Lawyers: Attack on prison facilities, recipe for lawlessness AKEEM NAFIU writes that lawyers have asked the Federal Government to promptly arrest the worrying trend of jailbreaks across the country which again reared its ugly head recently when gunmen attacked the Kabba Correctional Centre in Kogi State killing two prison officials and freeing many inmates […]
Adebola Tolulope Adeoti had her secondary education at Federal Government Girls’ College Oyo and obtained her LL.B from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. She, also attended the Nigerian Law School, Abuja campus and was called to Bar in 2017. The feminist shares her experience in the legal profession with JOHN CHIKEZIE Background My […]
Justice Tijjani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a N52 million suit filed by an insurance firm, Industry and General Insurance (IGI) Plc against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and seven others. The suit filed by the insurance firm to enforce its fundamental rights was dismissed by the […]
Justice Tijjani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of a suspected drug lord, Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, in prison for allegedly exporting 66.65kg of banned substances to the United Kingdom. The order was sequel to Ikeanyionwu’s arraignment by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a 6-count charge […]
Justice Tijjani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered that the sum of N100 million, a luxury Mercedes Benz GLE43 SUV with Chassis Number: HJGEDGEBXHA063213, two iPhones and a HP Desktop computer, belonging to a Lebanese, Hamza Koudeih, be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government. The order was sequel to the […]
‘Imposing COVID-19 vaccine’ ll infringe on citizens’ rights to privacy’ AKEEM NAFIU writes that lawyers are opposed to the planned imposition of COVID-19 vaccine on Nigerians by the Federal Government and some state governors. To the lawyers, forcing people to take the vaccine would infringe on their rights to privacy Federal Government cannot […]
Justice Tijjani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of a suspected drug courier, Ezenyeche Kingsley Ebuka, in Ikoyi Correctional Centre, for allegedly importing 250 grams of heroin into the country. The order was sequel to Ebuka’s arraignment by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a 2-count […]
‘Conflicting judgements ridiculing justice system’ Lawyers have expressed outrage at the growing trend of conflicting judgements from courts of coordinate jurisdictions which again reared its ugly head recently in the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The men of the wig and gown while describing the menace as ‘one occurrence too many’ […]
A rights activist, Tope Alabi, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to outlaw the practice of arrest and detention of citizens by operatives of State Security Service (SSS). In a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1071/21, the lawyer is seeking for a declaration that the authorised operations of the SSS neither involve arrest and detention […]
Obi Ginikanwa is an indigene of Ikeduru Local Government Area in Imo State. Ginikanwa who obtained his LL.B from University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, was called to Bar in 2017. He tells JOHN CHIKEZIE about his passion to protect the rights of the downtrodden Background I am Obi Ginikanwa. I am from Ikeduru […]