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Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN, has been sworn in as the 31st president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Maikyau was sworn in by his predecessor, Mr Olumide Akpata, at the close of activities for the 62nd Annual General Conference of the association held at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday August 26. The new […]
Continue ReadingChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC), Hon. Justice Oluwakayode Ariwoola, is launching a major judicial reform soon, according to Sunday Tribune. The unveiling of the sweeping reform, expected to reposition the Judiciary, is reportedly billed for the resumption of the new legal year in September. It is not […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of the acting Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive CJN. The request was contained in a letter by the president dated 25th July, 2022, and read by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, at the start of plenary […]
Continue ReadingChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad has resigned, according to reports. Citing sources, Channels Television confirmed that he resigned on Sunday night on the grounds of ill-health. When contacted, the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to CJN, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, said, “All I know is that he’s going to declare open […]
Continue ReadingOne of Nigeria’s political parties, the Action Peoples Party (APP) may on Monday drag the Presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu to court to challenge his academic qualification to stand for the 2023 election. APP’s decision followed alleged irregularities in the academic qualification and documents submitted by Tinubu to Independent National […]
Continue ReadingIn a judgment on Friday, a seven-member panel of Nigerian Supreme Court, headed by Justice Musa Dattijo Mohammed, was unanimous in holding that President Muhammadu Buhari, having participated in the making of the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, by assenting to it, could not turn around seeking to void it. The […]
Continue ReadingChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad has replied to the protest letter signed by 14 Justices of the Nigerian Supreme Court and written against him. The Supreme Court justices in the protest letter, complained of poor welfare conditions and the deplorable state of the court. They also listed the operational challenges that have almost crippled the […]
Continue ReadingJustices of the Nigerian Supreme Court, fourteen in number, have lamented the decrepit state of affairs in the court in a letter sent to the Chief Justice, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad. In the leaked letter, the Justices accused the CJN of refusing to address the issues despite drawing his attention to them. They complained of a […]
Continue ReadingA High Court in United Kingdom (UK) has ordered the closure of Salvation Proclaimer Ministries Limited, a church led by Nigeria-born Tobi Adegboyega, over alleged financial mismanagement and lack of transparency in its operations. In a statement published to the UK government website on Friday, the church, popularly known as SPAC Nation, was said to […]
Continue ReadingGiant bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has won the $1.7 billion London court battle with the government of Nigeria over its role in the transfers of hundreds of millions of dollars to a former Nigerian oil Minister accused of corruption. Nigeria’s government said a contract awarded by one of its predecessors to explore the deep […]
Continue ReadingAn Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year or pay $650,000. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad say that they exhausted their savings raising and educating their pilot son and paying for a lavish wedding. Now they want payback. “My son has been […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia that voided a section of the electoral act which barred political appointees from contesting in an election. A three-member panel of the court headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka which deliberated on the case on Wednesday May 11, held […]
Continue ReadingMovement restriction on the publisher of Sahara Reporters, human rights activist and convener of #Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore was on Wednesday April 13, lifted by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The media personality was in 2019, barred from leaving Abuja by a Federal High Court after he was dragged to court on charges of […]
Continue ReadingThe full United States Senate voted 53-47 in favor of confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Jackson, who makes history as the first Black woman and the first public defender to serve on the highest US court, will replace Justice Stephen Breyer when he officially retires this summer at […]
Continue ReadingNicknamed ‘The Flagship Set’, the class of 1980-1983 of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (UNILAG), will be celebrating its 13th to 15th combined annual reunion in Lagos from April 8-10, 2022. The reunion tagged “Eko 2020-2022,” will hold at The Radisson Blu Hotel, 38-40, Isaac John Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, Nigeria. Highlights of […]
Continue ReadingJustice D.E. Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria, has granted an Order of Interim Forfeiture of fourteen landed properties belonging to M.D/CEO of Brisk Capital Limited, Mr. Dominic Joshua Ngene. 21-year-old Joshua, who claims to be an ‘investment expert’ was arrested last year by the Special Fraud Unit, Lagos, for allegedly […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal of the Enugu Division, on Friday, affirmed the judgement of Ebonyi High Court, Abakaliki, which quashed a suit challenging the defection of Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Recall that governor Umahi and his Deputy had on November 2020 left the PDP, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has rejected the application for bail filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sunday J. Ubua. The two senior police officers are charged with five others in relation to offences of unlawful drug dealings. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a […]
Continue ReadingNigerian legal practitioner, Bartholomew Okafor—Oyilo, has asked a High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria to set aside the findings of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which recommended him for disciplinary action based on a legal opinion he rendered as Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Anambra State (Legal Matters). Okafor-Oyilo, in a writ of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court has clarified its position on the contentious new mode of bar practising fees by legal practitioners in the country introduced by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In a circular, the NBA had directed lawyers in the country to henceforth pay the statutory annual Bar Practicing Fee via an online payment portal called […]
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