TheHILL | NEWS | February 11. Member representing Etinan /Nsit Ibom /Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency, Mr Onofiok Luke has lamented the increase in adulterated fuel sold in Nigeria. He stated this while contributing to the debate on a matter of urgent public importance on: The need to investigate the importation, procurement, release and sale of […]
TheHILL | METRO | February 5. Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, at an Ikeja Special Offences Court, denied kidnapping a businessman, Sylvanus Ahamonu and collecting a 420,000 dollar ransom from his family. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans is standing trial alongside an ex-soldier, Victor Aduba, on a four-count charge […]
TheHILL. | NEWS | January 25 The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila has canvassed better welfare and remuneration of judicial officers for efficient justice delivery. He stated this on Tuesday at the 2022 Justice Sector Summit organised by the Nigerian Bar Association and the Justice Research Institute in collaboration with the […]
TheHILL | METRO | January 19. Two weeks after the Akwa Ibom State government placed a ban on the activities of scrap scavengers in all her 31 Local Government Areas, a Magistrate Court sitting in Uyo, on Tuesday, sent no fewer than twenty (20) offenders to the facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service, TheHILL […]
TheHILL | METRO | DECEMBER 15. Miss Miriam Akpan, the seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7, in the trial of Uduak-Abasi Akpan, his father and sister over the alleged murder of 26-year-old job seeker, Iniubong Umoren, has told an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, how the first accused person lured her with a fake […]
TheHILL | NEWS | DECEMBER 13. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary, Rep. Onofiok Luke yesterday called for the establishment of a special intervention fund for the judiciary to enable it to perform its competing demands and challenges. Luke made the call while on an oversight visit, with some of his […]
TheHILL | METRO | DECEMBER 10. Tragedy was averted in Aba the commercial capital of Abia State when a court building suddenly collapsed about twenty minutes after its sitting. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at High Court Four Aba presided over by Justice Clinton Okoroafor. According to eyewitness accounts, the roof of the courtroom suddenly […]
TheHILL | METRO | NOVEMBER 28. The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a senior immigration officer, Abdullahi Usman, for his alleged role in the raid on the home of Justice Mary Odili, the second most senior judge in the country. Our source; PUNCH had gathered that the immigration officer is expected to be arraigned this […]
TheHILL | METRO PLUS | NOVEMBER 24. By Harrison Essien, UYO. Two men have been sentenced to death for killing their uncle, one Mr. Imo Effiong Edet over landed property in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. 32-year-old Joseph Usen Etim from Akpautong and 31-year-old Christopher Sunday Macaulay, a native of Obio […]
TheHILL | JUDICIARY | NOVEMBER 1 Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Mr Onofiok Luke has commended the Center for Socio-Legal Studies( CSLS) for spearheading the amendments to the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 (ACJA). Delivering his remark as the Chairman at the opening ceremony of the Expert Review Meeting on the proposed amendment to […]