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The Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island, on Monday, sentenced the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, to death by hanging. Justice Ibironke Harrison sentenced the ASP after finding him guilty of the murder of the pregnant lawyer. Harrison held that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. The judge also held that the convict shot the deceased at close range. Justice Harrison ordered the defendant to open his defence as a ‘prima facie’ has been made against him. In his…

Elder statesman and legal icon, Afe Babalola, on Thursday said if there was anything called life after life, his prayer would be to return to life as a farmer. The 94-year-old Babalola, who is the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, expressed this view at the opening ceremony of the 2023 annual edition of Afe Babalola Agric Expo, (ABAEX-2023) in Ado-Ekiti. He described farming as the most profitable and energy charging profession if well pursued. Babalola instituted ABAEX eight years ago to give millions of naira annual cash reward and tools as well as encourage more farmers’ to participate…

Kevin McCarthy will not run for speaker again after the House ousted him from the top leadership post in a historic vote on Tuesday, a move that threatens to plunge House Republicans into even further chaos and turmoil. The House will now need to elect a new speaker. There is no clear alternative to McCarthy who would have the support needed to win the gavel, but the race for a potential successor is already underway. The vote to oust McCarthy and his decision not to run for the speakership again marks a major escalation in tensions for a House GOP…

Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, appeared before a UK Court on Monday. The ex-minister, who was charged with receiving bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding oil contracts, was arraigned at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. According to Reuters, she spoke only to give her name, date of birth and address. She was not asked to formally enter a plea, although her lawyer Mark Bowen told the court she would be pleading not guilty. Diezani seeks to stop auction of seized assets 26 bidders grab…

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, October 5, to hear the appeal of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. His lead counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), disclosed this to our correspondent on Saturday. Also confirming the development, IPOB’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said all appeals filed by Kanu would be heard on Thursday. On October 13, 2022, that the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division, delivered a judgment in an appeal filed by Ozekhome on Kanu’s behalf. The judgment further challenged some parts of the Federal High Court ruling. In the end, the Appeal…

The federal government has said that the N25,000 provisional wage increment announced for low-grade workers is now applicable to all levels of civil servants. Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff (CoS) to President Bola Tinubu, announced the development on Sunday evening. Speaking at the end of the four-hour meeting with the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the State House, Abuja, Gbajabiamila said the government team and the labour leaders have reached some resolutions. The meeting was called by the federal government to avert the planned nationwide indefinite strike by the labour to protest…

The United States District Court in Northern Illinois has given Chicago State University (CSU) 48 hours starting from Saturday to release President Bola Tinubu’s academic records to an opposition candidate in Nigeria’s February presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. In a ruling delivered on Saturday, the judge, Nancy Maldonado, after dismissing Mr Tinubu’s objection, gave the university until 12 noon on Monday to release the documents to Atiku. Ms Maldonando dismissed Mr Tinubu’s objection to the 20 September decision of a magistrate judge of the court, Jeffery Gilbert. The judge on Saturday fully affirmed Mr Gilbert’s ruling ordering the CSU to release…

The federal government says it will waive the value-added tax (VAT) on diesel for the next six months as part of measures to cushion the impacts of the removal of the petrol subsidy. The waiver is part of the resolution reached by the federal government and leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the end of a four-hour meeting held at the State House on Sunday. Speaking at the end of the four-hour meeting with the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the State House, Abuja, Gbajabiamila…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday, declared indefinite strike starting from October 3 to force the federal government to address excruciating suffering and hardship across the country, occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy. The resolution came, despite promises by the federal government to conclude wage award, which was a major demand by the labour leaders, to the two labour centres In a joint communiqué after both Labour centres held separate emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meetings, leaders of the two bodies urged Nigerians to brace up for a long strike and…

President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday, decried that over 39, 526 appeals are currently pending before the court. Justice Dongban-Mensem noted that bulk of the cases, which were filed in 20 Divisions of the Court, bordered on electoral disputes. “The cost and negative effect of electoral litigation is becoming worrisome. It is becoming economically alarming that the entire Nigerian Judicial System is inundated with electoral litigation and adjudication almost all year round,” the PCA bemoaned. She spoke at a special court session that the appellate court held to mark the commencement of its 2023/2024…