The Liberian senate has confirmed Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh as the new chief justice. She replaces Francis Saye Korkpor who leaves the service after retiring at the age of 70 years. Justice Yuoh becomes the third female chief justice in Liberia’s 175 years of existence and the first since 2003. Justice Yuoh was one of…
The leadership of the Nigerian senate on Monday met with the military and intelligence chiefs to review the progress made in the fight against terrorism, oil theft and insecurity in the country. The meeting which was a follow-up to a similar one held four weeks ago, was presided over by the President of the Senate,…
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has reiterated that the improvement of the remuneration and conditions of service of judicial officers remains a priority on the agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari. Malami made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja at a ceremony to herald the appellate’s court 2022/2023…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference Incident Investigation Committee (NBA-CIIC) has commenced probe of the invasion of the centre where conference materials for the recent Annual General Conference were being distributed. In a statement made available to Lawyard, the committee urged NBA members and the general public with useful information that may aid in the…
The number of Justices of the Supreme Court has dropped to 13 following the retirement of Justice Abdu Aboki. Justice Aboki, according to a statement by the court’s spokesman, Dr. Festus Akande, stepped off the apex court’s bench on August 5 upon attaining the statutory retirement age of 70. His statement reads in part: “Justice…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN has waded into the challenges facing registered conferees for the forthcoming International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, USA. A statement made available to Lawyard by NBA Publicity Secretary, Mr. Habeeb Lawal showed that the conferees were having challenges securing visa…
Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court on Monday adjourned the suit against the Academic Staff Union of Universities which was filed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The Federal Government urged the National Industrial Court to order ASUU to call off its seven months strike. ASUU has been on strike…
The CMJA, CLA and CLEA are deeply concerned about the announcement of 2 September 2022 that a Tribunal, to investigate the three Court of Appeal Judges of Kiribati has been set up under Section 95 (3) of the Constitution following the decision of the Court of Appeal to quash the deportation order for Judge David…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities who are Senior Advocates of Nigeria and Professors of Law among others will be defending the union as the case instituted by the Federal Government at the National Industrial Court comes up for hearing on Monday (today). It was reported that the Federal Government had dragged the…
Human Rights Lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the nomination of 14 persons for confirmation as Resident Electoral Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement on Sunday, Falana said President Muhammadu Buhari failed to comply with the provisions of the Constitution in nominating the 14 persons. According to him, the President…