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Woman bags 3 years for drug trafficking

Woman bags 3 years for drug trafficking

  Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced an Ibadan-based woman, Igbinosun Sandra Esther, to three years imprisonment for dealing in illicit drugs. The judge handed down the…

Court asked to stop 2023 polls over alleged infringement on freedom of worship

Court asked to stop 2023 polls over alleged infringement on freedom of worship

A member of Seventh Day Adventist Church has dragged the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order to stop the conduct of the 2023 general election. The member, also an…

Police drag man, girlfriend to court for assaulting banker

Police drag man, girlfriend to court for assaulting banker

For allegedly assaulting a microfinance bank employee, a 38-year-old man, Ifeanyi Chidubem, and his girlfriend, Angela Israel, 24, have been arraigned before Magistrate K. A. Ariyo of an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court. The duo is standing…

Police arraign man for alleged N7m fraud

Police arraign man for alleged N7m fraud

A 44-year-old man, Tasiu Isah, has been arraigned by the police before Chief Magistrate O. I. Raji of an Ogba Magistrates’ Court over alleged N7 million fraud. Isah, who allegedly conspired with others said to…

Disquiet over N1m SAN application fee

Disquiet over N1m SAN application fee

Lawyers express mixed feelings over new fee   TUNDE OYESINA writes on the controversies trailing the N1 million application fee for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) recently announced by the Legal Practitioners…

Court dissolves 14-year-old marriage over childlessness

Court dissolves 14-year-old marriage over childlessness

A 14-year-old marriage between Maxwell Chuka and his wife, Christy, has been dissolved by a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, presided over by Malam Labaran Gusau, on grounds of childlessness. The marriage was dissolved by…

2023: Maikyau tasks lawyers on re-positioning, rebuilding Nigeria

2023: Maikyau tasks lawyers on re-positioning, rebuilding Nigeria

Ahead of the February/ March general election, the Pesident of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), has called on legal practitioners to work towards the re-positioning of Nigeria. In his new year message…

Jobless man remanded over attempted robbery

Jobless man remanded over attempted robbery

Magistrate O. A. Akande of an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, has ordered the remand of a 32-yearold unemployed man, Abdullahi Abdulkadiri, in a correctional centre over alleged attempted armed robbery. The court…

Endangering justice system

Endangering justice system

Outrage over arsonists’ attacks on courts FRANCIS IWUCHUKWU writes that lawyers are of the unanimous view that the arsonists’ attacks on courts in some parts of the country remains an assault on the Constitution, rule…

Lawyers to pay N1m to apply for SAN rank

Lawyers to pay N1m to apply for SAN rank

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has opened applications for the 2023 award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) with a N1million fee. The LPPC, in a notice by its Secretary/Chief Registrar…