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A Chief Magistrate, Josephine Obannor, yesterday ordered the arrest of Barrister Thomas Oko, counsel to one Alhaji Atiku Hafiz Ringim, for trying to mislead the court.

The chief magistrate also ordered that the lawyer should only be released to the chairman of the National Bar Association after ascertaining his status.

Although the true identity of the top police officer called Ringim was n
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CHIEF Judge of Edo State Justice Michael Edokpayi was found dead in his room at the Nicon Luxury hotel in Abuja yesterday. Daily Trust learnt from police sources that staff of the hotel discovered him at about 1 o’clock in the early hours of Tuesday.

Justice Edokpayi, who was 61 years old, was in Abuja to attend a conference of judges. He was said to have confided in his aides upon his arrival
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A legal practitioner, Barrister Idris Ibrahim, was on Friday arraigned before an Abuja Area Court for allegedly violating the Road Traffic Act (RTA).

The lawyer, who was charged with one Renes Joshua, was accused of dangerous driving and driving without due care for other road users. He was said to
Have contravened Sections 18 and 25 of the RTA.

A mild drama happened in the court room wh
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SURETY JAILED FOR ABSENCE OF SUSPECT

Posted by confabee-3 204 days ago (Editorial)


A 22-year-old photographer, Thaddeus Ngutswen, who stood as a surety for an accused in a case of cheating, has been sentenced to three days imprisonment by an Area court.

When the case first came up for hearing, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail.

At the resumed hearing, the prosecutor Silas Nanpan, had earlier told the court that the accused stood as a su
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MAGISTRATE DEFERS SENTENCE IN ASSAULT

Posted by confabee-3 225 days ago (Editorial)


AN Abuja magistrate court yesterday reserved ruling in a case involving a 24- year -old businessman, Soloman Abuh, who pleaded guilty to stabbing one Bitrus Samuel of Area E, Nyanya with a beer bottle.

Prosecutor Silas Nampan had dis­closed in court that on May 13, 2009, the complainant reported to the police that in the evening of May 12, while the accused was fighting with a lady at Kasham
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JURISTS CHARGE SECRETARIES

Posted by confabee-3 231 days ago (Editorial)


PIONEER President of ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Jus­tice Hasine Donli and Admin­istrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Umaru Eri, have charged Confidential Sec­retaries and Typists in the judici­ary to exhibit the best conduct in the discharge of their duties. The two jurists spoke in Abuja at the opening of a five-day

National Workshop for Confi­dential Secretari
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