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JUSTICE BEYOND MEDIA TRIAL: WAS ORIENT PETROLEUM MD JAILED FOR 14 YEARS FOR N25 BILLION FRAUD?

The news which recently made the rounds is that the Anambra State High Court, Awka Division, had “convicted and sentenced the Managing Director of Orient Petroleum Resources Plc, Nnaemeka Nwawka, and the Registered Trustees of Sage Nebefeife Foundation to 14 years imprisonment each for fraud involving N25 billion.” The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)—the […]

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March 8, 2026
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Case Law

SUPREME COURT BERATES A MAGISTRATE FOR BEHAVING LIKE “AN IMPERIAL MAJESTY”: LESSONS

Persons sitting as judges in competent courts or tribunals enjoy absolute respect for their honourable status and most especially, for the qualities and skills they possess, such as patience, intelligence, firmness, courage, open-mindedness, listening and communication skills, knowledge, understanding, tact, courtesy, judicial temperament, integrity, probity, humility, punctuality, among others. While we have many judicial officers […]

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September 19, 2022
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Fundamental right to freedom from discrimination is only enforceable against the State and not against individuals.

Case Law

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ARE SUPERIOR TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

It is common practice in many communities to find leaders in those communities as well as youth associations mobilizing the youths to embark on community development projects. This mobilization sometimes go with some level of compulsion in order to secure the cooperation of youths within the community. In some occasions, we find overzealous ‘law enforcement’ […]

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September 16, 2022
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CHILD MOLESTERS ARE BARBARIC ANIMALS OF DANGEROUS SPECIES – SUPREME COURT

Case Law

COURT OF APPEAL CONFIRMS THE SENTENCING OF A WOMAN WHO ENSLAVENED HER YOUNG NIECES: LESSONS

The story* Two young ladies, Chinaza and Favour, are nieces of a woman named Gift Nonye Ukatu. Their parents gave them to her to be placed in school and looked after. The girls were about 12 years old when they were brought to the woman. She placed them in school but after some time, she […]

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September 23, 2021
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Crime Report

HUNTERS FIGHT OVER BUSHMEAT, ONE DIES, COURT ORDERS THE OTHER TO BE KILLED

On 25 January 2014, somewhere in Kebbi State, a group of hunters went on a hunting expedition. One Muhammadu Sani Kalgo and one Mohammed Bandi were among them. Fight broke out over bushmeat. Kalgo didn’t take lightly some things Bandi told him during the fight. Annoyed, Kalgo used an axe to break Bandi’s head. A […]

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September 22, 2021
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Case Law Crime Report

SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS THE CONVICTION OF A PASTOR AND ANOTHER WHO SOLD TWO LADIES INTO PROSTITUTION: LESSONS

Given the level of unemployment and poverty in the country, many young people continue to fall victims of human trafficking, especially young ladies. The prevalence of this vice led the Government into passing the law known as Trafficking in Persons Prohibition Law Enforcement and Administration Act, 2003 (“Trafficking Act”). Notwithstanding, the illegal business is still […]

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April 8, 2021
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Case Law

COURT OF APPEAL RESCUES A FRAUDSTER WHOSE PLEA BARGAIN AGREEMENT WAS “BETRAYED” BY THE HIGH COURT

Plea Bargain – Meaning and Essential Principles Plea Bargain is an interesting invention by the law for the benefit of a person accused of committing an offence, the prosecutor and the society in general. Contrary to the assumption by many at inception in Nigeria particularly, a plea bargain does not operate to set a criminal […]

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December 30, 2020
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Law News Opinions

#JUSTICEFORUWA: THOSE WHO DEFILE THE ROOT OF EXISTENCE MUST BE SHOWN THAT THERE’S NO HIDING PLACE.

Uwa Vera Omozuwa – pretty young lady, 22, undergrad – raped and killed. Her ordeals reopen the many wounds inflicted on the hearts of many and reinforces the blemishes on the moral fabrics of the society. When a woman is raped, the rapist did not just force his way in to steal some pleasure – […]

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June 1, 2020
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Case Law Opinions

ORJI UZOR KALU’S DISCHARGE: THE SUPREME COURT IS IMPECCABLE

On the 29th of April 2019, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos (Coram: Hon. Justice Mohammed Idris) convicted the Ex-Governor of Abia State of Nigeria, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu and sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment, among other sentences. Prior to the conclusion of the case, Idris J. was elevated to the Court of […]

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May 8, 2020
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Opinions

Sowore, Nigerian Black Ninjas and the Hallowed Temple.

Sowore Omoyele Sowore (“Sowore”) is a Nigerian activist and founder of Nigerian online news organisation, Sahara Reporters (SR). SR is a dreaded news agency, well known for exposing corrupt government officials and other persons suspected of high level crimes. Although seen by some as a credible organisation fighting for the Nigerian people, others nurse the […]

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December 18, 2019
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