Category: Legal

Kogi State Is Ready For The CJN Games – Justice Ajanah

The Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Nasir Ajanah said that the state is fully ready to host the 22nd Edition of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Games slated to commence...

Opinion: Untangling Kogi’s Intricate Political Web

By Jamila Musa From the first day that the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami,  SAN, made that spectacular pronouncement empowering INEC to call on the...

Court Remands 35-yr Old Civil Servant Over Robbery, Kidnapping In Kogi

A 35-year-old Civil Servant, Mr Samson Manyude has been remanded in prison on the orders of a Lokoja Senior Magistrate Court over alleged armed robbery and kidnap of...

Kogi Assembly, High Court Building Complexes Wears New Look

In Kogi state, both the state house of assembly complex, the building that houses the lawmakers as one of the three arms of the state, and, the high court complex are...

Opinion: Can Supreme Court Disentangle Kogi Paradox?

When the Appeal Court returned judgement unanimously in favour of Governor Yahaya Bello on August 4, there was no rejoicing anywhere in Kogi State except inside the...

Kogi Gov Tussle: Wada Files 26 Grounds of Appeal At Supreme Court

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman FAB. The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada has yesterday filed an appeal at the Supreme Court asking the apex court to set...

Groups Berates Kogi Govt for Hosting CJN’s Sports Competition

A civil rights group, Democratic Watch, has described as unacceptable the decision of Kogi State government to host this year’s edition of the Chief Justice of Nigeria...

Kogi High Court Strikes Out Suit Against Dangote

A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja, yesterday struck out a motion challenging its jurisdiction in the suit filed by a limited liability company, Modulous Nigeria...

Kogi Farmer Arraigned For Selling 7 Children for N400,000

A 49-year-old farmer, Gabriel Ajor has been arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly abducting and selling seven children including his two...

Kogi Gov Appeal: The Futility of A Minority Judgement

On the 4th day of August, 2016, in the hallowed wombs of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, their Lordships delivered judgment in the election appeal arising from...