Kogi magistrate warns counsels over adjournment of criminal cases

May 26, 2023 Oyibo Salihu 0

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Lokoja has warned defendants and their counsels seeking “frivolous” adjournments to desist, saying  “criminal cases can not be adjourned for more than two weeks to fast track the speedy trials of cases in courts.” The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Abdul  Maimunat, gave  warning in Lokoja  on Friday ,while reacting to the letter written by a Read More

Shekarau absent as 3 female senators-elect, 95 others get Certificate of Return  

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday presented Certificate of Return (CoR) to Senators-elect in Abuja. Of the 101 Senators-elect who were around to collect the CoR, only three were females, namely; Rivers Deputy Governor Ipalibo Banigo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Lagos Deputy Governor Idiat Adebule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and wife of former Secretary Read More