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Lawyer Writes AGF, IGP, Alleges Assasination Attempt by Asabe Waziri, Police Officials

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2024 0

An Abuja based Human Rights Lawyers, Barrister Victor Giwa, has written the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, over allegation of assassination attempt against him. The lawyer in a petition to the AGF and the IGP

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Human rights lawyer warns FG to avoid Kano Emirates dispute

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2024 0

Prominent human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has called on the federal government to refrain from interfering in the controversy surrounding the emirship dispute in Kano. Effiong stressed that the authority to resolve emirship disputes and appoint an Emir lies solely with the kingmakers and the Governor of Kano State. In a strongly-worded statement released via […]

Crime

Lawyer arraigned for alleged failure to produce suspect

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 2 February 2024 0

A 42-year-old lawyer, Kunle Ologundudu, was on Thursday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for failing to produce a suspect he stood surety for, in a case of alleged property damage valued at N2bn. Ologundudu, whose address was not given, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and attempt to pervert […]

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Lawyer: Why Tinubu’s certificate indicates female

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2023 0

A lawyer to President Bola Tinubu, Wole Afolabi, has revealed why the certificate of the President indicates ‘F’ meant for a female. According to Afolabi, a mixup at Chicago State University (CSU) is the reason President Tinubu’s certificate indicates female. Afolabi made this claim during an interview on Channels TV on Friday. Naija News understands […]

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Court evicts lawyer over N3m rent default

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2020 0

 A Chief Magistrate Court 1 siting at the Life Camp area of Abuja has found Mohammed Tsav, the son of a former Lagos state Commissioner of Police and chieftain of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Abubakar Tsav, guilty of rent default of N3 million. Consequent upon the judgement, the court Mohammed, who is also a […]

Featured Politics

Investigate burning, killings in my Anambra home – IPOB lawyer

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2019 0

Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who was declared wanted by the Nigerian police, has reacted by calling on International community for thorough investigations. He called on the international community to investigate the killings and burning of his home in Oraifite, Ekwusigo local government area of […]

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CJN’s call for obedience to court order timely – lawyer

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2019 0

Abuja – Mr Anthony Agbonlahor, an Abuja-based constitutional lawyer, says the recent call for the obedience to court orders made by Justice Tanko Mohammmed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) came at the appropriate time. He said that the CJN had to speak up to help steer Nigeria’s hard earned democracy in the right direction […]

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Death of Offa robbery suspect: Saraki’s demand for investigation unlawful – Lawyer‎

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2018 0

An Ilorin based lawyer, Kunle Suleiman has said the call on the presidency by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to institute an inquiry into the death of key suspect in the Offa robbery is unlawful. Speaking with Daily Times, in Ilorin, Kwara state, Suleiman who is an Ilorin man like Saraki said the Senate […]

Opinion

[Opinion] Do Police men have right to search people’s phones, laptops? – A legal perspective

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2018 0

The controversy surrounding the authority of policemen and other security agents to randomly search people’s belongings has always excite heated discussion in Nigeria. Policemen take it for granted these days that they have the right to randomly accost people on the road and demand for their mobile phones, laptops and other communication devices to search […]

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Absence of defense witnesses’ stalls Rickey Tarfa’s trial

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2018 0

The planned trial of a senior lawyer, Rickey Tarfa (SAN), before an Igbosere High Court, Lagos was on Tuesday stalled as the defense could not opened its case, due to the absence of witnesses. Justice Adedayo Akintoye had on the last adjourned date on February 9, 2018, dismissed A no case submission filed by Rickey […]

Interviews

I remain the legitimate President of the Ijaw Youths Council -Omare

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

Eric Omare, a lawyer, is one of the two persons laying claim to the Presidency of the umbrella body of Ijaw Youths, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), has offered legal and moral reasons why he is the authentic President of the body, insisting that he was duly elected in accordance with the law guiding the […]

News Nigeria

Keyamo decries politicization of suspended DG SEC’s probe

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2017 0

A Lagos- based lawyer, Festus Keyamo SAN, on Wednesday, decried the politicisation of the probe of suspended Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir Haliru Gwarzo. Keyamo urged the two anti-graft agencies and the panel of inquiry set up by the minister of finance to be “firm, fair, decisive and not […]

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Suswam’s trial: Prosecution lawyer declares witness hostile over N3.1bn fraud evidence

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

Justice Ahmed R. Mohammad of the Federal High Court in Maitama Abuja on Wednesday fixed December 11, 2017 to decide whether or not a prosecution witness that was declared hostile by the prosecution counsel Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) can be cross – examined to clarify his own contradictory evidence. The witness, Abubakar Umar the owner of […]

Interviews

Nigerian electoral process not voter friendly – Ogunade

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

Wale Ogunade, a lawyer and human rights activist is the president, Voters Awareness Initiative, Lagos. In this Interview with INIOBONG IWOK assesses the electoral process in the country and the increasing voter apathy in the country. Your group, Voters Awareness Initiative, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), how does it operate? The NGO is a membership […]

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Maina’s sacks: President Buhari lacks power to sack…Lawyer,

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2017 0

A legal luminary, Barrister Marc Enamhe has said that President Muhammadu Buhari lacked legal power to sack the Acting Director, Ministry of Interior, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, no matter the offence committed rather he should have been subjected to necessary rules and regulations as enshrined in the civil service rules. Barrister Enamhe told Daily Times on […]

Brands and Marketing

CSR: The role of good governance, policy reform, sustainable development

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2017 0

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) does not benefit the company’s relationship with its employees and consumers alone, but it is also an important element in corporate strategy. However, CSR theory has ignored the implications of differences in government. Most studies on CSR in Nigeria is typically characterized as being individualistic. The governing philosophy

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Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer sues Buratai, wants him to produce IPOB leader in court

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

Francesca Iwambe- Abuja Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer representing the self acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen Tukur Buratai, to court praying for an order to compel him to produce Kanu in court on his next trial date. In the originating […]

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Prevalence of Fake Lawyers Worries CJN

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on Wednesday, said the prevalence of fake lawyers in the country was adversely eroding the integrity of the legal profession.   He also said fake lawyers were casting a shadow of disrepute upon legal practitioners.   Mohammed, who said this in an address he delivered at […]