The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Council for Legal Education and some Senators on Monday vehemently berated the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly over attempts to compel the Federal Government to create additional six law schools. Their actions followed moves by the Senate to amend the Legal Education Consolidation Act 2004, to give room for…
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in Durban, South Africa assured that the Nigerian government will continue to support efforts to broaden the economy through multilateral financing. The President spoke when Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) paid him a courtesy call ahead of the opening…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday set up a four-member committee led by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to raise a White Paper on the reports submitted by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. Other members of…
The Federal Government will continue to support efforts and reforms that safeguard the integrity of the Nigerian Judiciary, its independence from all forms of interference, and ensure it maintains the highest level of responsiveness and professional standards. Also, because Nigeria is a major part of the global marketplace for investment and legal services, more foreign…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad has stated that the creditable performance of the Judiciary and its timely intervention prevented the present democratic status of the country from collapsing. He said this on Monday during the 2021 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The CJN said the judges must rise and…
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Joseph Daudu SAN has called for a high-powered investigation into the invasion of the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Peter-Odili on the 29th of October, 2021, by suspected security agents. Speaking yesterday on Sunday Politics, Daudu strongly criticised the siege describing it an “evil thing which nobody…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a three-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to address all issues in the December 2020 Agreement. ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on Monday while addressing reporters in Abuja. He warned that the union might be compelled to embark on another nationwide strike should the…
The Chairman of Section, Public Interest And Development Law (SPIDEL) of the Nigerian Bar Association, Monday Ubani, has explained why the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, cannot set up an independent panel to probe the siege of Justice Mary Odili’s residence. Ubani, the special investigator of the Nigeria Bar Association probing the invasion of Justice…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Gwagwalada Branch has urged the NBA President to canvass for the deletion of provisions empowering the Body of Benchers (BoB) to issue practicing licence to law firms from the proposed new Legal Practitioners Act, while suggesting other reviews. The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters is expected…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters says at least nine persons were confirmed dead at the Lekki toll plaza on the night soldiers stormed there to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020. The Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel made this known in its…