Tag: Lagos Govt
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FG opposes court ruling, says it is legal to marry in Ikoyi registry
The Federal Government has faulted claims by the Lagos State Government that a Federal High Court had shut down the Ikoyi marriage registry, insisting that the report was false. The Ministry of Interior said that the court presided over by Justice Chuka Obiozor, simply upheld the judgment of a Federal High Court delivered in 2002,…
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You can’t execute Rev. King, others on death row – Falana tells Lagos Govt
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that the Lagos State Government cannot execute the death penalty passed on death row inmates in the state going by the judgement delivered in 2002 by the High Court of Lagos State. Falana however urged the Governor Ambode led administration to rather convert the penalty to life…