Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has reiterated his call on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to take deliberate steps to check the decline in legal practice standards in the country. He spoke at the weekend while granting audience to a delegation of the NBA Women Forum, Bayelsa Chapter, at the Government House in Yenagoa….
A serving Nigerian Supreme Court Justice, and former Chief Justice of The Gambia, Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, has charged Nigerians not to vote for politicians who will loot the country’s treasury if elected into office as the country prepares for another round of elections . Justice Akomaye gave the advise in Calabar using the platform…
Citation: (2022) 10 NWLR PT. 1839 AT 431. PARTIES IN FULL: SENATOR UGOCHUKWU UBA V. 1. VALENTINE OZIGBO 2. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC). 3. PEOPLE DEMOCRATIC PARTY [PDP] Courtesy: Moruff O. Balogun, Esq. Summary of facts: By an originating summons dated 5th July 2021 and filed same date, the appellant contended that his faction…
Ahead of the 62nd Annual General Conference (AGC) of the the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) scheduled to hold from 19th to 26th August 2022 in Lagos, the NBA Technical Committee on Conference Planning 2022 has released a schedule of programmes for the conference. According to the schedule, there will be a total of six plenaries…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which discharged and acquitted a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, of a money laundering charge to the tune of N66 million. In a unanimous judgment, the three-man panel of Justices led by Justice Elfrieda…
A Lagos-based lawyer and NBA 3rd Vice President-Elect, Amanda Asagba, has decried the invasion of her home on Nduka Osadebey Street, Ajao Estate, Lagos State, by armed security agents, including sheriffs and policemen. It was gathered that the men claimed to be acting on an order of the High Court of Lagos, Ikeja. Asagba, who…
A Russian court has sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges. The double Olympic winner has admitted possessing cannabis oil, but told the court she had made an “honest mistake”. The court near Moscow convicted her of smuggling and possessing narcotics. The prosecution had sought a nine-and-a-half year…
A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State on Thursday, struck out a suit filed by Mr. Kayode Ojo, a contestant in the January 27 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election, challenging the victory of the governor-elect, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji. The preliminary objection of the counsel to Oyebanji, Mr. Kabir Akingbolu, that…
Justice Bassey Nkanang of the Akwa Ibom State High Court on Thursday sentenced Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of Iniubong Umoren. Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, was killed on April 2021. She was job hunting while awaiting mobilisation for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Details…
A British court has fixed October 31st for the continuation of pre-trial hearing on the charge of organ harvesting levelled against former deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice. This followed the conclusion of the first hearing on Thursday at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, in London. Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice…