WANTED: TRANSPARENT JUDGES APPOINTMENT PROCESS
The National Judicial Council’s (NJC’s) new list of judges for state and Federal High courts, among other levels of courts, has raised eyebrows from some members of the Bar. Senior…
LAGOS ‘LAWYER’ DISOWNED BY NBA GOES INTO HIDING •He’s not our member, Body insists…
Nigerians have expressed anger at a Lagos-based ‘lawyer’ and critic, Adeola Samuel-Ilori, after he was disowned by the Nigerian Bar Association. Lawyers and activists, who took to different social media…
COURT ORDERS ATIKU, OBI, PDP AND SARAKI TO PAY N5MILLION FOR UNAUTHORISED USE OF AMUDA ADELEKE’s PHOTOS FOR CAMPAIGN
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his Campaign Director, Dr Bukola Saraki ,…
NJC NOMINATES DONGBAN-MENSEM FOR BUHARI’s APPROVAL AS APPEAL COURT PRESIDENT
Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem and 68 others have been recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) to President Muhammadu Buhari and governors for appointments. The NJC recommended Justice Dongban-Mensem as the…
RICHARD AKINJIDE, THE 122/3 SAGA AND MATHEMATICAL FACTOR AS A PREREQUISITE FOR LAW By Sentry
There have been torrents of tributes for a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide. But one indelible aspect of his life was the…
NJC SUSPENDS JUDGE FOR ‘AGE FALSIFICATION’
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended Francis Chukwuma Abosi, acting president of the customary court of appeal, and Aliyu Musa Liman, a judge of Bauchi state high court, over…
NJC RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF 70 JUDGES
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 70 new judges for both Federal and state courts. NJC’s spokesman, Soji Oye said, in a statement, that the…
AKINDELE’s PARTY: NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW -says FG
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on Tuesday, commended the Lagos State Police Command for the prosecution and conviction of high-profile violators of the lockdown order by the President,…