A plea for an out-of-court settlement in the N5 billion libel suit instituted by the former Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini against the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, retired Col. David Imuse has collapsed as the parties failed to agree on terms of resolution. Igini had…
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted citizenship to former US NSA contractor Edward Snowden on Monday. Putin signed a decree offering Snowden, along with some 72 other foreign nationals, Russian citizenship. The Kremlin published the list on their official website, without offering any comment on Snowden’s citizenship. Snowden has not said anything yet either. The US…
The Osun State Election Petition Tribunal, hearing the petition of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola against the declaration of Ademola Adeleke as the Governor-elect, has adjourned sitting till Tuesday, October 4, 2022, for the proper commencement of pre-hearing. The adjournment followed the decision of the Tribunal to grant INEC, PDP, and Adeleke 7-days to respond to the…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to publish copy and details of the agreement the Federal Government recently signed with the United States for the repatriation of $23 million stolen by the late dictator Sani Abacha”. A statement released on Sunday by the…
*Appeal Court president, others call for support for road accident victims The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has proposed training for judges to enhance their adjudication on road crashes cases brought to their courts. The CJN is proposing the training as part of efforts at tackling the recklessness of most Nigerian…
The Federal Government has directed vice-chancellors of Universities to re-open their institutions for students to resume lectures. This was made known in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts at the National University Commission (NUC), Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed. The letter addressed to…
The Vice Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, Ijebu Ode branch, Moruff O. Balogun, Esq. has urged the members of the public to see police officers as friends, and not enemies. In his statement to our correspondent, he made recourse to the words of a distinguished learned silk AFE BABALOLA, SAN, published in National Tribune, Newspapers…
Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State Northern Nigeria has ordered the interim forfeiture of eleven landed properties, in Damaturu metropolis, belonging to Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the Auditor General of all the Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Yobe State. The judge gave the order on Wednesday, following an…
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit instituted against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to enforce the party’s zoning and rotatory policy ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The Court on Friday, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, struck out the suit on the ground of lack of jurisdiction to entertain…
I was pleased to attend an ADR conference in Denaru, Fiji on 9th and 10th September 2022. This event was a unique collaboration between the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, LAWASIA, the South Pacific Lawyers Association (SPLA), the International Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and Fiji Law Society. Held in the attractive setting of…