“The partiality that inevitably affects judges has been noted in cases with a political flavour”, David Pannick, KC, Judges, p. 44 (1987) The state as we know it enjoys three notional monopolies. One is a monopoly of legitimate taxation. The second is a monopoly of the legitimate instrumentality of violence;...
Judiciary
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national leadership from removing Mr Umar Damagum as the acting national chairman of the party. Justice Peter Lifu, in a virtual proceeding and monitored by newsmen in Abuja, delivered the judgment on Friday. Justice Lifu...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governors from dissolving the executive committees of the Rivers’ chapter. The court equally stopped them from constituting any interim committee to replace the officers of the party at the state,...
A legal practitioner, Mr Junaid Sanusi who is a customer of Access Bank Plc, has sued the bank for N100 million for allegedly deducting his money unlawfully. While arguing his originating summons before the Federal High Court at Ibadan on Monday, Sanusi informed the court that he operated a...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday, dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify Olumide Akpata as the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the Sept. 21 election in Edo. The appellate court held that the suit instituted by an aggrieved governorship aspirant, Kenneth Imasuangbon lacked cogent and verifiable...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed Sept. 19 to hear a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking the disqualification of Asue Ighodalo, the PDP candidate for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. Justice Peter Lifu fixed the hearing of all pending applications...
Sen. Athan Achonu, Candidate of the Labour Party in the Nov. 11, 2023 Imo Governorship Election, , has said that the verdict of the Supreme Court, does not truly reflect democracy. Achonu made this stance known while addressing newsmen in his country home, Umunumo in Ehime Mbano council area...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard has urged the People Democratic Party (PDP) elders in the North West to rather focus on solving their internal political crisis rather than the futile attempt to drag the...
Rep. Nkemkanma Kama has said that Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi does not force people to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Kama represents Ohaozara/Onicha/ Ivo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of Labour Party. He was reacting to the gale of defections from...
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation is not in possession of the case file for the trial of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen was prosecuted in 2019 by the Federal Government on false declaration of assets at the Code of Conduct Tribunal,...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday, unveiled a digital stamp and seal for legal practitioners in the country. According to NBA, the virtual stamp would not only help to check activities of fake lawyers, but also ensure seamless preparation and filing of legal processes. The outgoing President of...
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos on Monday ordered the remand of a 65-year old man, Idris Danladi, for allegedly defiling a one-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, ordered that Danladi should be remanded in the Awarjigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry, after he pleaded not guilty...
The Supreme Court on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the tribunal and Appeal Court judgements by Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election. Earlier, the apex court declined a request by Ajaka’s counsel for the constitution of a full...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted four probe panels to investigate 27 high court judges in the country over alleged judicial misconduct. This is contained in a statement issued by the NJC Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye on Friday in Abuja. Oye said that the remaining...
The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has lauded President Bola Tinubu for signing to the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill, 2024. Fagbemi, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser (Media) Kamorudeen Ogundele on Tuesday in Abuja. said:” by this historical assent, the yearning of...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A human rights lawyer, Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) has charged the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu to heed to advice of the state Solicitor General on the contentious cocoa allocation issues in Etung local government area of the state in the interest...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has sworn in Mr Hassan Saubana, a Taraba-based lawyer and Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Wukari branch, as a Notary Public. The CJN administered the oath of office to Saubana during a brief ceremony at the Taraba High Court...
The Kano State Government has filed a fresh fraud charge against the immediate past governor of the state Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, his Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Garo and two others. According to the charge sheet, Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai were charged with criminal conspiracy, criminal...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged political leaders to collaboratively strengthen the judiciary, uphold the rule of law, and protect the principles of democracy. Ganduje gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja, at the first Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) roundtable with the...