Judiciary

Prison Decongestion: Delta CJ Frees Over 2,000 Awaiting Trail Inmates

By Web News July 3, 2020 69 0

Over two thousand awaiting trial inmates have been set free in Delta State, following the completion of a month-long prison visitation exercise by the state’s Chief Judge, CJ, Justice Marshal Umukoro. Justice Umukoro in his closing remarks at the Ogwashi-Uku Medium Security Custodial Center, decried the high number of youths between the ages of seventeen […]Read More...

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Ikire Obaship Tussle: Supreme Court Declares Oba Falabi’s Selection Illegal

By Web News June 30, 2020 638 0

Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire says Akire of Ikire, Oba Olatunde Falabi can no longer occupy the seat of Akire of Ikire. Oba Falabi had earlier approached High Court sitting in Ikire to challenge Osun state government from dethroning him, as Akire of ikireland. The Akire of Ikire, Oba Olatunde Falabi who was […]Read More...

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Court Acquits OAU’s Former Acting VC, Bursar

By Web News June 25, 2020 32 0

An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has discharged and acquitted the former Acting Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Professor Anthony Elujoba and former Acting Bursar, Mrs Josephine Akeredolu of allegations of abuse of office and financial misappropriation.  The two were alleged of fraud and conspiracy by the Economic and Financial Crimes Read More...

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Ogun Sacked Obas: Status quo remains – Court

By Web News June 24, 2020 34 0

Seventy-five coronet Obas sacked by the Ogun State Government have challenged their demotion before the state High Court sitting in Abeokuta. The court presided over by Justice Akinyemi in the inaugural sitting on the interlocutory injunction filed by the coronet Obas ruled that the status quo should be maintained. Justice Akinyemi explained that the relationship that Read More...

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Rape: Ogun Chief Judge Calls for State of Emergency

By Web News June 23, 2020 66 0

The Ogun state Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu has renewed the call on government to declare state of emergency on rape cases across the country. Justice Dipeolu stated this at the official inauguration of the Magistrate Court, Ido-Oke, Igbesa Land, Ado-Odo/Ota, Local Government Area of the State. The Ogun state Chief Judge who expressed worry […]Read More...

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Man Appears Before Court for Physically Abusing Teenage Son

By Web News June 22, 2020 105 0

A 41 year old man Iyiola Sanusi Abass, on Monday appeared before an Ibadan Magistrate Court, Iwo Road for abusing his 16 year old son for being wayward. The Suspect according to Police Prosecutor Mr. Sunday Ogunremi committed the offence on May 20, this year, at his residence, No 10. Sale Manager Street Iwo Road, Ibadan.  According to the […]Read More...

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Man Bags 8years Jail Term for Money Laundering

By Web News June 16, 2020 110 0

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, has sentenced one Raphael Ayomide Davies to 8 years imprisonment of money laundering. Davies was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Monday, February 19, 2018 on an eight-count charge of money laundering, to which he pleaded not guilty, Read More...

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Delta CJ Grants Amnesty to Inmates Awaiting Trial

By Web News June 16, 2020 39 0

About eighty persons awaiting trial in prisons and holding centers across Sapele, in Delta State, has been released from incarceration, including teenagers charged for cultism and robbery allegations. The suspects awaiting trial were set free during a visit by the Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshall Umukoro to the Nigeria Correctional Service, and the […]Read More...

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Court Sentences Man to Prison for Engine Oil Theft in Osogbo

By Web News June 15, 2020 99 0

An Osogbo Magistrate Court in Osun State has sentenced to 7 months imprisonment a 39-year-old man identified as Remi Ifamoyegum for stealing lubrication (engine) oil worth ₦469,000 since he was employed.  Ifamoyegun was brought before the Magistrate by Police on two counts including stealing engine oil belonging to Mobil Oil Nigeria, Osogbo.  The prosecutor, Read More...

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Delta CJ Releases 149 Awaiting Trial Inmates

By Web News June 10, 2020 166 0

The Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshal Umukoro, has pronounced the release of one hundred and forty nine inmates awaiting trial at the Warri Custodian Center of the Nigeria Correctional Service. The prisoners were set free on the occasion of jail delivery at the Warri Prison, where a total of seven hundred and eighty […]Read More...