Governors, Speakers Appeal to Judicial Workers to Call off Strike

LabourLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernors, Speakers Appeal to Judicial Workers to Call off Strike

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 15, 2021

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies, on Thursday, in Abuja, appealed to striking judicial workers to call off their ongoing strike, in the interest of the nation. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, who is also the Deputy Chairman of the NGF, made the appeal when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after he led officials of the Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies to the office of...

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Afe Babalola Advocates for Extension of Retirement Age for Supreme Court Justices

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAfe Babalola Advocates for Extension of Retirement Age for Supreme Court Justices

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2021

A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, on Wednesday proposed 100 years as retirement age for Supreme Court Justices from 70. This is contained in a statement issued by Tunde Olofintila, the Director, Corporate Information of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD), in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. Babalola, founder of ABUAD, made the call at the virtual launch of books in honour of retired Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, CFR, of the Supreme Court to mark his...

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Nigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Law & JusticeNewsPoliticsNigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 13, 2021

The former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the need for legislation that will restrict the courts from declaring a winner in an election. The former President who spoke with journalists on Monday insisted that the situation where the judiciary is allowed to declared winners in an election as a result of electoral fraud should not be tolerated, adding that such is undemocratic. Jonathan explained that the ballot papers should be the only means of...

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FRSC Impounds 3,205 Vehicles, Apprehends 5,630 Offenders

Accidents and SafetyLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaFRSC Impounds 3,205 Vehicles, Apprehends 5,630 Offenders

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 11, 2021

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has impounded 3,205 vehicles and apprehended 5,630 offenders for committing 6,880 offenses during the Easter special patrol from March 31 to April 7. The Corps covered 1,575 routes within the period. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. He said the Corps also arraigned 87 offenders in mobile courts, convicted 79 with option...

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Over 80 Fleeing Inmates Return To Imo Correctional Centres

Law & JusticeNewsOver 80 Fleeing Inmates Return To Imo Correctional Centres

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 8, 2021

It was gathered on Wednesday that over 80 prisoners who escaped from the Owerri Custodial Centre have voluntarily returned to the facility. A source in the Nigerian Correctional Service disclosed this. The Nation report. The source said, “About 17 of them returned on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, we saw more than 20 returning back. “But they are mainly those on awaiting trial, those who have less prison term and those who are about to complete...

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Enugu NBA Urges JUSUN to Call off Strike, Calls for Dialogue

LabourLaw & JusticeNewsEnugu NBA Urges JUSUN to Call off Strike, Calls for Dialogue

PilotnewsApril 7, 2021

ENUGU — The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Enugu State chapter, has called on members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to call off their ongoing strike. The NBA Chairman in Enugu, Mr. Jude Ezegwui, made the called on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. While sympathising with JUSUN in its struggle, the chairman said that the timing of the strike be reconsidered. ”We are trying to catch...

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High Court In Maiduguri Jails Four Civilian JTF

Law & JusticeNewsHigh Court In Maiduguri Jails Four Civilian JTF

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 30, 2021

A High Court No. 11 sitting in Maiduguri, Borno state has sentenced four members of civilian JTF based in Jakana to two years without a fine. They are Alhaji Bura wakil, Hassan Jidda, Ibrahim Abatcha and Zakariya Kachalla for committing an offence of screening an offender from punishment contrary to section 167 of the penal code. The presiding judge, Justice Wakil Alkali Gana said on 21st 12 2019 at about 2:00 hours three unknown men...

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Katsina Police Command To Prosecutes Three Spirits

Law & JusticeNewsKatsina Police Command To Prosecutes Three Spirits

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 28, 2021

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three persons for posing as spirits (Aljannu) to scam people in the state. This is the second time such an arrest was made in the state. Recall in January, the command arrest Kabiru Bashir and Sadiq Ashiru for posing as evil spirits to defraud citizens in the state. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Command Gambo Isah in a statement that the suspects were trailed and got...

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EFCC Bemoans Delay In DAAR Communication Founder, Dokpesi’s Trial

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaEFCC Bemoans Delay In DAAR Communication Founder, Dokpesi’s Trial

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 26, 2021

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has expressed concerns over the delay in the trial of the founder of Daar Communication Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi. According to a statement by the anti-graft agency Wednesday, the proceedings which resumed on Tuesday, March 23, were stalled after Chika Odoemene, holding the brief of defense asked for an adjournment on the ground that their supreme witness was currently on admission at the hospital, adding that this made it...

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Court Remands Man for Allegedly Killling Neighbour

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Remands Man for Allegedly Killling Neighbour

PilotnewsMarch 24, 2021

ILE-IFE, OSUN — An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday, ordered that a 38-year-old man, Bamigboye Opeyemi, who allegedly shot his neighbour to death, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Opeyemi with murder. Magistrate A. I. Oyebadejo, did not take the plea of Opeyemi, for want in jurisdiction. Oyebadejo ordered the police to return the case to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice. She therefore...

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