Judiciary

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of 25 internet fraudsters before seven different judges, sitting in Federal and State High Courts, respectively in…
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Alongside 48 others, Mrs. Yemisi Grace Olakojo, a former deputy director of the Ondo State Ministry of Culture and Tourism, has been sworn in as a member of the Ondo State customary court. The six members of the Rent Tribunal were first…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday listened to the evidence of the 13th prosecution witness in the trial of the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, for an alleged N6.9bn fraud and money laundering. The witness,…
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Thirty-six (36) internet fraudsters have been sentenced to various jail terms before Justices Uche Agomoh and E.U. Akpan of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State;  Ladiran Akintola, K.B. Olawoyin, Bayo Taiwo and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo…
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Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced a former Local Government chairman, Mr Tajudeen Babatunde, to four years imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy, malicious damage, and arson. Mr. Babatunde had previously…
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Following the suit file by the federal government against the 36 states of the federation, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has directed the State Governors to file in their respective defence. Recall that the the federal Government through…
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Former Chairman, Park Management System (PMS) in Oyo State, Mukaila Lamidi, Auxiliary has been remanded at the Agodi Correctional Centre over alleged murder. An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate, Olabisi Ogunkanmi ordered the remand of the…
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The arrest of two Chiefs by operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, during a court sitting in Ogun State and the subsequent chaos, leading to the disruption of activities on the court premises have continued to generate…
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An Abuja-based Court of Appeal has ruled that, the regulations 126 and 127 of the Nigerian Police, which permit the termination of an unmarried police officer who becomes pregnant while on duty, is unlawful. In addition, the Attorney…
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As part of efforts to decongest correctional facilities throughout the state, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, the Chief Judge of Ogun State, has granted amnesty to three inmates. At the Ilaro Correctional Center in Ilaro, Ogun State, during a…
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