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Sunday, February 24, 2019
TB Joshua The Lagos division of Appeal Court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the ruling of Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo in the case of collapsed Synagogue Church of All Nations’ building (SCOAN), which killed about 116 persons. The judge had reserved ruling to a date to be communicated […]
Akinlolu The Federal High Court, Abuja, recently upheld the constitutionality of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Orders. The judgment has been eliciting reactions from lawyers, some of whom have vowed to challenge it in higher courts. In an interview with Bridget Chiedu Onochie, an Abuja-based Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kehinde Akinlolu, […]
REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye Once again, the quality of the legal advice being dispensed at the presidency has come under scrutiny. Following the recent decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja, striking out a legal challenge to Executive Order 06, the Presidency purported to commence enforcement of the Executive Order with […]
[FILE PHOTO] Justice, Opeyemi Oke The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke, yesterday disclosed that a total of 23,900 cases were treated by the Lagos State judiciary between October 2017 and September this year. The Chief Judge made disclosure at the special church service to mark the […]
Scale of Justice ORANIKA v. STATE (2018) LPELR-45481 (CA) In the Court of Appeal In the Owerri Judicial Division Holden at Owerri ON FRIDAY, 10TH AUGUST, 2018 Suit No: CA/OW/284C/2016 Before Their Lordships: MASSOUD ABDULRAHMAN OREDOLA, JCA AYOBODE OLUJIMI LOKULO-SODIPE, JCA TUNDE OYEBANJI AWOTOYE, JCA Between OBINNA ORANIKA Appellant And […]
Fawehinmi Discretion is a huge part of administrative law in most national systems across the world. The constitution and other legislation cannot possibly contemplate or provide a remedy for every single situation, so the government’s powers are delegated to agencies to administer laws in a more tailored fashion. These agencies […]
David Anyaele Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has lamented over the poor implementation of the Lagos State Special Persons Law (LSSPL) enacted for the benefit of People With Disabilities (PWDs). The (LSSPL) assented in 2011 by the former Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola exists to protect and uphold […]
Scale of Justice IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA HOLDEN AT ABUJA ON FRIDAY, 20TH JULY, 2018 BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS: WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN (CJN) MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD (J.S.C) KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN (J.S.C) CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE (J.S.C) EJEMBI EKO (J.S.C) BETWEEN ENGR. GEORGE T.A. NDUUL – APPELLANT(S) AND 1. […]
Former National Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Kayode Ajulo Journalism, the Fourth Estate of the Realm and the society’s watchdog, is a profession that has paid its dues in nation building and that continues to play the inevitable surveillance function so that the country for which generations of […]
A new initiative to drive working partnership between legal professionals in the United Kingdom and Nigeria has been announced by the Prime Minister.In a statement by UK based organization, Hogan Lovells, signed by Ekene Nwaokobi, the initiative is the latest stage of the Ministry of Justice’s ambitious ‘Legal Services great […]
Worried by the high rate of divorce cases in the society, a Lagos-based commercial law firm, Debo-Akande LLP, has organized an event involving lawyers and other stakeholders in the justice sector to find a lasting solution to the menace of broken homes in Lagos. The maiden event, titled: “The Millenial’s […]
Access to justice (A2J) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to respect the limits of executive powers. A2J in a statement signed by Joseph Otteh, its director and Daniel Aloaye, programme office in reaction to the rule of law being subject to national security comment of Mr. president said adherence to […]
Paul Usoro (SAN) . PHOTO Lawyard The 2018 election of national officers of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) can rightly be described as the fiercest election in the history of the association. The build-up to the universal suffrage electronic voting contest raised tension, intrigues, controversies, brickbats and verification challenges such […]
[file] Lawyers. PHOTO: THE LAWYERS CHRONICLE Our association should be concerned with members welfare, rule of law’ SHUAIB ALARAN I think a lot of people have been debarred the opportunity of attending the conference. It looks to me that certain cabals, who actually want to restrict the attendance of the […]
Federal high court, Abuja A vacation judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed today for hearing on the suit challenging alleged moves by First Bank Plc to take over WhitePlains British School Limited. The Judge gave the date last Friday after listening to arguments […]
High Court Justice Femi Adamson of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered remand in prison custody of 24-year-old computer engineer, Ayodeji Folarin for allegedly impersonating the famous gospel artiste, Lara George, and defrauding three Americans of $8,500. The vacation judge, Adamson ordered that the Economic and Financial […]