Justice Serifat Sonaike of a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) had discharged two men of the offence of unlawful possession of locally made gun and membership unlawful society after three years of awaiting trial. The suspects included a capenter Bashiru  Shitta and a bus conductor, Abiodun Benson, regained […]

The Director General of Legal Aid Council of Nigeria Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar, inspite of the lean resources of the Council is continuously giving approval to the team of lawyers and paralegals to embark on their monthly custodial centers visit to follow up on their clients whose cases are already in […]

Judgement was delivered State V Wasiu Adeoye-Ab/19c/2019 before Hon. Justice O. Ogunfowora, at High Court 7, Abeokuta, Ogun State, wherein the defendant was DISCHARGED & ACQUITTED on a 3 count charge of breaking into a building. The facts of the case are that sometime in 2017, the defendant broke into […]

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