The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress, its presidential candidates, the Labour Party and its presidential candidates to court over the replacement of Vice Presidential candidates. In an originating summons filed before the federal high court, Abuja divison, the PDP sought an order of the…
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has issued details on how it will conduct the 2022 NBA Elections. In a link obtained by Lawyard, the ECNBA also stated that “Election result will be published on or before 24 hours post election.” However, Mr. Barry McCarty, the Dean of the Hans Denck School…
Oyo State deputy governor, Mr Rauf Olaniyan’s bid to stop his i m p e a c h m e n t process has suffered a set- back, as an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday struck out the suit filed to halt the process. Olaniyan had filed a suit before the…
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N400 billion under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy. This covers certain welfare schemes which include the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer, Farmer Money, and Market Money. The approval for 2022 was made known by the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule. Governor…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced Nollywood actor and comedian, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha to 16 years imprisonment for sexual assault. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo on Thursday convicted him after finding him guilty of two of the charges proffered against him. He was accused of sexually assaulting the 14-year-old foster daughter of…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the July 16 governorship election scheduled to hold in the state. Delivering Judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo, stated that the plaintiff, Moshood Adeoti, failed to support the process with…
It was an honour for CLA to work with the Commonwealth Secretariats Office of Civil and Criminal Justice Reform (OCCJR) to bring an official side event on Technology and Access to Justice at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda. I was delighted to chair the excellent panel comprised the Honourable Chief…
As an accredited Commonwealth organisation, the CLA were afforded one delegate pass for one session of the foreign Ministers pre CHOGM meeting. I was pleased to attend. The Foreign Ministers were treated to initial presentations from the Director General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and then the deputy Secretary General of the…
On Wednesday 22nd June, I attended the People’s Forum which was in the M Hotel in Kigali. Brigid Watson, the CLA Secretary General, and CLA immediate past President Santhaan Krishnan, attended with me. There were some sessions which we wished in particular to attend. One on Freedom of Expression, and one on the Role of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says two political parties, the African Action Congress, AAC and New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP, are yet to upload a single nomination of their candidates for Governorship, Deputy Governorship and State Assembly elections on the INEC Candidate Nomination Portal, ICNP. This was contained in a statement made available to…