Tag: lawyer
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Lawyer drags SSS to court over change of name to DSS
A lawyer, Tope Alabi, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to stop the State Security Service (SSS) from being addressed or addressing itself as Department of State Service (DSS)
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Aguero instructs lawyers to find Barca contract exit
Sergio Aguero is already regretting his move to Barcelona, it has been revealed. The former Manchester City striker has told his lawyers to find a way out of his contract, according to Beteve’s La Porteria programme, following Lionel Messi’s exit after 21 years with the Catalan giants. Aguero made no secret that he joined Barca…
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Sunday Igboho: Disregard individuals, groups soliciting money for court cases – Lawyer warns Nigerians
Chief Yomi Alliyu, one of the lawyers defending Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has urged Nigerians to challenge anyone soliciting money from them for prosecution of court cases involving the Yoruba Nation agitator. TheNewsGuru recalls that Sunday Igboho’s residence in Soka, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was invaded by operatives of the Department…
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Igboho handcuffed, can’t move, eat but not beaten – Cotonou based lawyer
Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou-based lawyers of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has decried the unfair treatment of his client in the custody of Brigade criminelle in Benin Republic. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports the Cotonou Court of Appeal on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the suit involving Igboho to Monday. Salami,…
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Igboho wept like a child when I spoke with him–Lawyer
Lead counsel for detained Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has described cold-hearted, the treatment his client was being subjected to in the custody of the police in Benin Republic. The counsel, Chief Yomi Alliyu ( SAN), made this known on Tuesday night. He said Igboho’s wife, Ropo, a German citizen, who was…
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How we filed political asylum for Igboho days before his arrest in Benin Republic – Lawyer
Professor Wale Adeniran of Ilana Omo Odua, umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups on Tuesday denied trending reports that Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has been released by the Benin Republic authorities. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports Igboho alongside his wife was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night. Adeniran denied Igboho’s release in a…
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Interpol arrested Igboho, wife in Benin Republic —Lawyer
The International Criminal Police Organisation arrested Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, with his wife, Ropo, in Cotonou, Benin Republic, the Yoruba Nation’s lead counsel, Yomi Alliyu (SAN), has revealed. Alliyu made this known this in a statement on Tuesday. According to him, the Federal Government of Nigeria through INTERPOL got Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho and…
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Baba Ijesha lean, limps in detention-Lawyer declares
Popular actor Olanrewaju James, fondly called Baba Ijesha, is traumatized and walks with complications in police detention, his lawyer, Adesina Ogunlana, has revealed. Ogunlana made this known in a letter addressed to the Commissioner of Police seeking Baba Ijesha’s bail on Friday. Describing his observation after his visitation to Baba Ijesha in police detention, Ogunlana…
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Kano Government reacts to threat to life allegations by state based lawyer
The Kano state government has reacted to claims of threat to life by a legal practitioner and activist, Barr. Sa’ida Sa’ad, who had been dragged to court for allegedly defaming Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and his family. A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammad Garba, and made available to the press on…
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EFCC opposes plans by Maina’ s lawyer to withdraw from trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, opposed the plan by Sani Katu, SAN, counsel to Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), to withdraw his appearance in the ongoing trial. The EFCC counsel, Farouk Abdullah, urged Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to reject the oral application…