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…
By: Oluwatosin Adesola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu today sworn in four commissioners-designate to run the affairs of four ministries in Ondo State They are the former Commissioner for information and orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo, his counterpart in the ministry of Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa, former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney general, Sir Charles Titiloye…
A 29-year old farmer identified as Ikumuyi Isreal has been dragged before an Akure Magistrate Court for raping a minor to death. The victim identified as Esther Friday died while the suspect was having sex with her. It was learnt that the incident happened on February 2, 2021, at Akinfosile Village near Igbotako, Ondo State….
