Lawyers, including two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), have called for the reduction of the powers of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to accountability and public confidence in the nation’s judicial process. They expressed concern that the increasing challenge of accountability, lack of transparency, and corruption among others, contribu...
•Governor Alia A pro-democracy, anti-corrupÂtion and justice sector civil sociÂety organisation, Global IntegÂrity Crusade Network (GICN), has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)/to arrest, interrogate and prosecute the Special AdÂviser to Benue governor, HyaÂcinth Alia on Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy ...
•The United Kingdom Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch and Nigerian Trade Minister Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, at the signing yesterday in Abuja. The federal government has retracted its earlier statement on the legal aspect of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed with the United Kingdom yesterday. This came f...
•Kemi Badenoch The United Kingdom and Nigeria are set to sign a partnership agreement that will permit British legal practitioners to operate businesses and render services in Nigeria. In a press release on its website today, the partnership deal between the UK and Nigeria is to promote trade and investment and open new prospects for […...
•Prof Ndifon and protesting Law students Some female members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) turned up in large number at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday to witness the ongoing trial of Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNI...
•Tinubu A coalition of human rights activists and lawyers has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to conduct a comprehensive investigation into allegations of corruption, crude oil theft, and procurement fraud estimated at N8 billion against Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, Chief of the Naval Staff. The coalition, which includes prominent figures s...
•Lawyers Concerned Lawyers, a civil society body committed to the rule of law and safeguarding national interests, has expressed concerns in the Supreme Court judgment permitting individuals with dual allegiance to other countries to be governors. Spokesperson, Jide Oni, said: “This ruling challenges sections 182 (1) (a) and 187(1) and (2) of ...
•Lawyers and IGP Egbetokun Some lawyers, yesterday, faulted the warning by the Nigeria Police that the use of ‘No Gree For Anybody’, adopted by some Nigerians as the 2024 slogan was capable of instigating crisis in the country. The slogan, which simply means ‘do not tolerate any form of nonsense from anybody’ or ‘do not […]
•Lawyers’ protest in Lagos Lawyers in Lagos State yesterday trooped out in large numbers to hold a proÂtest against continued malÂtreatment by the police in the state. The lawyers numbering over 700 came from the five judicial divisions including Ikeja, Lagos, Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry, reports Daily Independent. They converged very early...
The controversy over the suspension of 26 lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new dimension today as Lawyers for Defence of Democracy, called on the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to investigate the alleged secret ex-parte order issued on Friday by Justice Donatus Okorowo, stopping the […]
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