The Ondo State Government has approached the Supreme Court, asking it to dismiss the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the country. The state, in a legal process it filed before the apex court, maintained that FG lacked the locus standi (legal right) to…
Ibadan NBA names building after Akeredolu The Ibadan branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has named it’s new Bar Center Annex after the late governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN. The building, christened Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN Bar Center Annex, was commissioned by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, in Ibadan on…
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim Withdraws Ondo APC Primary Case, Thanks Tinubu; Ajulo Praises Legal Team Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, has officially withdrawn his lawsuit challenging the recent All Progressives Congress (APC) primary in Ondo State. The senator attributed his decision to the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose assurance of commitment…
The Federal High Court, has approved the relocation of the case filed by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, a governorship aspirant, from Abuja to Ondo State. The All Progressives Congress (APC) had formally requested the transfer of the case to Akure Division of the court The Ibrahim’s suit is challenging the validity of the primary election that…
It was a fulfilment of dream and promise on Thursday, 23rd May, 2024, when a 21st century digital library was donated and unveiled at the Akure Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, by Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire, SAN, representing Ondo Central at the National Assembly. The E-Library donated by Adegbonmire features four numbers of all…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally requested the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to relocate the case filed by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, a governorship aspirant, from Abuja to Ondo State. The suit is challenging the validity of the primary election that produced Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the party’s candidate for the…
A footballer, Babajide Folorunso and a plumber, Damilola Ayodeji, have been ordered to be remanded in prison, by a family court sitting at Oke- Eda, in Akure, Ondo state capital, for defiling a 16-year-old girl. The accused persons, who were brought before the Court on two counts of conspiracy and rape, allegedly committed the offences…
PRESS STATEMENT ALLEGED COURT JUDGEMENT ON THE STOOL OF ARAROMI; CHIEF OMOTAYO JENYO FATOYINBO REMAINS THE OLU-ARAROMI IN AKURE NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT The attention of the Palace of the Deji of Akure Kingdom and the Araromi community in Akure North has been drawn to a misleading story and misrepresentation of court process as regards the…
***Summoned to show cause why he shouldn’t be committed to prison A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on May 13, 2024, to show cause why an order of committal should not be made against him for…
By: Our Reporter Contrary to what is attainable in the public space, Nigeria is practising Unitary system of government in the guise of Federalism. Dr Olaniyi Olayinka of the Department of Private and Property Law of the Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State, stated this in his paper, “Nigeria Federalism And The Realisation Of The Objectives…
