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Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the final forfeiture of $40m worth of jewellery linked to former Minister of Petroleum Allison Diezani Madueke. ALSO READ: Psychologist decries inadequate…

THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has issued a directive to all the heads of various courts in the land to designate one or two courts in their jurisdictions as special courts to hear and speedily determine…

In spite of the introduction of electronic filing system in Lagos courts, some lawyers said on Tuesday that the filing procedure of cases was still cumbersome and slow. The lawyers noted that instead of speeding up the processes, the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would await final outcome of court cases in deciding on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate for the governorship election in Edo. Mr Nick Dazang, Deputy Director, Voter…

It is not because of the unavailability of court cases to preside over. Lagos courts have stream of cases every day. But judges of the Ikeja High Court now vacate the court premises not later than 3.00pm every day because of poor…

Justice is the will of the strong and while the strong does what he likes, the weak suffers what he must. This is the most appropriate way to describe the case of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12,…