•Yusuf Olaolu Ali, SAN Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Olaolu Ali, has called on the National Assembly to remove the powers of courts to declare winners in election petitions. He said such powers erode the essence of democracy and undermine the sovereignty of the electorate, reports Daily Trust. The senior lawyer disclosed this in Ilorin [&h...
•Ooni of Ife and Alaafin of Oyo A former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties to the late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Doyin Odebowale, has faulted the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, over his demand that the Ooni of Ife revokes a chieftaincy title conferred on an Ibadan businessman. Odebowale, who spoke during […]...
Calls to stop the president from appointing the Chairman, National Commissioners, and other presiding officers to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) took centre stage on Monday in Abuja as the Nigerian Civil Society Situation presented its comprehensive Credibility Threshold for Nigeria’s 2027 General Election. The document w...
The League of Patriotic Lawyers has urged the federal government to strengthen the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to enable it go after all former and serving public officials who embezzled public funds. It said Nigerians should support the agency in its quest to rid Nigeria of corruption, reports The Nation. Speaking with rep...
•Senate The Senate today stripped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of powers to recommend candidates to the president for appointment as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and board members of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). Under the new arrangement, the Red Chamber amended the NDIC Act and gave the President powers...
State Police appears to be on the way to becoming a reality after President Bola Tinubu and state governors agreed to work on the modalities to establish it. But the clearest indication yet that the quest may translate into reality is a ‘Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the […]
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...
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