Inibehe Effiong Freed From Prison After 30 Days
Nigerian lawyer Inibehe Effiong on Friday regained freedom after 30 days in prison for alleged contempt. Effiong left the prison in Akwa Ibom State at about 8:00 am and said he was ‘incarcerated’ for saying the truth. “I consider it an honour for me to be incarcerated for the truth,” Effiong whose detention drew wide protests said. In late July, Akwa Ibom...
Inibehe Effiong Challenges A/Ibom CJ To Release CCTV Footage Of Court Proceedings
After spending 30 days behind bars, human rights activist, Barrister Inibehe Effiong on Friday, breathe the air of freedom. The activist lawyer looked a bit worn out with his hair and beard shaved, but remained high-spirited as he narrated experinces. Recalling what transpired in the court on the fateful day, he asked the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ekaette Obot...
Again, Court Rejects Abba Kyari’s Bail Application, Fixes Date For Commencement Of Trial
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a fresh bail application that was brought before it by the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing drug trafficking charge. The court therefore fixed October 19 for commencement of accelerated trial. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite, held that the...
Jonah Jang Committed No Fraud As Governor, Court Rules
A state High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Friday, discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, of over the N6.3 billion corruption charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court presided over by Justice Christy Dabup also discharged and acquitted a former cashier in the office...
Ademola Adeleke To Defend Victory At Tribunal With 52 Lawyers
Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, has assembled about 52 lawyers, including seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria, to defend his case at the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, who contested the July 16 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, had asked the tribunal in Osogbo to nullify Adeleke’s election. Adeleke was the candidate of the...
Justice Sector Saved Nigeria’s Economy From Total Collapse — Malami
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice in Nigeria, Abubakar Malami has said the justice sector has been the one that saved the country’s economy from total collapse, which would have been brought about if P&ID had succeeded in enforcing an arbitral award of over $10billion. The AGF said the several recoveries made by the ministry...
Abuja Professor Who Assaulted Police Orderly Lands In Prison
A magistrate’s court sitting in Wuse, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has remanded Prof Zainab Duke Abiola in Suleja Prison over the assault of Inspector Teju Moses, a police orderly attached to her. The professor was arraigned alongside her domestic aide, Rebecca Enechido, on Friday. In a video clip that went viral on Wednesday, the officer was seen seated on the...
Policeman Who Killed Kolade Johnson Bags Life Imprisonment
A Lagos state high court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a dismissed police officer, Ogunyemi Olalekan, to life imprisonment for killing 35-year-old, Kolade Johnson. Olalekan, who was said to be attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS) of the Nigeria Police, shot Mr Johnson in the lower abdomen with an AK-47 rifle at about 5.10pm on Sunday, March 31, 2019,...
3 EFCC Lawyers, 9 Law Professors, 50 Others Make List Of Senior Advocates of Nigeria [Full List]
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), has elevated nine Professors of law, three lawyers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and 50 others to the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANS.). They were honoured with the rank by the Committee headed by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, A statement released on...
Court Only Discharged Nnamdi Kanu, Did Not Acquit Him — Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday reacted to the decision of the Appeal Court to discharge leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement signed by spokesperson, Dr. Umar Jibril Gwandu, Mr Malami said the appeal court only discharged Kanu and did not acquit him. “The Office of the...
