Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
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...”
The respondents had led evidence of how the land was founded and first settled upon and how the ownership descended down the years to the Ikate family. They led evidence of how the Ikate family sold a large parcel of the land including the land in dispute to Chief Ajao by a Deed of Conveyance, […]
A legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Barr. Chijoke Agi, has said that the dissolution of Obio/Akpor Local Government Council by the Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi is in order. Barr. Agi, who stated this while speaking to The Tide in Port Harcourt at the weekend, noted that the power of dissolution was […]
A housewife, Kerimat Jimoh, last Thursday urged an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve the three-year-old marriage to her husband, Wahab, due to his wayward lifestyle. Kerimat, 30, a resident of Ipata Area, Ilorin, told the court that her husband was wayward and rough in his lifestyle. “My husband always goes out with different set of […]
The Sexual Offences Bill, which prescribes life imprisonment for paedophiles (persons sexually attracted to children), recently in Abuja passed through second reading at the floor of the Senate. The bill also seeks to make sexual assault an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of not less than 10 years, which could be extended to […]
Four men last Thursday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrate Court in Lagos, charged with assaulting police officers. The accused are Adebanjo Awolesi, 30; Ayodeji Awolesi, 18; who reside at 39, Itunoloja St., Isiwu and Jaiyeola Shotuyi, 68. Others are Olusegun Shotuyi, 45, who resides at 27, Ayegbami St., Isiwu in Ikorodu, near Lagos. They are […]
A former employee of an expatriate company, Bollore Africa Logistics, last Thursday dragged the company to court over alleged wrongful dismissal and discrimination. The claimant, Mrs Abigail Kakiyes, filed the suit before Justice K.I. Amadi of the National Industrial Court, Lagos. Our correspondent reports that Kakiyes started working for the company in August, 2009 at […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has fixed December 2 to continue hearing in the case of alleged money laundering against the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi. Before adjourning the matter on Thursday, the EFCC, which instituted the suit against Ikuforiji, told the […]
A 75-year-old man, Fashola Fakorede, last Thursday urged an Ingandu Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Funke, 49, for allegedly beating him. Fakorede told the court that his wife had turned him into a punching bag and also inflicted injuries over his body. “My wife wants to kill me, she beats […]
The Supreme Court case declared exhibit P9 worthless. There was no allegation of fraud or forgery. The appellant in his brief at page 16 submitted that exhibit P9 and the plan attached to it are defective and for all material purposes fail to ground exhibit PI on grounds of fraud which takes it away from […]
A Port Harcourt- based legal practitioner, Barr Endurance Akpelu has called for the introduction of Verbatim recorders in the Rivers State Judiciary to facilitate the dispensation of justice in the state. Barr Akpelu who stated this while speaking with The Tide in Port Harcourt at the weekend, said it was not proper for cases to […]
