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Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Three accused persons have been arraigned before a Port Harcourt Magisterate Court presided over by Magistrate E.C. Woke Esq for possession of 22 pieces of dynamite explosive. The accused persons, Chile Amakiri, 40, Eke Egeoni, 41, Ebiye Joshua, 41 and others at large were arraigned on a one count charge. The Prosecuting Police Officer, Inspector [...]
ALl IJARAFU v. WAMDUDADZUGU COURT OF APPEAL (JOS DIVISION) CAI J 1216/2008 ZAlNAB ADAMU BULKACHUWA, J.C.A. (Presided and Read the Leading Judgment) BODE RHODES-VlVOUR, J .C.A. ABUBAKAR DATIl YAHAYA,J.CA APPEAL – Nature of appeal – Whether a new suit. APPEAL – Appellate court – Duty on – Duty on to consider all the grounds of [...]
ALHAJI JIMOH AJAGBE v. LAYIWOLA IDOWU SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA SC.27 112003 ALOMA MARIAM MUKHTAR, J.S.c. (Presided and Read the Leading Judgment) WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN, J .S.C. IBRAHIM TANKa MUHAMMAD, J .S.C. JOHN AFOLABI FABIYI,J.S.C. BODE RHODES- VIVOUR, J .S.C. FRIDAY, 17th JUNE, 2011 APPEAL – Award of damages by trial court – Attitude [...]
Two physically challenged persons, charged with conspiracy and illegal collection of alms, were on Thursday discharged and acquitted by an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The accused, Samuel Kwoji, 25, and Sanni Koko, 38, of 24, New Market St., Victoria Island, were let off the hook by Magistrate O.O. Martins and warned to change their attitude [...]
A Port Harcourt Magistrate Court presided over by I.O Agbesor, has reminded fifteen persons in prison custody for allegedly selling petroleum products without valid licence. The accused persons are Gift Isaac, Waribe John, Godknows Jonathan, Sunday Okeke, Clement Onobi and Shedrack Eze. Others are Murtala Abdul, Peter Etim Effiong, Meshack Musa, Augustine Osagie and Alex [...]
A 26-year-old conductor, Bright Power, who pleaded guilty to stealing rim covers of different cars worth N200,000, will know his fate today. Chief Magistrate Oluyemisi Adelaja of the Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, last Thursday ordered the suspect remanded at the Kirikiri Prisons till the date for facts and sentence. The police had arraigned [...]
A Port Harcourt based legal practitioner and human right, crusader, Barr. ThankGod Nmah, has hailed the conviction of Al-Mustapha over the killing of Kudirat Abiola, wife of late billionaire Moshood Abiola. Barr. Nmah described the death penalty on late General Sani Abachi’s strongman as a just desert and noted that the measure one gave out [...]
918) 286; and Odu’a Investment Co. Ltd. v. Talabi (1997) 7 SCNJ page 600′, (1997) 10 NWLR (Pt. 523) 1. The learned counsel for the respondent submitted that contrary to the submission of the appellants’ counsel the interpretation employed by the court below, best suit the interpretation of section 111 (1) of the Evidence Act, [...]
Appeal: This was an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal which set aside the ruling of the High Court admitting improperly certified public documents in evidence. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal but ordered recertification of the documents. History of the Case: Supreme Court: Names of Justices that [...]
A teenage boy, 19, Mr Chinwendu Egbo has been remanded in prison custody by a Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court Presided over by E.C. Woke for allegedly killing one Chukwuma Akachu. Mr Chinwendu Egbo is standing trial on four count charges of murder, participating in secret cult activities among other crimes. The prosecuting police officer, [...]
