Category: Justice

Man Gets 17 Years For Child Assault A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced Sunday Okoronwo, age 39 years, to 17 years’ imprisonment for sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault. Justice Rahman Oshodi convicted the defendant of a two-count amended charge brought against him by the prosecution,…

Civil Defence Officers Sentenced to Death By Hanging An Ikeja High Court has sentenced one Azonta Amarachukwu and Ajayi Adebayo to death by hanging for Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and Armed Robbery under Sections 299 and 297[2][b] of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Justice Onyindamola Ogala sentenced Azonta Amarachukwu and Ajayi Adebayo to…

Father Discharged And Acquitted of Daughter Defilement An Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court has discharged and acquitted one Alfred Udiong of an alleged defilement charge of a 14-year-old girl whose name was withheld. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution failed to prove the charge of defilement against the defendant by calling the…

Court Orders Forfeiture of 6.3 Billion Keystone Shares to Fed Govt Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has ordered the forfeiture of 6.3 billion units of ordinary shares of Keystone Bank Limited, valued at N1.00 each, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Justice Oshodi issued the order yesterday after Sigma Golf Nigeria…

Martin Amaewhule, 26 Others Reinstated, Commissioner of Justice. katherine Abayomi, Port Harcourt Following the proceedings of the sitting of the suit Sc/CV/1701/2024 Governor of Rivers State V Rivers State House of Assembly and 15 others. The Rivers State Government has dismissed claims peddled on social and electronic media to the effect that the Supreme Court…

Court Orders Union Bank Subsidiary to Refund N75.5M to customer Uko Okon, Uyo The Court of Appeal in Lagos has upheld a judgment ordering Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc, a subsidiary of Union Bank Plc, to refund N75.5 million to Abimbola Foods Limited, a private company. The refund is for excess charges, levies, and…

SOP For Criminal investigations and Monitoring. katherine Abayomi. In ensuring that criminal investigations meet standards required by the judicical system, the Rivers State Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Council (ACJMC) has introduced a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) desk. Justice Simeon  Amadi, the Chief Judge of…