Reports coming in confirm that in the matter between Incorporated Trustees of The Nigerian Bar Association Vs Attorney General of Federation [AGF] – Re: FHC/ABJ/CS/77/22, in which the AGF had attempted to amend the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC), the federal high court has ruled in favour of the NBA and granted all its prayers.
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The Nigeria Bar Association has urged the Federal Government to end the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The President of the association, Mr Olumide Akpata, made the call during a press conference as part of the activities of the association’s two-day Legal Education Summit in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Akpata…
Speaker, Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Muhammad Achida, has defected the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The speaker presented the letter of his defection to the Assembly during the plenary session on Thursday. Also, a member of the state House of Assembly representing Wammako 2 Constituency, Murtala Bello Maigona,…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has appeared before a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, to testify as a witness in a seven billion naira libel suit against ThisDay Newspaper. Governor Wike had in August 2020 sued the newspaper for publishing a report captioned “With Wike, Obaseki Meets His PDP’S Waterloo; Almost” on…
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Osogbo Branch, are warming up to have a showdown with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an infringement on the Fundamental Rights of one of them, Mr Temitope Oyedipe, who was on Wednesday arrested on the Osun State High Court premises in Ile-Ife by some operatives…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Wednesday, urged the newly appointed Judges of the Federal High Court and the FCT High Court, to brace up for the challenges ahead, especially the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The CJN gave the charge at the swearing-in of the newly appointed judges at the Supreme Court…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday detained a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, over alleged illegal financial dealings. He was said to have been detained at the EFCC office in Sokoto. Yari was detained after he had been interrogated by the anti-graft agency for many hours on Tuesday. A top…