Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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In Nigeria, the journey towards a more prosperous and just society commences with an unwavering commitment to address the deep-seated corruption entrenched within our policing and judicial systems. These pivotal institutions stand as pillars of justice and law enforcement, yet their pervasive corruption hampers the country’s progress towards eradicating corruption on a broader scale. The…
The Ogun State Judicial Panel of Investigation on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Extra-Judicial Killings sitting at the Magistrate Court 1, Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday, said it had ended its sittings. The Panel Chairman, Justice Solomon Olugbemi, who disclosed this in Abeokuta while speaking with journalists at the end of the six months sitting period,…
Yewande Oyediran, a former staff of the Department of Public Prosecution in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice, who was convicted of manslaughter for killing her husband Lowo, was on Monday handed a seven years jail term by Justice Muntar Abimbola of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan. Yewande, a lawyer, was accused…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday convicted an 87 year-old woman, Maria Seriki, of dealing in 10.3 kg of Cannabis Sativa. The judge, Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari however, ordered that the convict be remanded at the Lagos State Old People’s Home, pending the time a member of her family, willing to take proper…
For inflicting life-threatening injuries on her eight-year-old stepdaughter, a woman has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. The suspect, Mrs. Rose James Michael, who resides at 10 Onafowokan Street Ita-Oluwa via Ogijo, is cooling her heels in a police cell for harming Blessing James Michael. She was arrested following a complaint from her…
The majority leader of Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Yinka Mafe, Wednesday, said he has instructed his lawyers to institute a court action against the Nigerian Police, Ogun State command, for allegedly attacking him late Tuesday night. Mafe told our INDEPENDENT correspondent that no fewer than 50 security officers loaded in eight vehicles bombarded…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out an application by former President Goodluck Jonathan seeking an order setting aside the subpoena issued to him to appear in defense of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh. The court presided over by Justice Okon Abang, also dismissed…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to set aside the subpoena ordering him to appear in court as a witness to testify in defense of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. In the alternative, the ex-President sought an order directing Metuh…
A High Court in Abeokuta on Wednesday sentenced two brothers, John Kuku, 45, Fabu Kuku, 33, to death by hanging for armed robbery. The two accused brothers who live at OPIC Estate at Agbara in Ogun State, were found guilty of a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery. In her judgment, Justice Olatokunbo Majekodumi…
The Nigerian new CJN, Hon. Justice W.S. Nkanu Onnoghen was yesterday Wednesday 1, March 2017 confirmed as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria by the Nigerian Senate. The new CJN was born on the 22nd December 1950 at Okurike Town, Biase L.G.A. of Cross Rivers State. Justice W.S. Nkanu Onnoghen attended the Presbyterian Primary School, Okurike…
