The Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”) has noted with utter dismay, the unfortunate and totally unacceptable reaction of H.E. Engr. Dave Umahi to the Judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja delivered on 8th March 2022, coram Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo which inter-alia ordered him and H.E. Mr. Eric Kelechi Igwe to vacate the offices of…
I have just read social media publications regarding the judgment delivered today by the respected Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja. I am of the firm belief that the judgment, shredded of all legal and factual details, cannot stand the acid test of constitutionalism, nor pass the furnace of appellate courts…
Following the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday sacking Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, from office and pursuant to the order of the Court directing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to submit replacements for the duo, the opposition party has nominated the names of Hon. Iduma Igariwe as…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, on Wednesday reversed the alleged uncomplimentary statement made against a judge of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, justice Inyang Ekwo and tendered an apology to the Nigeria Barr Association, NBA. Umahi apologised while addressing over two thousand members of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ebonyi…
Members of the House of Representatives have rescinded their decision on three bills earlier rejected in the process of the 1999 constitution amendment. The bills are on indigenship, citizenship, and 35% affirmative action for women. The bills will be recommended for consideration and will be part of the second batch of the constitution amendment to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on his 65th birthday, describing him as a resourceful and a loyal public servant. In a statement on Tuesday, by the Special Adviser to the President Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, on behalf of his principal, noted the worthy contributions of the Vice President to the…
The Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN-led Nigerian Bar Association Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC) has vowed to take urgent steps to ensure release of Mr. Abubakar Marshal, a lawyer remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre for allegedly standing as surety for firebrand human rights activist, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. In a statement made available to Lawyard, the committee…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and his deputy, Eric Igwe, to vacate their seats as the sitting governor and deputy respectively, on grounds that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the election on March 2019 and not its candidate. Having defected to the All Progressives Congress…
The embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Mr.Sunday Adeyemo, has been released by the Benin Republic Government. The agitator, who is fondly called Sunday Ighoho, was released on Monday to the leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Professor Banji Akintoye, and his deputy, a French Language Expert and Chieftain of…
Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Monday, pleaded not guilty to a drug trafficking charge filed against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Kyari told Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, following his arraignment, alongside six others, on allegations bordering on drug trafficking. While Kyari pleaded…