The Supreme court of Nigeria has ruled in favour of Omeli Humphrey Darlington, a former dispatch rider at First Bank of Nigeria Plc, entangled in a multi-million naira fraud with some former staff members of the bank. Darlington, who worked with the Iganmu branch of First Bank between October 2010 and December 2013, was implicated…
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) is concerned at the recent resignation of two of the non-permanent Judges from the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. The two eminent Justices who resigned stated that this was because they felt unable to perform their duties in a jurisdiction in which they believed the Administration “has departed…
The 2nd annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Women’s Forum (NBAWF) commenced on Thursday, 31 March 2022 with six plenary sessions at the Civic Centre in Lagos. The first day of the 2-day hybrid NBAWF Conference, which was well attended by lawyers from all walks of life, began with a welcome address by Prof….
Chief Wole Olanipekun, OFR, SAN, Leading Legal Practitioner and respected Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has emerged as the new Chairman of the Body of Benchers. Olanipekun who was previously the Vice Chairman of the august body, today, assumed office as the 50th Chairman of the Body. He takes over from Honourable Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, CON,…
President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sanction electoral offenders and ensure that politicians and their supporters play by election rules. Justice Dongban-Mensem averred that where INEC takes electoral crimes seriously and electoral criminals are thoroughly prosecuted, the electoral process would become better….
The Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, and the Nigerian Communications Commission to direct all pay-tv providers to introduce a pay-per-view model of subscription as against the month to month prepaid model presently in place The upper Chamber also Directs all pay-tv service providers in Nigeria to immediately review…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved various contracts for award for projects under the Ministry of Works and Housing; Industry, Trade and Investments, and Justice with a combined worth of over N33.812billion. The council meeting chaired by President Muhammudu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, approved the contracts based on the memos presented…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday observed a minute silence for the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. The meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari started at 10am with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha calling for a minute silence. He said the attack led to the…
In continuation of the efforts of the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”) to engender a more cordial relationship between the Bar and the Bench, the President of the NBA – Mr. Olumide Akpata, on Thursday 24th March 2022 led some members of the National Executive and senior members of the Bar, on a…
The National Assembly has transmitted the 44 recently-passed Constitution alteration bills to the 36 state Houses of Assembly for concurrence. The Clerk to the National Assembly, Mr Amos Ojo, distributed the copies of the bills to clerks of the state Assemblies at a transmission ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday. The National Assembly had on March…