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Accidents and Safety Law & JusticeSon Of Nigeria Former President Reminded In Prison In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 6, 2021

YOLA — A Magistrate’s Court in Yola, Adamawa State, has remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. Yar’Adua, a student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, was charged to court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving on 23 June 2021. Police prosecutor, Insp. Zakka Musa in the First Information Report (FIR) tendered in court...

Law & Justice PoliticsAnambra Assembly Passes Financial Autonomy Bill of the State Judiciary into Law

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 3, 2021

AWKA — Anambra State House of Assembly during its plenary session today passed the “Anambra State Judiciary Funds Management” which is otherwise known as “Financial Autonomy Law 2021”. The Bill which was brought to the House by the judiciary arm of Anambra state government for consideration was duly referred to the House Committee on Judiciary chaired by Hon. Barr. Douglas Egbuna, the member representing Onitsha North 1 constituency. In line with lawmaking procedure, the committee’s...

Law & Justice NewsAfter Five Years in Jail, Court Admits No Connection between El-Zakzaky and Alleged Crimes

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 29, 2021

KADUNA — The Kaduna State High Court has freed the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zinat. In a judgment that lasted for over eight hours, the presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada, upheld the no-case submission filed by Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zinat, in an alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, and disruption of public peace levelled against them by the Kaduna state government. The...

Human Rights & Freedom Law & Justice NewsCourt Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Amid Heavy Security in Abuja

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 26, 2021

ABUJA — There was obvious increase in security around the Federal High Court on Monday morning ahead of the resumption of the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. However, Kanu did not appear before the court as expected, which made the court adjourn the hearing till October 21, 2021. When the case was called up, the court was informed by the prosecution counsel, M.B. Abubakar, that the matter was slated for hearing and that they were ready...

Human Rights & Freedom Law & JusticeCounsels To Igboho To Block His Extradition

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 25, 2021

One of the legal team and supporters of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho, Barr Ibrahim David Salami says they will prefer that he dies in the Benin Republic than allow him to be handed over to the Nigerian government. Salami who declared on Saturday vowed that everything would be done to ensure that Igboho is not extradited to Nigeria. Salami said the legal team of five in Benin has been receiving immense moral support from...

Law & Justice NigeriaCourt Orders SSS to Produce Igboho’s Aides

PilotnewsJuly 23, 2021

ABUJA — By the order of a federal high court in Abuja, the State Security Service (SSS) is expected to present the 12 detained aides of Sunday Igboho arrested during the last attack on his apartment. The court had ruled on an ex parte application brought by the detainees’ lawyer. The applicants’ counsel, Pelumi Olajengbesi, urged the court for an order demanding the security service to produce the detainees to enable the court to “inquire...

Human Rights & Freedom Law & JusticeCotonou Court Adjourn Igboho’s Trial as Nigeria Fails to File Extradition Charges

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 23, 2021

Communications manager of Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye has disclosed that Nigeria did not file any charge against Sunday Igboho before he was arraigned at Cour De’appal De Cotonou, the Republic of Benin on Thursday. The Yoruba activist was arraigned at the court following his arrest at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou on Monday night. He was arrested with his wife on their way to Germany. A statement issued by Adeleye on behalf of ...

Crime & Security Law & Justice NewsMan Kills Wife Over N1, 000.00

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 23, 2021

A 41-year-old man, Usman Hammawa, has been apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly beating his 36-year-old wife to death over N1, 000. The image maker of the Adamawa State Police Command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, commended the locals and police for exposing and making it impossible for the criminal to escape justice. He said a fight ensued after Rabiyatu Usman demand her husband refund...

Law & JusticeEid-El-Kabir: Ganduje Frees 136 Inmates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 22, 2021

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has released 136 inmates from Kano custodial centres as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. After releasing them, each of the inmates was given a sum of N5,000 as transport fare back to their respective destinations. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, announced the pardon to the inmates on Tuesday when he visited Goron Dutse Medium Custodial Centre. The statement read: “In your position as...

Business Law & Justice NigeriaLawyers Decries Non-Payment Of Judgment By Federal Government Agencies

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

ABUJA — Lawyers who have won various litigations against the federal government agencies have cried out over non-payment of judgment debts incurred by the government. In a statement issued by the director of Legal Services, Centre for Civic Education, Barrister Agomuo Chimaobi, on behalf of the lawyers, said the unpaid judgement debts were affecting them economically, having used their personal resources to prosecute some of the cases on behalf of their clients. Parts of the...

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