The Lagos State judiciary has begun its annual long vacation from Monday, July 22, to Friday, September 13, 2024. A public notice signed by the acting Registrar of the Lagos Judiciary, Magistrate Tajudeen Elias, on behalf of Chief Judge Justice Kazeem Alogba, announced the start of the vacation. The notice stated: “It is hereby ...

Lawyers have called for an end to Police brutality against Nigerians, especially to Lawyers who are doing their jobs and should be respected and seen as partners seeking to uphold the law. This is the view of most Lawyers who spoke on the heels of the procession to the office of the Lagos State Commissioner ...

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Gowon Estate Division for the alleged illegal detention of a lawyer who was seeking justice for his client. The Lagos State Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement, said CL ...

The Lagos State Government said the government is considering that landlord-tenant disputes are resolved within 60 days in court. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), stated this while addressing newsmen at the weekend. Pedro noted that there is the need to maintain law and order in the state to boost ...

  Anchor University, Lagos, has commenced admission into the Law Faculty for the 2023/24 session. The Council of Legal Education gave AUL the approval to run the LLB degree programme. Commenting on the development, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele, in a statement on Monday, said the approval came at an auspicious time when the ...

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has affirmed the judgment of the tribunal, confirming the return of Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat as the Governor and Deputy Governor of Lagos State. In March, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the Lagos governorship election. Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to defeat ...

  I extend my heartfelt goodwill to the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Lagos Branch on the occasion of your 2023 Law Week. FIDA Lagos Branch has long been a beacon of strength and advocacy in the legal community, dedicated to advancing the rights and well being of women and children. Your unwavering commitment ...

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo-Rhodes Vivour (GRV) has filed his Notice of Appeal before the Court of Appeal, Lagos challenging the decision of the State GoThe governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo-Rhodes Vivour (GRV) has filed his Notice of Appeal before the Court of Appeal, ...

Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on Thursday, October 5,  sentenced a gateman, Happiness Sunday, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his employer’s children. Sunday was found guilty as charged by the state government for assaulting the children aged 10 and eight years respectively. During ...

  Lagos State Judiciary will on Sept. 29 begin a coroner’s inquest into the death of a Lagos-based musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba (a.k.a. Mohbad), to ascertain the cause of his death. This is contained in a letter by the Chief Coroner of the state, Justice Mojisola Dada. The letter dated Sept. 26, was sent to the ...

  The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has joined calls against domestic and sexual violence in the state. Speaking at the Lagos State High Court Osborne at the adorning of judges and magistrates of the Family Courts and the Domestic and Sexual Offences Courts with purple ribbons, in commemoration of the Lagos ...

The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal has struck out the Labour Party and its candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, from the petition of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor, against the recent governorship election. Jandor in his petition before the tribunal challenged the return of Babajide Sanwo Olu and Obafemi Hamzat ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has expressed the need for the use of Yoruba language in train instructions and announcement of the newly launched Blue Line Rail services in the state. To this effect, the House invited the Lagos Metro Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, for deliberations on the matter. The House, in a terse ...

  An elderly man identified as Emmanuel Nwagu, who was said to have claimed to be a Commissioner of Police, has been apprehended at the Lagos State Command. The suspect who was dressed in a Commissioner of Police uni­form was said to also possess an identity card when he appeared at the command, purportedly to ...

More than 250 prison inmates in the Ikoyi and Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centres in Lagos State have taken advantage of the plea bargain and restorative justice sensitisation programme recently organised by the state’s Ministry of Justice. The Director of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Babajide Martins, made the disclosure at the Kirikiri Medium and Maximum ...

  An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, August 16, remanded one Mubarak Kajola (28 years) for allegedly breaking into a cemetery and stealing iron rods used to cover a corpse in a grave, valued at N1.1 million. Kajola was arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on trespass, stealing, and possessing firearms, although he pleaded not ...