Tag: Akobe Solomon, Aminu Ali Eri, Egume, Kogi, Kogi News
Area/Upper Area Courts Cannot Transfer Cases to Magistrate Courts in Kogi State – Appellate Court Affirms
The Kogi State High Court (Appeal Session) presided over by Hon. Justice A.S. Hussaini, Hon. Justice A.U. Muhammed, and Hon. Justice Aminu Ali Eri, has affirmed the...
N30,000 Minimum Wage: S.O. Akobe Hails Kogi Chief Judge as JUSUN Calls of 7-Day Old Strike
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Kogi state chapter, has suspended it one week old strike action. The state chapter of JUSUN had on July 5 directed its...
NBA Cannot Render ‘Free Legal Services’ to INEC That Used N355b Taxpayers’ Money for 2023 Polls – Lawyer
A legal practitioner and social critic, S.O. Akobe, has raised alarm over some decisions and official statements emanating from the current leadership of the Nigeria Bar...
‘There’s No Law Authorizing Area/Upper Area Courts to Transfer Cases to Magistrate Courts’, Kogi Court Rules
A Kogi Magistrate Court on Monday, the 20th day of March, 2023, delivered a ruling relating to the powers or jurisdiction of a Magistrate Court to entertain transferred...
Your Assessment of INEC is Baseless and Personal to You, Lawyer Tackles NBA President
A Human Right Activist, S.O. Akobe has reacted to the comment recently made by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President when he appeared on Channels Television on...
Kogi CJ Direct Magistrates Presiding as Presidents of Upper Area Courts to Stop Sitting Forthwith
Kogi State Acting Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Josiah Majebi has directed that all Magistrates who have been presiding as Presidents of Upper Area Courts in Kogi State...
Death of 11 People in Kogi Accident Unacceptable, Those Behind It Must be Brought to Book, Lawyer Fumes
A lawyer and activist, Solomon Akobe, has described the recent accident which claimed the lives of about eleven persons around Ochadamu-Anyigba road as an...
Lawyer Writes Kogi CJ, Seeks Immediate Withdrawal of Magistrates Presiding in Upper Area Courts
– Threatens to take legal action if demand is not met A Kogi-based Lawyer and Activist, S. O. Akobe, Esq., has written a letter to the Acting Chief Judge of Kogi...
Prince Abubakar Audu University Confirms Daniel Atidoga as Professor of Law
Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba on Friday announced the elevation of Dr. Daniel Friday Atidoga from the status of Associate Professor to a full Professor...
Tussle for Kogi State House of Assembly Ticket; PDP Resolves Matter Matter Out of Court
The legal battle between Hon. Joseph Egene against Hon. Godwin Meliga, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over...