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BOLANLE RAHEEM: MORE QUESTIONS FOR ALLEGED KILLER COP

Many officers of the Nigeria Police Force have brought sorrows of inestimable magnitude to many families. The killing of a lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, in Lagos on Christmas day, 25 December 2022, is one of such heartbreaking stories. From the reports, we learnt that the deceased lawyer was an expectant mother, after many years of waiting. […]

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December 28, 2022
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Fundamental right to freedom from discrimination is only enforceable against the State and not against individuals.

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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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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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House help murders his Madam (retired Chief Magistrate): His reliance on insanity was epic!

David Uche Ideh v. The State [2019] 6 NWLR (Pt. 1669) 479 Facts A retired Chief Magistrate of the Ogun State Judiciary, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Timeyin (the Deceased) employed one David Uche Ideh (the Appellant) as house help. The deceased lived with her husband and son. One day, the house help was alone in the house. […]

stephenazubuike
June 11, 2019
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How a man who tried to bring electricity to his village was killed.

The Story Somewhere in Akwa Ibom State, one John Tom Umoh (now deceased), who was the Sanitation Chairman in his community was desirous of seeing to the success of an electrification project in his village. To this end, he indicated that certain trees needed to be felled for this purpose. He also identified one coconut […]

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May 22, 2019
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Case Law

Can words alone constitute provocation so as to serve as a defence to criminal liability?

Ahungur v. State [2019] 2 NWLR (Pt. 1657) 393 at 404, paras. F-G, per Galinje, JSC: “In Edache v. The Queen (1962) NRNLR 56, (1962) 1 SCNLR 122, this Court held that circumstances could exist when words alone could give rise to provocation, grave enough to deprive an offender power of self-control. But whether words […]

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March 18, 2019
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Case Law

A person who procures another to commit an offence is liable for the offence.

Ijeoma Anyasodor v. State [2018] 8 NWLR (Pt. 1620) 107 at 132, paras. E-G, per Peter-Odili, JSC: “For a fact, the Prosecution/Respondent properly executed the duty laid upon it for proof beyond reasonable doubt of the charge of murder against the Appellant, whose evidence in defence just could not hold water nor could dent the […]

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June 13, 2018
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Radio interview and newspaper report are not always the truth of their contents.

Adegbite v. State [2018] 5 NWLR (Pt. 1612) 183 at 204-205, paras. H-A, per Galinje, JSC: “The lower court was also right when it refused to accord probative value to the newspaper report and radio interview as newspaper report is not always the truth of its contents, and the prosecution had no burden to […]

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April 11, 2018
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