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Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that Obumotochiri kingdom in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area is not legally recognised. The judgment was delivered by Justice Iheanyi Wodi following a suit challenging the leadership structure of the community body. The court also nullified the installation of Darrick Acheseomie as king of
On the eve of his decision to nominate Oliver Wendell Holmes as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, that “the ablest lawyers are men whose past has naturally brought them into close relationship with the wealthiest and the most powerful.” What
Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, has been sentenced to 75 years imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Abuja over the diversion of public funds amounting to about ₦33.8 billion. The court found Mamman guilty of multiple charges bordering on money laundering and misappropriation of funds during his time in office. The judgment followed
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has fixed May 26, 2026, for the hearing of a plea in a suit against Wisdom Gate School following the death of a two-year-old pupil, Wynne Akekue. The case involves the school owner and four members of the management accused in connection with the incident. At
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When the Economist described Nigeria over 18 years ago as a “democracy by court order”, it ventured into prophetic journalism. In the period since then, partisan politicians have become comfortable with playing second fiddle to judges, a sizeable number of whom have emerged as the most avid tribe of belligerents in the mortal
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has suspended a lawyer, Benjamin Obiora, for two years over allegations of professional misconduct linked to fraud and abuse of judicial processes in Indorama host communities in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. The case stemmed from a petition filed by Benjamin Ngokanya, who accused Obiora of incitement,
Human rights lawyer Chidi Anselm Odinkalu has criticised the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over claims that 60 percent of Nigerian tertiary students are criminals. Odinkalu described the statement as irresponsible and unconscionable, warning that it amounts to unlawful profiling and undermines constitutional protections. He argued that the anti-graft agency has no
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has fixed March 17 for hearing in a suit seeking the removal of the chairmen of Port Harcourt City, Obio Akpor, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government areas. Presiding judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo, joined the Chairman of Obio Akpor Local Government, Gift Worlu, and 59 others as the
The African Women Lawyers Forum has attributed the rising cases of teenage pregnancy and maternal mortality in rural communities to weak enforcement of child protection laws. Speaking in an interview, a former Rivers State Coordinator of the forum, Hilda Desmond, said the failure to effectively implement existing child protection frameworks has left many young girls
Abdul Leigh Balogun became a judge of the High Court of Lagos State in 1976. In a career as a trial judge spanning 17 years and three different decades, the man better known as A.L.A.L Balogun earned a deserved reputation as one of the most knowledgeable trial judges to adorn the Nigerian judiciary. His reputation
