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Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Monday, the court held that the lawmakers needed to vacate their seats since […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) has issued letters of warning to two judges and also placed one of them on the ‘watch list’. The Director of Information at the NJC, Soji Oye, said the letters were issued on Wednesday March 16. The affected judges are Justice Muawiyah Baba Idris of the High Court of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate on Wednesday rejected President Buhari’s request for the upper house to delete the clause in the newly-signed electoral act that in his opinion disenfranchises political appointees. During the signing of the bill on February 25, President Buhari had criticized the section, which he said “constitutes a disenfranchisement of serving political office holders.” Section […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the 16 lawmakers from Ebonyi to vacate their seats after their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, ordered the lawmakers to stop parading themselves as representatives of the people after dumping the party on […]
Continue ReadingAs a result of a ruling by the Federal High Court in Abuja, which ordered Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, alongside the Attorney General of the Federation, the National Assembly and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to tamper with the Electoral Act, the Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has issued a statement signed by […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sacked Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe, over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the total number of 393,042 votes Umahi secured at the March 9, […]
Continue ReadingSome Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday rejected the proposed immunity clause for the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Senate President just as voting on the amendment to the 1999 Constitution begins on Tuesday (today). The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, has refused the bail application of the suspended deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari. Delivering his ruling in the application today, the Judge held that the bail application has been overtaken by events following an order of a sister court, granting […]
Continue ReadingChief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, on Wednesday granted amnesty to 33 inmates of three custodial centres in the state. The inmates were pardoned at an open court session presided over by the Chief Judge on the premises of the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba. Eight of the inmates were released from […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, on Monday, refused to order the Federal Government to release the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, from the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Instead, the judge ordered that Kyari should put the Federal Government on notice […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court, on Friday, declared that the Executive Order 10 (EO10) on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature, was unlawful and unconstitutional. Back in 2020, it was reported that 36 state governments filed a suit against the Federal Government over the funding of superior courts created by Section 6 of the constitution. The […]
Continue ReadingThere is disagreement over the siting of the newly proposed Law School campus in Ekiti State, as two traditional rulers in the state have claimed it would be sited in their respective kingdoms. Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday passed a bill for the establishment of six more branches of the Nigeria Law School in the six […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed into law, a bill regulating Real Estate transactions in the state. Mr. Sanwo-Olu signed the bill at the Executive Chamber at the Lagos House in the Ikeja area on Monday. In attendance at the signing ceremony were the Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai; the Attorney General […]
Continue ReadingWhat looks like a fresh row between state governors and members of the National Assembly is in the offing over the re-worked electoral bill, which has been transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent. The Nation learnt that the governors are not happy with two new clauses introduced by the lawmakers. Resignation of appointed […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said there is no basis for judges in the country to earn less than federal lawmakers. In his speech at the Justice Sector Reform Summit 2022 themed ‘Devising Practical Solutions towards Improved Performance, Enhanced Accountability and Independence in the Justice Sector’ on Tuesday January 25, the Vice President […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said it has identified seven lawyers, including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) that influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders, especially on political matters. The seven lawyers, according to the President of the NBA, Mr Olumide Apata, were found culpable by the investigation committee set up by the association. […]
Continue ReadingAn Abia State High Court presided over by Justice Benson Anya has ordered Nigerian Government to pay the sum of N1 billion as damages to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and issue a letter of apology to him. The IPOB leader had instituted the court action demanding N5 billion […]
Continue ReadingFormer Managing Director of Alpha Beta Consulting, Dapo Apara, an All Progressives Congress leader who is presently seeking to contest in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election, Bola Tinubu; and the present Managing Director of the company, Akin Doherty, have begun discussions on a possible out-of-court settlement in the case instituted by Apara at the Lagos […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has eventually declared a group of people being called bandits as terrorists. Sequel to a very long footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, gazetted a court ruling that ordered the Nigerian government to declare bandits as terrorists. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Government has cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College, Lagos accused of complicity in the death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni. The state cleared them as well as the school following the Legal Advice issued by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi. According to the […]
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