A Zimbabwean High Court has freed award-winning Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on bail, following his arrest earlier this month for allegedly obstructing justice by tweeting about a gold smuggling case. Chin’ono had been incarcerated at a maximum-security prison for the past 17 days, accused of breaching his previous bail conditions by tweeting about the possible Court […]
After over three months of investigations into the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under its suspended acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, full reports of the investigation have been submitted to the President. The panel, headed by a retired Justice and President of the Appeal Court, Justice Ayo Salami, on Friday, November […]
Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division, has set aside the judgement of Oyo State High Court which restrains the State Government from sacking Local Government Council Chairmen. The Court based his judgement on the fact that the High Court judgement was based on speculation which could be taken for cause of action. In the judgement read, […]
Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, says the probe on the embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, is a question mark on the Anti-Graft Agency. Mr Falana, who disclosed this on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, during an interview on Channels Television, said: […]
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has charged people in positions of authority to always act with humility and a sense of tomorrow. The Governor, who gave the charge on Thursday, June 4, 2020, while swearing-in Honourable Justice Aderonke Aderemi as the President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Oyo State, noted that whatever position anyone […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 1st to hear a suit filed by Sen. Dino Melaye against the National Assembly over the consideration of the infectious diseases bill 2020. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Wednesday fixed the matter date to enable the applicant serve court […]
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court has released guidelines and practice directions authorising Judges to adopt virtual proceedings for Court cases in all its judicial divisions. The Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, issued the practice directions for cases to be heard virtually on Zoom, Skype or any other audio-visual means approved by the […]
The House of Representatives has disputed the reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the suspension of the ongoing process of the consideration of the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media, Mr Benjamin Kalu, according to Channels TV, faulted the claims in a […]
There must be a review on lockdown guidelines to allow for the provision of more essential services and cushioning the effects of lockdown occasioned by the spread of Coronavirus pandemic. Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, expressed this view while contributing to BCOS daily Breakfast Television programme, ‘AM120’, on Monday, April 13, 2020. He […]
Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has expressed concern over what he calls ‘tribunalisation of the nation’s democracy’ saying it endangers the very essence of democracy in itself. The renowned legal luminary said nowhere else around the world is the mandate of the people being determined at the Courts than at the polls. Mr Falana […]
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