Judiciary

Court remands welder, 51, for allegedly defiling minor

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 51-year-old welder, Fatai Amidu, at Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi, who did not take the plea of Amidu, ordered that…

Lawyers to pay N1m for SAN rank application

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has opened invitations for lawyers to apply for the 2023 award for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria at N1m, per applicant. The LPPC, in a notice issued by its Secretary/Chief Registrar of the…