Tag: Judge
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Urhobo son emerges top judge in United States [Photos]
Edirin Okoloko, a judge of the Snohomish County Superior Court in Washington DC, USA has emerged as the overall best in a members rating conducted by the Snohomish County Bar Association. Okoloko, a native of Delta state came ahead of six other judges with an average result of 4.12 in press release by the Snohomish…
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Judge orders man to hug wife in court
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday ordered a man, Yusuf Maiwada, to hug his wife, Nafisa Jibril in court. The Judge, Nuhu Falalu said:”lack of affection from Maiwada prompted his wife to seek divorce”. The Judge also ordered him to give his wife money in the court. ”The court orders…
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Judge orders all action against Super League clubs be dropped
A Madrid judge has ordered all financial and legal sanctions brought against the 12 clubs involved in the attempted Super League breakaway to be cancelled with immediate effect. The Daily Mail reports Judge Manuel Ruiz de Lara, who presides over a commercial court in Madrid, has taken aim at UEFA, the Premier League and Italian…
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Serving Federal High Court judge dies of undisclosed ailment in Abeokuta
A judge of the Federal High Court, serving in the court’s Abeokuta (Ogun State) division, Justice Ibrahim Watila, is died. According to a statement on Tuesday by the court’s Chief Information Officer, Catherine Oby Nwandu, Justice Watila died on January 24 “after a brief illness.” The court was silent on the cause of death. Part…
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Gov. Fayemi appoints Perm Sec as Judge of Ekiti High Court
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, on Sunday appointed Mr Adeniyi Familoni, a Lawyer and current Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Chieftaincy Affairs, as Judge of the High court of Ekiti State. The appointment followed the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, which found Familoni suitable for appointment, the government said. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,…
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Gunmen kill two female Supreme Court judges
Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been holding peace talks in Qatar. The two judges, who have not yet been named, were killed and their driver wounded, in an…
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Judge who declared Shonekan’s interim government illegal in 1993 is dead
A former judge of the Lagos High Court, Justice Dolapo Funlola Akinsanya, who on November 10, 1993, declared the Interim National Government (ING) of Chief Ernest Shonekan illegal, is dead. Justice Akinsanya died on Thursday in Lagos at the age of 79. Akinsanya was born on February 24, 1941, to the family of the late…
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$10m debt: Judge declines Shoprite’s application to set aside restraining order
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Monday refused to hear an application filed to lift an order of injunction restraining South African retail outlet, Shoprite Checkers (PTY) Limited, from transferring its assets. The presiding vacation Judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, said that the matter was not urgent enough to be heard during…
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Novak Djokovic disqualified from U.S. Open
World number one Novak Djokovic was sensationally disqualified in the U.S. Open fourth round on Sunday in New York after striking a line judge with a ball. This was after a point loss during the first set of his match against Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta. Djokovic was becoming frustrated after failing to take the opening…
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JUST IN: Judge who dismissed Atiku’s Petition against Buhari’s election elevated to Supreme Court
The Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which upheld President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term election, Justice Mohammed L. Garba, has been elevated to the Supreme Court. Justice Garba (from the North-West geo-political zone), who is currently of the Court of Appeal, is among the four Justices of the court the National Judicial Council…