Tag: Judge
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Police confirm abduction of High Court judge
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the abduction of a High Court Judge, Justice Joy Uwana and her driver in Oron Local Government Area of the state. According to reports, the judge was abducted on Monday along with her driver, while her police orderly was killed in the attack which occurred on Uyo-Okobo…
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Police in Benue arrest 4 over murder of retired judge
Police in Benue paraded four suspected killers of former President of Benue Customary Court of Appeal, retired Justice Margaret Igbetar, before newsmen on Tuesday in Makurdi. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bartholomew Onyeka,
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Don’t blame judges for delays in justice dispensation, says Appeal Court Judge
Hajiya Binta Zubairu, Justice of the Court of Appeal (JCA) on Sunday in Zaria said judges are not the cause of delay in the dispensation of justice as erroneously believed by some Nigerians. Zubairu made this known on the sidelines of a reception organised
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Justice Igbetar: Police vow to unearth mystery surrounding her assassination
The Benue State Police Command has launched a massive investigation to unearth the mystery surrounding the assassination of a retired Judge of the Benue State Customary Appeal Court, Justice Margaret Igbetar. Justice Igbetar was reportedly killed by persons suspected to be assassins at her residence in Makurdi on Thursday. A statement by the Benue State…
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Nigerian judiciary mourns as two judges passed on same day
It was a black Sunday for the Nigerian judiciary as Justice Chima Centus Nweze of the Supreme Court and Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong of the Federal High Court passed away last Sunday. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) two senior judicial officers died on July 30. The spokesman of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande confirmed the development when…
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Counsel staff mebers’ ill health stalls hearing in Obi, LP petition at PEPC
Hearing in the election petition of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi was stalled at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Wednesday in Abuja. At the resumed hearing, counsel to the petitioners, Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN told the court that he was
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Judge drops sentence for Mexican woman convicted of killing rapist
An indigenous woman in Mexico who was sentenced to six years and two months for killing her rapist may not go back to prison, as a judge suspended her sentence. The judge suspended criminal proceedings at the request of the public prosecutor’s
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Judge denies nullifying Abia Gov-elect, Otti’s candidacy
A Federal High Court denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. The court, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano Labour Party(LP) tha
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Niger judiciary fires judge, demotes two
Niger State Judicial Service Commission (NJSC) has dismissed from service the Magistrate Court Judge of Salka in Magama local government council of the state, Mohammed Bako Iya over gross misconduct and abuse of Judicial power. Announcing the development at a press briefing in the state capital, Minna, the Secretary of the commission, Abdulrahman Ahmed Garafini,…
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Just In: Unidentified gunmen kill judge while presiding in Imo
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday, allegedly murdered one Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State. According to monitored report , Ugboma was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding over a court session. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end…