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  • Ex-beauty queen, Ibinabo, escapes jail as court dimisses application 12 Nov 2009 00:18 GMT
    ... Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of a Lagos High Court, which yesterday momentarily revoked her (Ibinabo) bail ... to send her (Ibinabo) back to prison custody. The court also dismissed Ibinabo’s application, seeking ... travel? How can a convicted person represent Nigeria in Miss Earth contest? A convict is not ...

  • Court urged to imprison Nigeria's police chief 12 Nov 2009 14:32 GMT
    ... A Federal High Court in Lagos has been urged to commit ... him for disobeying court orders. Two different courts had in five different ex-parte applications ordered ...

  • DG Warns Varsities On Operating Illegal Law Faculties 12 Nov 2009 12:13 GMT
    ... Abuja — Law faculties floated during moratorium would be considered ... Universities Commission (NUC), the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School Dr Tahir Mamman, has said. ... Benchers and a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu charged the new ...

  • Lawyers say aspiring rapper's note about Va. Tech-style rampage was just lyrics, not a threat 12 Nov 2009 09:50 GMT
    ... were harmless lyrics, and they'll press a judge Thursday to throw out the threat charge ... jurisprudence remains a muddled mess because lower courts apply different standards." Oduwole's attorneys have cast ... Oduwole is a U.S. citizen with a Nigerian passport — and the "terror shock" they ...

  • Nigerian football star sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan 12 Nov 2009 17:13 GMT
    ... KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A Nigerian football star on Thursday said he had ... guilty are routinely beaten in public outside court rooms, while women are generally punished in ... trying to make myself heard to the judge ... saying he (the policeman) didn't make ...

  • New judge for suit against Yar'Adua's CSO 12 Nov 2009 05:23 GMT
    ... ABUJA—Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi of an Abuja High Court yesterday assumed jurisdiction over a public interest ... counsel to the disciplinary organ of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The case started de ... defence, represented by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, had said it would ...

  • Ribadu tells of Nigeria corruption 12 Nov 2009 13:34 GMT
    ... is a man who continues to divide Nigerian public opinion two years after the anti-corruption ... He brought more than 1,000 cases to court, and secured 270 convictions. Before his appointment ... his case has since languished in the courts. Soon after this case Mr Ribadu was ...

  • 21 November is a day against Sharia law and for Human Rights 12 Nov 2009 16:23 GMT
    ... 21 November is a day against Sharia law and for Human Rights One Law for ... world including Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden. Moreover, winners ... Society's Keith Porteous Wood. 3. Art competition judges are Philosopher AC Grayling; Singer Deeyah; Journalist ...

  • Former Chief Justice Insists on Time Limit for Petitions 12 Nov 2009 11:13 GMT
    ... Committee (ERC) and former Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais said in Enugu yesterday. ... or her in the Election Tribunal or Court is disposed of." Uwais said among the ... election tribunal and in all appeals, the courts shall adopt the practice of first pronouncing ...

  • Justice Asked to Weigh In on Pfizer's Trovan Case 12 Nov 2009 01:07 GMT
    ... Justice Asked to Weigh In on Pfizer's Trovan Case The U.S. Supreme Court has invited the Justice Department's Office of the Solicitor General to file a brief in a case in which Nigerian plaintiffs are suing Pfizer over deaths and other adverse events in children during its ...

  • Smoke-free laws: 90% Africans not protected 12 Nov 2009 13:11 GMT
    ... stop public health interventions by putting smoke-free laws into place, protecting more than 100 million ... for the region, Mauritius recently passed a law that is close to meeting the Framework ... laws by the tobacco industry. In Abuja, Nigeria, for example, 55 percent of school students ...

  • Nigerian star lashed 12 Nov 2009 08:52 GMT
    ... A Nigerian football star who plays for a Sudanese ... driving under the influence. An east Khartoum court condemned the young footballer to 40 lashes and ... BBC in April. "They have this Sharia law, and it’s really affecting me also, because ...

  • Nigeria star Worgu faces 40 lashes 12 Nov 2009 12:51 GMT
    ... -- Nigerian footballer Stephen Worgu has been sentenced to ... under the influence by an east Khartoum court. Alcohol is illegal in the Muslim north of ... capital Khartoum on August 21. The forward's lawyer has appealed against the punishment for the ...

  • Nigerian footballer to be flogged in Sudan for drinking 12 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
    ... The Nigerian star Stephen Worgu, who plays in Sudan, ... not yet been carried out, as his lawyer has appealed. If the appeal is turned ... everything," he said. "They have this Sharia law, and it's really affecting me also, because you ...

  • Nigerian footballer sentenced to 40 lashes 12 Nov 2009 02:15 GMT
    ... with Al-Merreikh in 2008 and has represented Nigeria at under-20 level, had been apprehended in ... a club official said, adding that Worgu's lawyer had already launched an appeal. "I am ... BBC in April. "They have this Sharia law, and it's really affecting me also, because you ...


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