Lagos State High Court
24 Dec
The Olanwa Ruling House of Isheri-Olofin has prayed the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja to set aside the purported installation of Ibrahim Olasunkanmi Bello as the oba-elect of the community.
22 Nov
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has adjourned the N30 million fraud case against 64-year-old Suleiman Gbajabiamila to January 21, 2025.
3 Oct
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced Abodurin Gerald Abozo to eight years imprisonment for land fraud.
19 Aug
The application of basic principles of justice for the benefit of victims of crime is fast becoming the norm globally, but Nigeria doesn’t seem to be enamoured by this development.
9 May 2024
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on Tuesday adjourned till September 16, 2024, the hearing of the appeal filed by the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The case which was previously before Justice I.O.…
26 Mar 2024
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, remanded two businessmen, Akeem Adekunle and Kayode Olusola Ayodeji in a Correctional facility over alleged N2.8 billion money laundering.
5 Mar 2024
Justice Wasiu Animahun of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Epe has restrained the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and six others, from arresting, detaining or inviting Otunba Abduwasiu Musa-Adebamowo
9 Feb 2024
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, sentenced 32-year-old Israel Osajie to two years in prison with a fine option of N1 million payable within 30 days.
6 Feb 2024
We have had a running battle with court and custodial centre congestion, with the attendant violation, albeit inadvertent, of the constitutional rights to humane custodial conditions and speedy trial of suspects. This aberration we thought, the 2019 Act had come to ameliorate, but no.
30 Jan 2024
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, adjourned the trial of a fraud case involving 64-year-old Suleiman Gbajabiamila till February 8, 2024.
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