hotels, bars, and other businesses, for breaching environmental laws in the state. The enforcement exercise, which targeted Mushin, Amuwo Odofin, and Okota Isolo areas, was part of LASEPA’s intensified efforts to tackle noise pollution and other environmental infractions across Lagos.   This development was disclosed in a statement posted on the agency’s verified X account on Thursday. According to LASEPA, the affected...

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State Governments Face Off Against EFCC: Supreme Court Delays Ruling

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaState Governments Face Off Against EFCC: Supreme Court Delays Ruling

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 22, 2024

…Anambra, Adamawa, and Ebonyi shift stance The Supreme Court of Nigeria has reserved judgment in a case concerning the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and related agencies. This decision follows a hearing held on Tuesday, 22 October 2024, during which legal representatives from various states presented their arguments before a seven-member panel led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji. The suit, initially filed by the Kogi State Government through...

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Court Rules in Favour of Falana and Falz in Defamation Case Against VeryDarkMan

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Rules in Favour of Falana and Falz in Defamation Case Against VeryDarkMan

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 15, 2024

…Orders Takedown of Defamatory Social Media Posts The Lagos State High Court has issued an order restraining Martins Otse, a social media critic popularly known as VeryDarkMan, from circulating defamatory videos and comments about renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz. In a ruling delivered on Monday by Justice M. O. Dawodu in suit no: ID/8584/GCM/2024, the court directed VeryDarkMan to remove the defamatory posts made...

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NNPC Destroys Over 8,000 Illegal Refineries

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaOil & GasNNPC Destroys Over 8,000 Illegal Refineries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 29, 2024

…Targets 3 Million Barrels Per Day Amidst War on Oil Theft The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, has destroyed over 8,000 illegal refineries across the country in the last six months. This was disclosed by the Deputy Manager, Command and Control Centre of the NNPCL, Murtala Muhammad, during a stakeholders’ engagement session in Abuja on Saturday. Muhammad, in a presentation on the menace of crude oil theft and its effects on Nigeria’s economy, revealed...

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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola Retires at 70

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaChief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola Retires at 70

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 23, 2024

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the 22nd Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, has officially retired from service after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. A valedictory session was held in his honour on Thursday at the Supreme Court premises in Abuja. Born on 22 August 1954, Justice Ariwoola had a distinguished judicial career spanning over four decades. He was appointed to the Supreme Court bench on 22 November 2011, and later became the substantive CJN on...

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Court Sentences Fake Lawyer to Three Months Imprisonment

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Sentences Fake Lawyer to Three Months Imprisonment

PilotnewsJune 20, 2024

…Refers Employer to NBA for Disciplinary Actions Anambra State High Court sitting at Otuocha has sentenced Obinna Oraezue, a ‘fake lawyer,’ to three months imprisonment with hard labour at Onitsha Correctional Centre for contempt of court. The court also referred M.T Olisaeke Law firm, which hired Oraezue as a “junior lawyer” without proper checks, to the Onitsha branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) for investigation and disciplinary actions. Oraezue, dressed in full regalia of...

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Kano Crisis: CJN Summons Presiding Judges over Ruling Conflicts

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaKano Crisis: CJN Summons Presiding Judges over Ruling Conflicts

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 30, 2024

CJN Summons Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court By Hassan Umar Shallpella The conflicting interim injunctions regarding the Kano Emirate tussle have forced the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola to summon the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court to appear before him. The conflicting orders have led to significant confusion regarding the rightful authority and protection of...

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NAFDAC Uncovers Fake Cosmetics Producer In Lagos

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNAFDAC Uncovers Fake Cosmetics Producer In Lagos

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 22, 2024

A fake cosmetics producer at Balogun Trade Fair Gate in the Trade Fair Complex, Lagos has been uncovered by the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC over illegal activities. NAFDAC, in a post via its X handle on Monday, April 22, revealed that the producer, Pius Eyoh, the owner of Pasco Global Limited, was caught manufacturing, packaging, distributing and selling substandard and counterfeit cosmetic products,...

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2024 Aguata NBA Law Week: AG, Prof. Ifemeje Touts Landmarks and Expectations

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria2024 Aguata NBA Law Week: AG, Prof. Ifemeje Touts Landmarks and Expectations

PilotnewsApril 19, 2024

The Anambra State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Sylvia Ifemeje, has announced that the end-to-end full automation of the 31 High Courts in Anambra and the Ministry of Justice, when completed by the end of the year, would make the state the first to achieve such feat in the Nigeria justice sector. Speaking after she received the “Amazon of the Frontline Bar” award from the Aguata branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA,...

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