The Ondo State Judiciary has constituted a probe panel to investigate a Chief Magistrate for convicting a suspect without trial despite pleading not guilty to the charges preferred against him. A Chief Magistrate Court in Ile-Oluji District had allegedly convicted one Benjamin Andrew for stealing without trial despite pleading not guilty to the charge. In…
Meet Kekere-Ekun who is Set To Emerge Nigeria’s Second Female CJN Ariwoola bows out August 22 as 7th chief justice. Barring any last-minute change, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun of the Supreme Court is set to emerge as the next chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). If she assumes the office, Kekere-Ekun would become the second female justice…
An Ondo State Family Court has ordered the remand of a pastor, Adetunji Obatayo, in prison custody for sexually assaulting his foster daughter and procuring abortion for her three times. It was gathered that the victim had been living with the defendant since 2020 when her parents handed over her to the pastor. Obatayo is…
……Condemns creation of Livestock Ministry by FG. TINUBU AND THE GRAND CONSPIRACY AGAINST DEMOCRACY AND TRUE FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA Afenifere views the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case filed by the Federal Government on the so-called Local Government autonomy as sheer judicial conspiracy in cahoots with the Tinubu administration against the Nigerian state…
Press Statement Supreme Court Verdict/Ondo LCDAs:LET’S AVOID THE LOOMING IMPASSE THE Supreme Court judgement granting full financial autonomy to the Local Governments is a welcome development. The position expressed by Mr President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR hailing the verdict further serves as a commendable booster of hope to Nigeria’s rural dwellers at the grassroots. By…
The candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Ondo State, Gbenga Edema, has lauded the Supreme Court judgement that granted autonomy to the 774 local governments in the country. Edema, who had been an advocate of autonomy for the local government, emphasised that the development will no doubt…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has dismissed the suit filed by the Federal Government over the disputed land accommodating the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA) The appellate court presided by Justices Oyebisi Folakemi Omolade, Fredrick Oziakpono Ono and Yusuf Alhaji Bashir affirmed the judgment of an Akure High…
GOV AIYEDATIWA SIGNS LAW TO ADD ELEVEN JUDGES TO ONDO STATE JUDICIARY In a historic move to strengthen the judiciary for more efficient dispensation of justice in Ondo State, Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa on Thursday signed into law the Bill to add eleven to the number of judges in the State. The new law increases…
…..Lawyer, Femi Emodamori hails judgment as Watershed, victory for Judiciary, ends to Executive subjugation. The Ondo State High Court, presided over by Hon. Justice Ademola Enikuomehin, has nullified several sections of the Ondo State Judiciary Funds Management (Financial Autonomy) Law, 2021, for violating Section 121 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,…
The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Hon Olugbenga Edema described the position of the Ondo State government in opposing the suit filed by the Federal Government on the Local Government autonomy at the Supreme Court, as anti-people. Edema said the autonomy of the local government would bring development to the grassroots…
