TITLE: Criminal Liability of a Person Who Counsels Another to Commit an Offence CASE TITLE: The State V. Ogbonna Egwu (2021) LPELR-56609(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH DECEMBER, 2021 JUSTICES: MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI, JSC EJEMBI EKO, JSC MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, JSC IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, JSC EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM, JSC…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has called on senior Lawyers to see to the welfare of young lawyers. The CJN who was speaking at the annual dinner party of the Body of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (BOSAN), lamented the welfare and working condition of the young Lawyers saying. “There…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, on Monday, urged Nigerians to be patient with regards to the issue naming financiers of terrorism in Nigeria. While appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the Justice Minister assured Nigerians that in a couple of weeks, the citizens will…
The Chairman of the NBA Remuneration Committee, Mr. Anthony Nwaochei, alongside other members of the Committee formally submitted their report to the NBA President last night. The NBA President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, had around March 2021 set up the Remuneration Committee with a mandate to devise feasible ways to improve the poor remuneration of legal…
Zamfara State House of Assembly has served an impeachment notice on the deputy governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the chairman of the House Standing Committee on Information, Hon. Shamsu Haske, said last week the deputy speaker submitted a notice to the speaker for the impeachment of Gusau. He said already two-thirds…
The Nigerian Bar Association NBA Akure Branch has commenced investigation into a child abuse incident in Akure as depicted in a video on social media. In a statement on Monday, the Publicity Secretary of NBA Akure Branch, Bosun Otitoju, Esq. said: The attention of the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association , Akure Branch (The…
On Saturday, February 5th, 2022, I received with much joy and relief the news of the release of the three members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Warri branch who were kidnapped on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 along Benin-Auchi Road. I join the families of the three lawyers, the NBA Warri branch and the Nigerian…
The Federal Government has received two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine donated by the European Union. The formal handover of the vaccines was done on Monday at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), National Strategic Cold Store, Abuja. The EU ambassador, Samuela Isopi who made the presentation of the…
Presidency on Sunday faulted a report on security challenges in the country, published in the January 31, 2022 edition of Financial Times of London Newspaper, saying banditry has been caged to the level that no territory in the country was under terrorists control. In another breath, the Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd),…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Monday, disclosed that a prima facie case had been established against suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari over allegations levelled against him by the United States government in the fraud case involving an internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly called…