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

September 5, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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

September 2, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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

August 28, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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 …

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

August 9, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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

August 1, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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

July 28, 2020 Emporium Reporters

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…