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Judiciary on same page with Executive on anti-graft war – CJN

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2018 0

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has said that both the Judiciary and the Executive arm of government are on the same page in the fight against corruption in the country. Onnoghen said that the judiciary was still waiting on the Executive arm of government to

Opinion

Unorthodox Governance; The APC Way.

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2018 0

Scandal in the words of Paul Glenn is a needless word or deed which does harm to those who hear or observe them, it is the word or deed that occasions sin in another; it is a bad example. Very instructive also is the fact that; to the person scandalized, the scandal is passive while […]

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Lagos CJ frees four Badagry prison inmates

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2017 0

Efforts by the Lagos state Judiciary to decongest the prisons on Thursday got a boost as the Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Opeyemi Oke, freed four inmates of the Badagry Prisons. Those released include: Sharafadeen Sheu, Israel Emmanuel, Samodu Rasak and Tunde Ojo. Although, the number of inmates that were expected to regain freedom was nine, […]

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Rivers judiciary rededicates 2017/2018 legal year

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The Rivers State judiciary has been re-dedicated to God for greater service to humanity in the vineyard of Justice. The re-dedication took place on Friday at the State Ecumenical Centre as part of the opening of the Legal Year. The service had in attendance, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, […]

Banking

Court Strikes Out FG’s TSA Case Against Commercial Banks

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2017 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit filed by the Federal Government against seven leading commercial banks. The FG had previously sought to seek the remittance of the sum of $793,200,000 allegedly hidden with them in contravention of the Treasury Single Account policy instituted by President Muhammadu Buhari in late […]

Politics

Gov Ahmed advocates reform in the Judiciary

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2016 0

Kwara state governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has again harped on the importance of reform in the country’s judicial system. This, he said, would ensure confidence in the system and facilitate expeditious dispensation of justice. The governor, who also advocated for stiffer sanctions for kidnappers, made the call at the 2016 Kwara State Justice Sector Reform […]

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Redeem image of judiciary, Delta CJ pleads

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2016 0

The Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshal Umukoro, has called all in the judiciary (the bar and bench) to make concerted efforts towards redeeming the image of the profession particularly now that the profession is facing some challenges across the country.Justice Umukoro represented by the the Administrative Judge of Effurun Judicial Division, Hon. Justice […]

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Judiciary Official Jailed for Defrauding Unsuspecting Public

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2015 0

One Mrs Bukola Adeosun, a staff of the Lagos Probate division of the Lagos Judiciary, was on Monday, sentenced to a three-year jail term by an Ikeja High Court, for stealing Lagos State government money. In a judgment pronounced by Justice Latifa Okunnu, Bukola was found guilty of two of the three count charge of […]

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Judiciary to Checkmate Plans to Truncate Democracy

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2015 0

Following fears across the country over the ongoing suits against the eligibility of President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has declared that the judiciary would not succumb to the plot by desperate politicians to use the courts to truncate democracy. His declaration came as he raised the alarm over […]