After attending the Fiji ADR Conference, I journeyed to Sydney where I was collected at the airport by CLA Life President Mr Ronald Heinrich. Ron drove to Canberra, and we enjoyed the journey and insights which Ron gave along the way. We had been kindly accommodated by the Law Council of Australia in Canberra and…
After visiting Fiji and meeting with the Law Society of Fiji and the South Pacific Lawyers Association, and then visiting Canberra for meetings with the Law Council of Australia, I made my way to Kota Kinabalu, North Borneo. I confess to not having heard of Kota Kinabalu before. KK, as it is known, is the…
BY ABDULFATAI BADRU ( 400L LAW STUDENT,OOU) Having read through the statements made by the Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi and The Vice Chairman of Nigeria Bar Association, Ijebu Ode Branch, Moruff O. Balogun Esq, I thereby align with the submission of both distinguished personalities that civilians have no right to…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called on world leaders to consider debt cancellation of poor countries saying they were facing numerous challenges. He made the call while speaking at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. Buhari asked the world leaders to address what he described as the burden of…
New York’s attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, is the culmination of the Democrat’s three-year civil investigation of Trump…
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the commitment of the Nigerian government towards ensuring that there is a rapid and strategic transition to renewable energy. He said this would be in response to the world-wide efforts for the preservation of the environment. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s media aide, said in a statement on Thurday that…
The national industrial court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. Delivering a ruling on the interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal government , Justice Polycarp Hamman restrained ASUU from continuing with the industrial action pending the determination of the suit. Justice Polycap…
The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), following his screening by lawmakers. Senate Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, at the resumption of plenary on Wednesday, moved two motions for the upper chamber to screen Ariwoola. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had called for the screening exercise to be…
There has been a report of an alleged invasion of the home of Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division, Justice Ita Mbaba by operatives of the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The General Secretary Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) , Mr. Adesina Adegbite disclosed this development in his verified Twitter handle few…
The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State capital has nullified the governorship primary election that produced Emmanuel Bwacha as the candidate of the party for the 2023 election. The judgment was passed by the presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda on Tuesday. Justice Amobeda in his ruling in a case filed by one of…