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The Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD) recently rescued four young victims of defilement in Ikorodu area of the State while a suspect named Sunday Fatoba (41 years) has been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police in connection with the incident. Speaking on the incident, the Director, Lagos State Office of the…
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has reversed the decision to transfer the suit filed by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) against Nigeria Air to Abuja, citing fundamental flaw in judgement given by Justice Omotosho. Justice Tsoho asserted that counsel to Nigeria Air concealed some facts which rendered the…
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has once again extended its Joint Free Legal Clinic to residents of Iba on Tuesday at the Iba Local Council Development Area of the State. The Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs. Titilayo Shitta-Bey-Jeje, in her welcome address at the programme, stated that the Joint Free Legal…
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has provided free legal consultation to residents of Epe community and its environs. The Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Titilayo Shitta-Bey-Jeje who was represented by the Director of Citizens’ Mediation Centre, Mrs. Abiola Oseni, stated that the free legal Clinic was organized to ensure residents…
By Nurudeen Adebayo An Ikeja Magistrate Court on Wednesday remanded a bus conductor and a plumber who allegedly stabbed a woman and stole her iPhone worth N650,000. The 23-year-old conductor, Segun Animashaun, lives at Oba Ogunji Road, Agege, Lagos State, while the plumber, Warees Balogun, aged 22, resides at 23, Osho Agoro Street, Ajiyan Gasline,…
Kunle Awosiyan The High Court of Lagos State will on July 24, begin its annual vacation to end the 2022/2023 legal year of the state judiciary. The vacation will end on September 15, 2023. A release signed by the Acting Chief Registrar, Mr. Tajudeen Elias, said the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Hon. Justice Kazeem…
By Saheed Afolabi Over 50 teams were invited to partake in the Adron Sports Foundation community/schools slam and dunk championship held at Milo basketball court, Ilupeju. In the boys category, Wolves emerges champions by beating CDA to second position. Director of operations Adron Sports Foundation (ASF), Oladapo Emmanuel stated the foundation is a…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos has remanded a former American Marine, Donn Perkins in custody of NCOS over illegal importation of arms and ammunition to Nigeria. The office of the Attorney General of the Federation, OAGF has arraigned Perkins, before the court over alleged unlawful importation of firearms. Donn Perkins,…
The lawyer of the Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti, had berated the police over what he calls media trial in his client alleged assault on a police officer. In a statement by the singer’s defence team, signed by Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), the lawyer raised the alarm over a tweet by the police Public Relation Officer, Lagos…
Justice Ismail Ijelu of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered remand of a Bureau-De-Change, BDC operator, Muhammed Usman at the Correctional facility over allegation of fraud. The judge ordered remand of Usman after he was arraigned alongside his company, Masha Allah International Resources Limited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…