By: Oluwatosin Adesola The Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal, saddled with the task of handling the complaints emanating from the 10th October 2020 governorship poll in the state, has dismissed a petition filled by the PDP and its candidate, Eyitayo Jegede against the reelection of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN of the APC. The petition was…
Ondo state Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, has allegedly refused journalists from covering the rescheduled judgement in the governorship petition filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, against the victory of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the October 2020 gubernatorial election currently holding today virtually. It…
Ondo state Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, has rescheduled judgement in the governorship petition filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, against the victory of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the October 2020 gubernatorial election for today, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The tribunal had announced last…
Press Statement Lawyers Urge Federal Government to Domesticate Regional and International Instruments on the Safety of Journalists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAGOS, Monday, April 19, 2021: Participants rising from a Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists have called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to domesticate relevant regional and international instruments…
Lawyers in Ondo State on Monday protested the continued strike action embarked upon by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over the demand for financial autonomy for judiciary arm of government. The lawyers from five branches in the state converged on Akure High Court complex from where they moved round the state capital and ended…
MRA Hosts Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on Safety of Journalists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAGOS, Monday, April 12, 2021: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will host a two-day Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists on April 14 and 15, 2021 designed to enhance the capacity of lawyers to litigate cases on behalf of journalists…
By: Ade Adeleke Judicial workers in Ondo state today joined a nationwide indefinite strike to protest the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. SUNSHINETRUTH reporter who monitored the situation in Akure, observes that the State High Court, Appeal Court, Magistrates courts, National Industrial court and the Federal High Court in Akure have been shut…
….. Ondo Court sentences two brothers, Okada rider to death for stealing mobile phone. Seven years after they conspired to steal a mobile phone, cash and other valuables, two brothers Issac Sunday and Isaac Lucky and an accomplice, Ovie Nana Friday, are to die by hanging in Ondo State. Justice Yemi Fasanmi of an Ondo…
…… JUMOKE ANIFOWOSHE LOSES AT THE COURT OF APPEAL. The appeal filed by Mrs. Jumoke Anifowoshe against the victory of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, in the primary election of All Progressives Congress(APC) held on July 20, 2020, has been dismissed. Jumoke from Owo like Akeredolu, is a daughter of the first civilian Governor of Ondo…
Justice Olabode Abimbola Adegbehingbe and Justice Bola Samuel Ademola, both from Ondo state have been appointed new judges at Nigeria’s court of appeal. Their appointments come on the heels of the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) which ratified the appointment of 26 judges after a meeting it had on March 17 and 18…
