The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, CJID, has dragged the Federal Government to court over the N5m fine imposed on Channels Television. The fine is in response to the interview with the Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. The groups are asking the court to “declare arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional” the N5m fine imposed on the station. In addition, they want the court to make an “order setting aside the N5m fine for being inconsistent and incompatible with section 22, 36 and 39 of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended], Article 9 of…
Author: Funke Busari
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The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday arrested two suspects, even as it impounded 41 motorcycles in Lagos on Wednesday. The arrests were made over the killing of one Police Inspector and serious injury to the Divisional Police Officer of Isolo Police Division. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin in a statement. According to him, “While enforcing the existing ban on the use of motorcycles in parts of Lagos State, Police Officers of Isolo Division came under attack from motorcycle riders at Cele bus-stop, resulting in the death of one Police Inspector and serious…
Frontline international law expert and the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Professor Damilola Sunday Olawuyi, SAN has been awarded the top prize in academic publishing by the American Society of International Law, ASIL The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who is also Vice Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, received the prestigious “ASIL Certificate of Merit for High Technical Craftsmanship and Utility to Practicing Lawyers and Scholars” for his book Environmental Law in Arab States published by Oxford University Press. ASIL is the world’s most prestigious learned society in international law, and the…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail to a relationship expert, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, for alleged cyber-bullying. Justice Tijjani Ringim granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N10m with two sureties. Other conditions of bail granted the applicant includes that one of the sureties must provide a certificate of occupancy or titled document registered with the Lagos State Government and must be within choice areas in the state and that must also be verified by the court through the Bureau of Land in Lagos. The sureties must have their statement of…
The parents of late Omodesola Whitney Adeniran, a-12-year-old student of Chrisland High School in Lagos who died on February 9, 2023 during the school’s inter-house sports activities at the Agege Sports Stadium, will on April 17 testify before the Coroner inquest at the Ogba Magistrate court. This is the ruling on the application brought before the Coroner Magistrate, Magistrate Olabisi Fajana. The school had filed an application seeking samples and materials to carry out an independent evaluation of the autopsy report conducted by the Lagos State Government. Lagos State government had on February 13, ordered a coroner’s inquest to establish…
More evidences have been admitted against a United State convicted fraudster, Kolawole Adedayo Erinle, who was arraigned before a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja for an alleged $1.4million fraud. Erinle and his company, Rinde-Remdex Nigeria Limited, are standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of $1,410,000 (One Million Four-Hundred and Ten Thousand United States Dollars). The defendants were previously arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the same jurisdictions on March 11, 2022 but the trial could not be laid to rest before…
The scheduled arraignment of the founder of ‘I Reign Christian Ministry,’ Ikota, Lekki, Bishop Oluwafeyiropo Daniel over allegations of rape was stalled on Monday before an a Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court. Bishop Daniel was expected to stand trial before Justice Ramon Oshodi over charges bordering on rape. But he was not in court when the court’s registrar called his matter in Suit No: ID/21275C/2023. However, the State Counsel, Mrs. Inumidun Solarin informed the court that the defendant was granted administrative bail by the Police at Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos. Mrs. Solarin informed the court that the prosecution informed…
Habeeb Okikiola, the Zazu zeh crooner has been arraigned before a magistrate court in Ifo Judicial Division, Ogun State presided over by the Chief Magistrate, A.S Shoneye on a five count charge bordering on assault and stealing. The defendant has however pleaded not guilty to the charges. Delivering his ruling on application for bail made by his counsel, Adodo Destiny, the presiding Magistrate said the offences are bailable and granted him bail with bail bond of N300,000, two sureties who must reside within the jurisdiction of the honourable court. In another development of assault and stealing, he was admitted to…
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