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The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi is currently at the Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin, Kwara State where he is been questioned over N100 billion fraud his administration perpetrated while he was governor of the agrarian state. Dr Fayemi arrived the Ilorin office of EFCC at exactly 9.47am on Thursday morning in a convoy of two Toyota Prado Jeeps accompanied by his lawyer and security details. He was immediately separated from them and taken into a room where where he was continually grilled by two EFCC officials. He was not…

Much ink has been spilled on the campaign for the independence of the judiciary. It is a cliché that, for the rule of law to prevail in any society, its judiciary must be independent and this further emphasizes the doctrine of separation of powers as concentration of all powers of governance in a single individual or institution will definitely lead to abuse. Human freedom will only exist at the whims of such an individual or institution. Power then corrupts and absolute power will surely corrupt absolutely. The Nigerian situation is calling for an urgent reform as the relationship between the…

The National Industrial Court has upheld the no work no pay rule by the Federal Government in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to the court, the no work no pay rule enforced by the Federal Government against members of ASUU who went on strike last year is perfectly legal. In a judgement delivered by the President of the Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, the court held that it is within the right of the Federal Government to withhold salaries of workers who embark on industrial action. The court however held that it is a…

An Osun State High Court has found the popular hotel owner, and proprietor, Oduduwa University, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adedoyin guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a former Masters degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, who was murdered at Hilton Hotel, between November 5 and 7, 2021. The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her judgement on the case, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the court, pointed to the killing of Adegoke while being a guest at the hotel owned by Adedoyin. According to her, Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box did…

The meteoric rise of ChatGPT is shaking up multiple industries – including law, as one attorney recently found out. Roberto Mata sued Avianca airlines for injuries he says he sustained from a serving cart while on the airline in 2019, claiming negligence by an employee. Steven Schwartz, an attorney with Levidow, Levidow & Oberman and licensed in New York for over three decades, handled Mata’s representation. But at least six of the submitted cases by Schwartz as research for a brief “appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations,” said Judge Kevin Castel of the…

A dormitory blaze that killed 19 children in Guyana was set by a teenage student who was upset that her cell phone had been taken away, officials say. The fire broke out at the Mahdia Secondary School in the South American country late on Sunday. A statement from the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze was “maliciously set.” National Security Adviser Gerald Gouveia told the Associated Press that the suspect in the incident, a pupil at the school, was accused of setting the dorm on fire after being disciplined for having a liaison with an older man. “A…

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced three men Kasumu Ademola, Salau Mikailu, and Ganiyu Ishola to 20 years imprisonment for defrauding a stock firm of N45.6m. Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke handed down the jail term after he found them guilty of the offence. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned the convicts on four counts of conspiracy, unlawful fund conversion, and money laundering before the court to which they pleaded not guilty. The convicts, who were first arraigned in 2019, had pleaded not guilty to all eight counts and they were admitted to bail on various terms.…

A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on Tuesday remanded four persons for impersonation and examination malpractices in the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The defendants include Timilehin Akinwale, Olayinka Mustapha, Peter Okereke, and Feranmi Adesuyi. According to the prosecution, Moses Osimhen, the first three defendants; Akinwale, Mustapha and Okereke committed the offence of impersonation on February 15, 2023, during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at a Computer-Based Test centre located at Aina Awaw International College, Ilu Abo, Akure while Adesuyi committed the said offence on April 28 at Amable Nigeria Limited CBT Centre…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has okayed the deployment of 39 more judges to the National Assembly, Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunals sitting across the federation. The addition of the judges, who were sworn-in at the Supreme Court on Thursday, increased the total number of members of various tribunals that are currently hearing petitions that arose from the conduct of the 2023 general elections, to 346. While administering oath on the newly appointed 39 election petition tribunal judges, the CJN, warned them not to allow sentiments and public opinion to sway their…

A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old woman, Linda David, to two years imprisonment for stealing underwear. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced David after she pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for leniency. He however gave her an option of N40,000 fine and warned her to desist from life of crime. According to him, the judgement would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal act. The defendant was charged with a one-count charge of stealing underwear valued N115, 000. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo told the court that David…