President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance to pay withheld salaries of resident doctors for the month of September and October 2021. The Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this to State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari on Thursday. He explained that the wages, which were seized on the…
Justice Charles Agbaza of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Jabi, Abuja on Thursday, issued a warrant for the arrest of the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Amarachi Iwuanyanwu, over his alleged involvement in a N75 million fraud. The order was sequel to Iwuanyanwu’s failure to appear…
The National Judicial Council, at its 96th Meeting of 14 and 15 December 2021 considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, Council recommended the under-listed names of Sixty-four successful candidates to their various State Governors for appointment. They are as follows: CHIEF JUDGE, ENUGU STATE i)…
Lawyard Presents: 3rd Adavize Alao Symposium on Privacy and Data Protection The 3rd Adavize Alao Symposium on Privacy and Data Protection is set to hold on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. The event is themed, “Consumer Protection in the Digital Age.” The virtual symposium is being facilitated by Lawyard with the support of Duale Ovia &…
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday dispatched a high-level delegation, made up of the heads of the nation’s intelligence and security services to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in banditry. This is coming barely 24 after the President inaugurated Navy Ships, Patrol Boats, and a helicopter at the Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians and the international community of free and fair elections when citizens go to the polls to elect a new leader in 2023. He gave the assurance on Friday at a Virtual Summit for Democracy organised by President Joe Biden of the United States, saying necessary mechanisms would be strengthened…
1. BEESE V. WOODHOUSE [1970]1 ALL E.R. 769. On the difference between interim injunction and interlocutory injunction. An interlocutory injunction is one pending the determination of the suit while an interim injunction is one granted to last a few days or until further order. In the case of an interim injunction, it is usually named…
Even as the Federal Government’s National Development Plan 2021-2025 aims to chart a path for the county’s future, Nigeria’s young generation can find solutions to present and future local and global challenges, with the right ideas, innovation and application of technology, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbaio, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo, who was speaking today at…
Ondo state High Court sitting in Akure has set aside its ex-parte orders barring the Governor of Ondo state, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN from swearing in Mr Olayato Aribo as a state Commissioner. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Assistant to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Ondo State, Kola Adeniyi….
The Action People’s Party (APP) has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) over the alleged unlawful appointment of Justice T. E. Chikeka, as the acting Chief Judge of Imo State. APP, in the petition dated December 6, 2021, called for the suspension and discipline of Justice Chikeka for presenting himself for appointment as the CJ…