Category: Judiciary

We’ll resist those planning to subvert Akpata’s election as NBA President -Gbagi

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Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has warned members of the Nigerian Bar Association with a sinister move to subvert the Presidency of Olumide Akpata that they will be resisted by the majority of lawyers who voted during the association’s election.   Gbagi, in a statement issued to the media on Sunday, questioned the motives and sincerity of those against Akpata’s emergence while also underscoring the need for reforms in the NBA.   The Ex-Minister, who is an esteemed lawyer and past Chairman of the Legal Aid…

Senate President congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan,has congratulated Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Lawan also congratulates the other newly elected members of the executive and the entire members of the Association over the smooth conduct of their elections. The Senate President noted that Akpata and his team had convinced their learned colleagues that they possessed the experience, integrity and capacity to lead their revered Association and must now strive to live up to the high expectations. He described the NBA as…

Buhari congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata

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President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), wishing him every success in the new position of leading Nigerian lawyers to chart a path of professional development and fulfilment. As a lawyer of over two decades who has held several strategic positions in the legal association, President Buhari trusts that Mr Akpata’s vast knowledge and experience in litigation, corporate world and engaging with government at different levels, will greatly benefit the Bar and indeed all Nigerians, who look up…

Ex-Pension boss, Maina, released from Kuje Prison

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Abdulrasheed Maina, Former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre nine months after his detention, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has confirmed. Maina, who was arraigned before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Oct. 25, 2019, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his son, Faisal, and firm, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd., had been in detention since the period. However, Maina’s Lawyer, Adeola Adedipe, in a telephone interview with NAN on Tuesday, said the ex-PRTT…

Court orders arrest of ex-NASS Clerk Sani Omolori

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Justice Suleman Belgore of an FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, issued a warrant for the arrest of the immediate past Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Omolori. Mr Belgore issued the order following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking an order of the court for the arrest of Omolori. The EFCC in the application, marked M/8728/2020, filed before the court, alleged that the respondent had ignored its invitation for him to report to its office over an investigation of a…

There will be equity in the distribution of social amenities, placement of jobs for Nigerians – Rep Akinlade

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By Yekeen Kazeem Olasunkanmi   A former Ogun State Federal lawmaker and member of the newly sworn-in Federal Character Commission, Hon. Abiodun Isiaq Akinlade has said that there will be equity in the distribution of social amenities and placement of jobs for all Nigerians in the country. Akinlade disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Thursday in Abuja after the swearing-in of the board members of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) and Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. The swearing…

Senate confirms Dongban-Mensem as Appeal Court President

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly will provide necessary legislative support needed to carry out Judicial reforms. Lawan made this known in his remarks after the Senate confirmed Hon. Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as President of the Court of Appeal. Dongban-Mensem’s confirmation followed consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on a Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (APC – Ekiti Central) while reading the report of the committee said that the nominee “has the experience,…

MONEY LAUNDERING: Federal High Court Discharges,Acquits A.A.Zaura

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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday dismissed a case of money laundering filed against a 2020 Kano gubernatorial election candidate, Abdulkareem Saleh Abdulsalam, known better as A. A. Zaura. Then Presiding Judge, Justice Ambrose Lewis Allagoa held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, added that the prosecution did not establish criminal evidence against the defendant. Justice Allagoa said the prosecution left a serious doubt in the mind of the court, explaining that the prosecution pursued its case…

OGUN HIJAB RULING: It is Judicial Namby-Pamby – MURIC declares

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An Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described the judgement delivered by Justice Bamgbose Alabi of the Abeokuta High Court in Ogun State on the use of hijab as judicial namby-pamby. Justice Alabi ruled that “the use of hijab is considered a fundamental human right only for adults”. This formed the basis of his judgement on Thursday 4th June, 2020 in a case filed by Aishat Abdul-Aleem, an 11-year old Muslim girl who was sent out of school at the Gateway Secondary School, Abeokuta in December…

Elombah Brothers Defeat Ex-IGP Idris In Court, Awarded N15m damages

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The Court had awarded 5 million naira damages in a separate suit Total award of 15 million naira damages for wrongful arrest Police ordered to write letter of apology and submit to court The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory [FCT] sitting at Wuse, Zone II, Abuja, has upheld the human rights violation suit filed by Tim Elombah, one of the Elombah Brothers, and slammed another ten million Naira damages against the Nigeria Police Force. Ruling on Wednesday, the presiding judge, Hon. Justice Ajoke S. Adepoju held that the arrest…