February 2022 – The Advocate News

Effective justice delivery: Experts canvass for proper funding of nation’s judiciary

February 28, 2022

Legal pundits at the two-day workshop on proper funding of the judiciary for equal access to justice held in Abuja…. recently. From left to right: DG of Office of Public Defender, Abdullahi Zakari, DG of Legal Aid Council, Nigeria, Aliyu Bagudu, Prof David Blake, Hon Justice Reginald Fynn of the Court of Appeal, Sierra Leone, Ebelechukwu Enedah and Jason Downs of District of Columbia, USA. By Executive Editor, Judiciary.A two-day workshop on achieving effectiveness in the quest for equal…

Judge threatens to close AGF’s case for failing to produce witnesses

February 20, 2022

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By Executive Editor, Judiciary. A judge of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Justice Ambrose Lewis Allagoa on Friday last week threatened to close the prosecution’s case in the trial of Mr Kenneth Amadi who is being prosecuted by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over an alleged N2.9 billion fraud. The judge in a tone suggestive of an unequivocal finality told the prosecuting team that if by the next adjourned date it fails to produce its…

Folake Etomi assumes office as new NIWIIT co-ordinator for Lagos State

February 14, 2022

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Mrs. Etomi and her new Lagos NIWIIT executive members in a group photograph after the swearing in ceremony on Thursday, February 10, 2022……. in Lagos. By Executive Edidor, IT.A new co-ordinator of Nigeria Women In Information Technology (NIWIIT), Lagos State Chapter, Mrs. Folake Etomi and her new executive were on Thursday, 10th February 2022 in a colourful ceremony that took place in Lagos, sworn into office to take charge of the professional women association henceforth. Her other executive members…