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Legal Tussle So Far https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?gdpr=1&us_privacy=1---&gdpr_consent=CQJ7wMAQJ7wMAEsACBENBVFgAAAAAEPgAAwIAAAOhSD2F2K2kKFkPCmwXYAYBCujYAAhQgAAAkCBMACgAUgQAgFJIAgCIFAAAAAAAAAQEiCQAAQABAAAIACgAAAAAAIAAAAAAAQQAABAAIAAAAAAAAEAQAAIAAQAAAAIAABEhCAAQQAEAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAABAAA&addtl_consent=2~~dv.70.89.93.108.122.149.196.236.259.311.313.323.358.415.442.449.486.494.495.540.574.609.864.981.1029.1048.1051.1095.1097.1126.1205.1276.1301.1365.1415.1449.1514.1570.1577.1598.1651.1716.1735.1753.1765.1870.1878.1889.1958.1960.2072.2253.2299.2373.2415.2506.2526.2531.2568.2571.2575.2624.2677.2778&gpp_sid=-1&client=ca-pub-3295515171382151&output=html&h=358&adk=4149554608&adf=2547679570&w=430&abgtt=7&lmt=1734653215&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=3319643946&ad_type=text_image&format=430x358&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisdaylive.com%2Findex.php%2F2024%2F12%2F17%2Fdele-farotimi-the-trial-within-a-trial%2F&host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=325&rw=390&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&dt=1734653215113&bpp=3&bdt=4871&idt=-M&shv=r20241212&mjsv=m202412090101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&eo_id_str=ID%3Decd18092326efd35%3AT%3D1734653214%3ART%3D1734653214%3AS%3DAA-AfjbgF-YD43OFW6v0j6MAQiC7&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=2&correlator=1174087359792&frm=20&pv=1&u_tz=0&u_his=1&u_h=896&u_w=414&u_ah=896&u_aw=414&u_cd=24&u_sd=3&adx=0&ady=1204&biw=430&bih=734&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31089335%2C42531706%2C95345966&oid=2&pvsid=3053386575487401&tmod=391737728&uas=3&nvt=1&fc=1408&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C414%2C0%2C430%2C734%2C430%2C734&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&bz=1&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=8 FHC: As the controversy with Dele Farotimi and his book “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System” rages on, last Monday, December 9th to be precise, he was arraigned on  12 counts of Cybercrime Charges contrary to and punishable under Section 24 of the Cybercrimes  (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015 (as amended) (CA) at the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti …

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I have now read this book. For non lawyers, this book is without nuance and brave. For lawyers, this book ought to be nuanced. When lawyers blame technicalities as the basis of the failure of their litigation, it’s like a carpenter blaming his tools for his failure to make a chair. Facts, the law, court …

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This week's Saturday Tribune column examines the Streisand effect in relation to Afe Babalola's strong-arm tactics against Dele Farotimi over Farotimi's book, which now ranks number one Amazon's global Best Sellers' list: When 95-year-old legal luminary Afe Babalola weaponized the Nigerian police to arrest and detain activist Dele Farotimi over alleged defamation in his book, …

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Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure  It was his role as a dad that endangered his job as a judge. One night around 1983, Anyebe caught his son attempting to steal from his …

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