Lagos State High Court
2 days ago
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
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
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
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
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.
19 Jan
I anchored a Newswatch cover story on our judiciary in May 1986. The story, Judiciary on Trial, was published in the issue of the magazine dated May 26, 1986.
14 Nov
A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square has ordered the release of a police officer, Gabriel Enejo, who has spent 10 years in detention over his alleged involvement in the death of one Azeez Omotosho in the Oshodi area of the state. Enejo was released for want of diligent prosecution. Justice Ibironke Harrison,…
10 Nov
For allegedly defrauding for the sum of N26 million, a diabetic patient, Abdulrahman Raji, was, yesterday, arraigned before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja.
5 May 2023
Justice Adeniyi Pokanu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikorodu, has barred Adeniran Olusegun Shodipo from holding himself out as the Regun of Ikorodu, Lagos, pending the determination of a suit concerning the Regun chieftaincy stool.
21 Apr 2023
Lagos State government, yesterday, arraigned an immigration officer, Umar Mohammed, before a Lagos high court, sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Igbosere, over an allegation of assault.