Category: Judiciary

Oyo Speaker commends Justice ministry ….calls for effective legal services for the state

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The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has advised the State Ministry of Justice to ensure the provision of effective and efficient legal services for the State. This was just as the Speaker commended the leadership and staff of the Ministry under the headship of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Edward Oyelowo Oyewo for the successes recorded in the year ending. Hon Ogundoyin stated this at the 2020 End of the year party organized by the Oyo State Ministry of Justice. He charged the…

Nigerian Journalist, Uhia to remain in detention, as Court sitting stalls

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All hope for freedom for the detained 72-year old Journalist, Pa. Oga Tom Uhia was dashed today as the court failed to hear the fundamental human rights enforcement suit instituted by his legal team. Pa.Uhia has spent 26 days in secret detention at the Force CIID, Garki, Abuja, following his arrest after allegedly published an injurious report against the Nigeria’s Minister of State for Power, Jeddy Agba. The Publisher of Power Steering Magazine had dragged Agba, the DIG in charge of Force CID, Micheal Anthony Ogbizi, ACP. Tahir Usman, ACP.…

Confusion as judges, staff, litigants, ordered to vacate Abuja Federal High Court

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There was pandemonium, on Wednesday, as judges, staff and litigants were asked to vacate the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, amidst the ongoing #EndSARS protests across the country.   The instruction, which circulated like a wild fire at about 1:20pm, made the judges, staff and other people in the high-rise building, to abruptly stop their official duties as they filed out of the skyscraper. The News Agency of Nigeria’s efforts to get information from staff on why they were leaving their offices for home were unsuccessful. “We are asked to…

JUST IN: Appeal Court Reverses Diri’s Sack As Bayelsa Gov

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the August 17, 2020 majority judgment of the Governorship Election Tribunal which sacked Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Bayelsa State.   A five-man panel of the appellate court, in three unanimous judgments on Friday, held that the tribunal was wrong to have assumed jurisdiction over the petition filed on February 26, 2020, by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) and grant the reliefs sought by the petitioner. The Court of Appeal held among others, that the…

Alleged pension fraud: I don’t know where Maina is, Sen. Ndume tells court

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Senator Ali Ndume on Friday told the Federal High Court, Abuja that he does not know the whereabouts of ex-Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina.   Ndume, who is standing as surety for Maina, revealed this to Justice Okon Abang following the ex-Pension boss’ absence in court for the third time, which had stalled the ongoing trial. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Maina and his surety, Ndume, were not in court at the resumed trial on September 29 and the matter was adjourned till September 30. Maina’s…

Coalition seeks extension of US, UK visa ban to Corrupt Judges

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A civil society organisation, Save Democracy Coalition (SDC) has called on the authorities in the United States, United Kingdom and countries in the European Union (EU) to extend their travel visa ban to Nigerian judges found to have compromised the integrity of the ballot through miscarriage of justice in election petitions they presided over. The Coalition, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said that the recent visa ban imposed by the US and UK on some Nigerian politicians for their roles in electoral violence can only achieve the desired…

Oyetola inaugurates Commissioner for Osun Judicial Service Commission …tasks him on equity, sincerity, fair play

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The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Friday inaugurated Mr. Adebayo Waliu Salimon as the new Commissioner for the state’s Judicial Service Commission. The Governor charged the new appointee to discharge his duties with utmost sincerity, fear of God and work towards the protection of the sanctity of the judicial system. Salimon succeeded Mr. Nathaniel Agunbiade who occupied the position until his recent appointment as the Commissioner for Lands and Physical Planning in the State. Inaugurating the new Commissioner at the EXCO Lounge, Oyetola said the appointment…

Gov AbdulRazaq assures better working environment for judiciary • welcomes autonomy for legislature, judiciary

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Kwara State Governor ,AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said plans were afoot to build a new high court and a befitting complex for the ministry of justice in the state as part of his efforts to create a better working environment for the judiciary. AbdulRazaq said he was displeased with the “inhabitable”conditions of courtrooms in the state ,a condition that had earlier necessitated the rebuilding and furnishing of the area court at centre Igboro and the magistrate court at Sango and the reroofing of the high court complex, among other renovation…

Osinbajo tells religious leaders what to do regarding controversial CAMA 2020

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The Vice President ,Prof .Yemi Osinbajo has said religious leaders who have concerns regarding the recently amended CAMA 2020 law should put their concerns in a proposal and forward it to the National Assembly for possible amendment. Osinbajo made this known on Thursday while speaking on the controversial Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020, at the 60th virtual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari on August 7, signed into law, the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020. The bill, which has also been passed by the…

SELECTIVE JUSTICE IS AN INJUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW ARE COLOUR BLIND: AWAKENING CALL TO THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

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INTRODUCTION The Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) received with rude shock the news of the dis-invitation of His Excellency, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai as a Speaker in a Panel Session at the forthcoming 2020 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference (AGC).The decision was said to be that of NBA National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on 20th August, 2020 based on a petition dated 18th August 2020 written against Mallam El-Rufai by two lawyers without recourse to the former. As a responsible apex association of all Muslim Lawyers throughout …