Tag: Judge
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JUST IN: Justice Ademola resigns as Federal High Court judge
Justice Adeniyi Ademola has tendered his letter of voluntary retirement from the bench of the Federal High Court. The judge was due for his statutory retirement in March 2018 but suddenly turned in his letter of resignation dated December 6, 2017, on Thursday. Although his one-paragraph letter was received at the Office of the Acting…
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JUST IN: A’Court judge withdraws from Patience Jonathan’s $5.9m suit
One of the three justices assigned to hear the appeal filed by former first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan to discharge a court order which temporarily seized the sum of $5.9m found in her Skye Bank account on Wednesday withdrew from the case. TheNewsGuru.com reports the three-man appeal court panel, comprising Justices John Ikyeh, Abimbola Obaseki-Adejumo…
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Dasuki: Absence of judge stalls commencement of trial
The absence of Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf on Thursday stalled the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Col. Sambo Dasuki in an FCT High Court Maitama. Dasuki, NSA to former President Goodluck Jonathan, was arraigned on a 22- count charge, bordering on diversion, conspiracy, bribery, abuse of office and criminal breach of trust involving…
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FIFA appoints retired Nigerian judge into Ethics Committee
A retired Nigerian Judge, Ayotunde Phillip, has been appointed into the newly-constituted FIFA Ethics Committee at the Congress of the world football governing body taking place in Manama, Bahrain. The 68-year-old who studied law at the University of Lagos, was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1974 and spent her compulsory National Youth Service Corps…
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Warn police against treating courts with levity, Judge tells AGF
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday directed the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, to warn the police on the consequences of treating courts with levity. Justice Gabriel Kolawale who issued the directive said that police as an institution established by law must subject itself to constituted rules. Kolawole’s reaction…
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Judge orders EFCC to retract statement on Dasuki’s aide, suspends trial
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja has insisted that the trial of Colonel Nicholas Ashinze, a former Aide to Colonel Sambo Dasuki and 7 others in alleged N1.5bn fraud would not be resumed until the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) retracts fully the misrepresentation of the court’s proceedings that the…
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Police have no power to prosecute criminal cases, strip them now! Judge advises FG
The Chief Judge of Delta State, Marshall Umukoro, has advised that the police be stripped of their power to prosecute criminal cases. Umukoro gave the advice in a lecture he delivered at the 2017 Aquinas Day Colloquium of Dominican Institute in Ibadan on Tuesday. He said that the measure would reduce the number of accused…
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Padding: Absence of Judge stalls Jibril’s case in Kano
The absence of the judge presiding over Abdulmuni Jibril Kofa’s case against the National Assembly and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday stalled the sitting of the Federal Hignh Court, Kano slated for Dec. 20. The Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency sued the National Assembly and Speaker Yakubu Dogara, challenging the legality of…