Tag: Justice
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Woman wrongly convicted freed after 43 years in jail
A 63-year-old Missouri woman, Sandra “Sandy” Hemme, who was imprisoned for more than 40 years for murder, has had her conviction overturned after spending 43 years in prison for a murder she did not commit.
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NBA identifies challenges hindering administration of justice
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bwari Branch, Abuja has identified challenges inhibiting administration of justice in the country.
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I will continue to push for national policy on justice – AGF Fagbemi
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has said that the justice sector under his watch would continue to push for mutuality in the formation and implementation of the national policy on justice. Fagbemi said this at the 2024 National Judicial Summit on Justice
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SAD! Justice Belgore is dead
A retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olarewaju Belgore, is dead. A family source said the highly respected jurist died on Tuesday at his residence in Ilorin after breaking fast in the evening. Profile: Born on 18th April 1953 and studied Law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he bagged LL.B. (Hons.)…
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1967 civil war denied us 3 academic sessions in S/East, Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyanwu, JCA narrates experience during valedictory session+Photos
…says those of us in Queens sch will remain ever grateful to Chief EK Clark who gave us chairs and desks … before the furniture came we were sitting on cement blocks Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyanwu of the Appeal Court who last week formally retired from service has narrated how the civil war of 1967 denied…
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I will build on my predecessor’s achievements – Edo CJ, Okungbowa
Edo state Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, says his vision is to make the state judiciary better than he met it and build on his predecessor’s successes. Justice Okungbowa made the remark at a ceremonial
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Public opinion can never override constitutional provisions in justice delivery – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says public opinion no matter how serious or weighty it might be, cannot override or supersede the constitution of the country.
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Why dispensation of justice delay in Nigeria – 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.
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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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PEPC, Please do substantial justice – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Scathing public criticisms have continued to trail the written address presented by the APC lawyers at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). It is common knowledge that President Bola Tinubu failed to score 25 per cent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja,