IGP Says Police Have Arrested Operatives Who Allegedly Invaded Justice Mary Odili’s Home
Some operatives who laid siege to the Abuja residence of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili have been arrested, Inspector-General Alkali Usman announced yesterday in Lagos. The police boss neither gave the number of those arrested nor their organisations. But he said the circumstances surrounding the incident were being investigated. In his first comment on the incident, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)...
Deal With Lawyers Who Help Clients To Delay Justice, Buhari Tells Judges
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, maintained that delay in the dispensation of justice, as well as the rising number of cases pending in various courts across the federation, have remained a subject of grave concern to his administration. President Buhari, while declaring the 2021 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference of the Superior Courts, open in Abuja, said there was a need...
Ministry Of Justice Deceived Me To Issue Search Warrant Against Justice Odili — Magistrate
An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Wuse Zone 6, has accused the Federal Government of misleading it to issue a search warrant against a Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili. Justice Odili is currently the second most senior jurist of the apex court, after the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad. Her home in the Federal Capital...
Court Rejects Application Seeking To Stop Abba Kyari’s Arrest, Extradition
The Federal High Court in Abuja, Thursday, refused to grant an ex parte application to restrain the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari. Justice Ahmed Mohammed rejected the application filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Northern Peace Foundation. The foundation, through its legal...
CJN Tanko Muhammad Resigns
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned his appointment. Justice Muhammad who was said to have resigned on Sunday night, cited ill-health as the reason for his decision. Information also has it that arrangements are ongoing...
Emefiele Free To Travel Out Of FCT — Court
Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele’s request to travel out of the FCT. The court said Emefiele must, however, remain in the country. On his bail terms, he was restricted to the FCT. Emefiele, through his lawyer, Mathew Bukka, SAN, had requested a variation of the...
Two Former SARS Officers Bag Death Sentence For Extra Judicial Killing
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, two former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad for extra-judicial killing. Recall that five members of the SARS team, ASP Samuel Chigbu, Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, Ogoligo, and Olisa Emeka were standing trial for killing Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, while in their custody...
Supreme Court Releases CTC Copy On Nnamdi Kanu’s Judgement
The Supreme Court has released the Certified True Copy of the judgment on the suit between the Federal Government and the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The apex court had, on December 15, 2024, set aside a judgment by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against Kanu. The appeal court had exonerated Kanu following...
You Can’t Impose Sanction On Twitter, Others, ECOWAS Court Tells FG
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter. It also restricted the government from carrying out such actions against any other social media service provider, as well as media houses, pending the hearing and determination of a suit challenging the government’s suspension of Twitter operations in...
After Invasion Of Justice Mary Odili’s Home, SANs Meet With Malami
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, on Tuesday held a meeting behind closed doors, with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, over the siege on the home of Justice Mary Odili, last week Friday. Speaking on behalf of the SANs at the Federal Ministry of Justice Abuja, shortly after the meeting, Adegboyega Awomolo, said they...
