Category: Judiciary

Adegboruwa, SAN. OPINION.On July 4, 2019, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, rolled out the names of thirty-eight legal practitioners deserving to be conferred with the prestigious Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. How some lawyers despise the Rank! Some don’t want it ever mentioned near them at all, for several reasons. I used to be in that class, given my background as an activist. Not long after setting up my law practice, a friend approached me for…

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Uche Val Obi, SAN, principal partner. By Editor. Legal experts converged in a webinar last week Friday to critically examine the inevitability, constitutionality and suitability of virtual court proceedings in Nigeria. The webinar which was convened by Alliance Law Firm had the theme ‘Virtual Proceedings – Pros and Cons’ and it was moderated by the Principal Partner of the firm, Uche Val Obi SAN. The lead speaker, Hon Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court gave a perspective…

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Ope Olugasa, MD, LawPavilion. By Editor. LawPavilion Business Solutions Ltd, over the weekend, confirmed its recent partnership with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to provide Electronic Law Reports to young lawyers.Speaking on the matter, Ope Olugasa, the managing director of the LegalTech company commended the Paul Usoro-led NBA executives for the well thought-out initiative of giving back to the legal community, particularly the young lawyers. Olugasa explained that the beneficiaries of this initiative are young lawyers between one to…

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Ex-AG of Lagos, Mr. Kazeem, (SAN). By Editor. INTERVIEW The immediate past Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State, the charismatic, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, (SAN), after a momentous tenure in office spoke with a group of Law Editors last week on sundry issues, including the raging controversy on remote court hearings, his experiences in office and his expectations of the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association, among others. Excerpts: There has been a raging controversy on the…

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Gov. Umahi of Ebonyi State. By our Correspondent.  A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State capital has restrained the Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi and the N2billion Agric. Loan Probe Panel set up by the state government from probing the former Secretary to the State Government, Prof Bernard Odoh.This followed an ex-parte motion filed by Prof. Odoh against the governor and the seven members of the panel of inquiry. Also joined in the suit as first respondent is…

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By Editor. 17/5/2020. COURT JUDGMENT. A woman that has children for her husband and had married him before a family house is built has the right to live in the house with her children even after divorce under the provisions of the Married Woman Property Act 1882, a court held on Friday in Ibadan, Oyo State.The belief that patriarchy is so entrenched in the Nigerian system and women have no rights even under the law has been proved to…

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CJN Tanko Muhammad. By Editor. 12/5/2020. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Honorable Justice Tanko Muhammad, has directed all heads of courts to abide by earlier directives issued by the NJC Committee at the height of the COVID-19 crisis. In a circular obtained by BarristerNG, the CJN noted that following the easing of the lockdown, some courts, without awaiting the outcome of the NJC Committee, have resumed and continued to conduct proceedings as if normalcy has been restored. The CJN…

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Naira Marley. By Editor. 8/4/2020. Lagos State Government today made a u-turn and withdrew all the charges preferred against a popular musician, Azeez Fashola (Aka: Naira Marley), a prominent politician in Lagos and a former African Democratic Party (ADP), governorship candidate, Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi and his wife Folashade, for violating the government’s stay at home and maintaining social distancing order for two weeks as issued by President Muhammadu Buhari and the governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The accused were reported…

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By Editor. A prosecution witness with the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr. Paul Ndubuisi Akani, on Friday, March 20, 2020, told a Federal High Court sitting before Justice Ayokunle Faji that Intercontinental Bank Plc after their forensic examination in 2009 did not fall within the category of failed banks, and that his committee did not in its special investigation report recommend its take-over by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The witness in the ongoing trial of the bank’s…

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By Editor. Mr. Paul Akali, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the former Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola, yesterday, told a Federal High Court, Lagos, that his team did not recommend the taking over of the bank.Akali, an official of Nigerian Deposits Insurance Corporation (NDIC) stated this while being cross examined by Dr. Akigbola’s counsel Professor Taiwo Oshipitan (SAN).The former Intercontinental Bank Plc boss, is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on…

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