British lawyer Karim Asad Ahmad Khan has been sworn in as the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He will perform his duties “honourably, faithfully, impartially and conscientiously,’’ Khan promised before the judges in The Hague on Wednesday. The representatives of the court’s 123 state parties had elected Khan in…
Determined to remove every obstacles on its way to conduct free, fair and credible elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday in Abuja announced the dates for the conduct of two off- season elections in Ekiti and Osun states billed for 2022. The Commission has scheduled the Gubernatorial elections in Ekiti and Osun…
Lawyers have supported a call for the cancellation of the 2021 annual vacation for judges. Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), a former chairman of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, had written a letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria requesting the suspension of the judges’ annual vacation. Mr Ayorinde said suspending the vacation would save the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has admonished the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, not to transfer the case of Ex-pensions commission boss, Abdulrasheed to another judge. The Anti-graft Commission called on Justice Tsoho also not to transfer the trial of his son, Faisal, and few other cases…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the Ondo State government from investigating the state’s Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Oluwatoyin Akeredolu over a viral video made by a citizen of the state, Olupelumi Fagboyegun. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order while delivering a judgment in the suit brought by the CJ against…
Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State, has approved Thursday and Friday in the month of June and July 2021 as work-free days to enable civil servants in the state to engage themselves in farming activities. The governor stated this in a circular title “Declaration Of Week-free Days For Public Servants In The State To…
There was a tense atmosphere in an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night as Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director (MD) of Bank PHB, begged Justice Lateefa Okunnu not to send him to prison following his conviction for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion. Messrs Atuche and Ugo Anyanwu, a former chief financial officer of…
A group of music producers and distributors has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against Frontier Communications Corporation for copyright infringement. The plaintiffs referred to as the Universal, Sony and Warner […]
We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned about challenges to the rule of law in Samoa following the general election held on 9th April 2021. Decisions made by the Courts have been unduly criticised in a manner which has had the effect of eroding the independence of the judiciary. The Samoa Law Society in a…
Former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has lamented that the APC-led government is yet to implement its change agenda for the nation six years after coming to power. Oyegun, a former governor of Edo State, spoke at the weekend in Abuja, during the public presentation of a book…