Category: Judiciary

Prophet Ayorinde The Lagos Command of Nigeria Police (NP), has asked Ikeja High Court, Lagos State, to dismiss a fundamental rights suit filed against the Police and three others  by Pastor Samson Ayorinde of the World Evangelism Church, 5-7, Ojota-Ogudu Road, Lagos, over investigation on alleged issuance of dud Cheques. Ayorinde and others have instituted the suit through their lawyer, Emmanuel B. Benjamin, against Mr. Oludare Amos Aturamu, Mrs. Kemi Adesanya, Smart Link Property Services, Commissioner of Police, Lagos,…

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  The legal hostility between a multinational Oil company, Petrocam Trading Nigeria Limited, and Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has taken a new twist as the company and its managing director, Mr. Patrick Ilo have filed an application before a Federal High Court in Lagos urging the presiding Judge, Rilwan Aikawa to refer the suit filed against them by Union Bank of Nigeria Plc to the Chief Judge of the court for reassignment to another judge of the court…

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  By Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos lawyer, Isaac Anumudu, has engaged the Bajulaiye Family in a legal battle over Lagos Island property. Anumudu is claiming N500million damages from the Task Force Unit for enforcement of the Lagos State Properties Protection Law and its chairman, as a result of alleged unlawful detention. Suing alongside the lawyer are two other persons, Mrs Stella Anumudu, Mr Obediah Josiah and a limited liability company, Crown Star Limited. Joined as co-defendants are, Inspector General…

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  Melaye on stretcher. The hope of an early freedom for Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District was dashed on Monday as a Kogi High Court in Lokoja adjourned hearing of his bail application and counter motion to Thursday May 10, 2018. Melaye with Kabiru Seidu, alias Osama, and Nuhu Salihu, aka Small, is standing trial on seven-counts bordering on illegal possession of firearms, criminal conspiracy and illegal dealing in arms. The Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah,…

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  Melaye being brought out on stretcher from an ambulance for arraignment. Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has been arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court. The senator, who is allegedly battling with some health complications, came into the court yard in an ambulance. It will be recalled that Melaye was also arraigned on Wednesday by the Police at a Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, for allegedly attempting to escape from lawful custody and also threatening…

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  Nwobike, (Ph.D; SAN.). A senior Nigerian lawyer, Dr. Joseph Nwobike, (SAN) who was earlier today convicted for bribery, has been sentenced to one month in prison by Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja Division. Dr. Nwobike was convicted on 12 counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. He was sentenced to one month in prison for each of the 12 counts. But because the sentences are to run concurrently, he would spend…

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Mr. Ugwuonye.  The Supreme Court has finally struck out the name of controversial Lagos lawyer, Mr. Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye, from its roll. The apex court’s decision to delist the lawyer was conveyed to him in a letter dated 24 April, 2018. The letter (Ref No. 197/SCN/LIT/100118) was signed by Mrs. Gertrude B Bari-Nyana on behalf of the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, titled: “Re-BB/LPDC/217/16 Nigerian Bar Association V. Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye”. “This is to notify you of a…

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  The Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the suit filed by Accord Party challenging the National Assembly’s re-ordering of the sequence of election which countered the time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court ruled on Wednesday that the National Assembly could not amend the election timetable of INEC. Both houses of the National Assembly had amended the Electoral Act bill and adopted a reordered sequence of the 2019 general election, putting the…

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 Senator Nwaoboshi (middle) being escorted out of the courtroom by EFCC officials  A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday broke the jinx when it ordered the remand of the serving senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, in prison custody. The remand order was made by Justice Mohammed Idris shortly after Nwaoboshi was arraigned for an alleged fraud of N322m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Nwaoboshi, an ally of a convicted…

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  Uche Secondus, PDP chairman. The High Court in Port Harcourt has restrained Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed from further publishing the name of the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Uche Secondus, in looters’ list. The Chief Judge of Rivers state, Justice Iyayi Laminikara, who presided over the matter of libel, asked the plaintiff to serve the defendant with the appropriate notice. The defendants or their representatives were absent in court. Secondus had on March…

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