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An Akwa Ibom resident identified as Henry Edet Unung has been handed a one-month prison sentence by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, for neglecting his children. Ruling on a lawsuit filed by Unung’s wife and mother of his three children, Justice Ntong Ntong ordered the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police to arrest and detain him for one month at the Uyo Correctional Centre for refusing to take care of his children. Ntong also noted that the respondent deliberately refused to obey the Court order and decision of Justice Iboro Ukpanah of November 9, 2018, mandating…

An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court has ordered the remand of a 50-year-old security guard, Mohammed Sanni in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, O.A Layinka, who did not take Sanni’s plea, ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. Layinka adjourned the case until March 28, pending the DPP’s advice. The prosecutor, Insp Lucky Ihieme, had told the court that Sanni committed the offense on January 8 at Obidiegwu Street, Iyana School, Iba, Lagos. He said Sanni invited the victim to eat “suya” (meat…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have issued a 14-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government. Their grouse is the non-implementation of the 16-point agreement between organised labour (NLC and TUC) and the Federal Government on October 2, 2023. Leaders of the NLC and TUC are sad that, despite organised labour’s efforts to ensure industrial peace, the government seems unperturbed by the mass suffering and hardship across the country. The October 2 agreement was “focused on addressing the massive suffering and the general harsh socioeconomic consequences of the ill-conceived and ill-executed IMF/World…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the mandatory recitation of the National Pledge after the National Anthem at every official and public engagement. The directive is aimed at ensuring absolute respect for the national symbols, strengthen allegiance and fidelity to country, and to preserve Nigeria’s ethos and defining character. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the 3,112 housing-unit Renewed Hope City at Karsana, Abuja, on Thursday, the President emphasised the imperativeness of respecting national values, promoting the nation’s ideals, and abiding by its established norms. President Tinubu in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale…

In 2018, when the Reverend Matthew Firth took up his new post at St Cuthbert’s, the church which has been at the heart of the north-eastern market town of Darlington since the 12th century, he was eager to bring new souls to the faith he passionately believes in. It didn’t take long, however, for Matthew to figure out that there was something suspicious about the large number of souls from the Middle East who were queuing up to be converted to Christianity. “When I arrived, lots of adult baptisms were already booked in, which was highly unusual. The vast majority,…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the federal government to fix the prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and other goods within seven days from February 7, 2024. Trial judge, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, specifically ordered the government to fix the prices of milk, flour, salt, sugar, bicycles and it’s spare parts, matches, motorcycles and its spare parts, motor vehicles and it’s spare parts as well as petroleum products, including diesel, premium motor spirit, PMS, and kerosene. The court made the order in its judgment in a suit by rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, against the…

The Oyo state government says three persons found culpable in the explosion that rocked Ibadan, the state capital, have been identified and will be prosecuted. In a statement issued in Ibadan, the state capital on Wednesday, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, special adviser on media to the governor of Oyo, said the three persons were identified in the report on the incident. Olanrewaju said the report which comprises findings of the medical, security and engineering teams, was submitted to Seyi Makinde, the governor, on Tuesday. On January 16, five persons died and over 70 were injured in an explosion that occurred on Aderinola…

Hon. Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Portharcourt Judicial Division has dismissed the preliminary objection filed by Seateam Offshore Ltd in a matter brought by Akuroma Stephen for lacking merit. The Court voided section 2(3)(c)(d)&(r) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Act 2004 for being inconsistent with the constitutional provisions vesting the court with exclusive jurisdiction over labour and employment-related cases. Justice Polycarp held that with the coming into effect of the 3rd Alteration which is now section 254C of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, the argument of the Seateam Offshore Ltd challenging the jurisdiction of the Court…

History has given us not only the court system, but a bizarre and far from self-evident system of naming judges. Some judges are pompous enough to take umbrage if you get it wrong: certainly, it does not give a judge confidence that you know what you are doing if you get it wrong or depart from convention. You may well think that a judge who takes umbrage over this sort of thing is a silly old …. You will be right – but your job is to represent your client so there is no point in annoying the old codger.…

Judge Julia Sebutinde of Uganda has been elected Vice President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a three-year term, the United Nations’ highest court announced Tuesday. Sebutinde has served on the 15-member panel of judges at the ICJ since 2012. Prior to her election, she was a judge at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone from 2005-2011. Established in 1945, the ICJ settles legal disputes between states and gives advisory opinions on legal questions proposed by U.N. organizations. Commonly known as the World Court, it is seated at the Peace Palace in The Hague. As Vice President,…