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Supreme Court Dismisses Suit To Compel PDP To Zone Presidency To South East

The Supreme Court has struck out a suit instituted against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking to enforce the zoning and rotatory policy in the 2023 presidential election. In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro on Friday, the court struck out…

23/09/2022

Legal Luminary Profile: Ahmed A. Raji, SAN, FCIArb. (UK)

Ahmed Adeniyi Raji SAN is a leading Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the founder of Ahmed Raji & Co a thriving law firm in Abuja. He attended Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State for his LLB (Hons.) He obtained a Masters Degree…

23/09/2022

NBA President Extols Virtues of Justice Taiwo Taiwo at Valedictory Court Session

The President of the NBA, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN on 22nd September, 2022 celebrated Hon. Justice Taiwo Taiwo at the Valedictory Court Session in honour of the retired Jurist at the Federal High Court Ikoyi, Lagos. Below is the speech by the NBA…

23/09/2022

Nigeria Needs Help to Tackle Debt Burden – AfDB

The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has said Nigeria needs help in tackling its debt burden. He said this at the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum in New York on Thursday. According to Adesina, financing was critical to solving Nigeria’s development…

23/09/2022

Not All Cases Should Reach Supreme Court — CJN

Olukayode Ariwoola, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), says the constitution should be amended to stop some cases at the court of appeal. Appearing before the senate on Wednesday for a screening exercise, Ariwoola told the senate that the workload on the supreme court…

22/09/2022

NBA President Condemns Intrusion Of Appeal Court Justice’s Residence In Kano

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly condemned the intrusion of the residence of the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division, Justice Ita Mbaba, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement on Wednesday by the NBA…

22/09/2022

ASUU To Appeal Court Order Directing Lecturers To Call Off Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the lecturers to call off their ongoing strike. Mr Femi Falana, who is the counsel to the union, confirmed this to press on Wednesday hours…

22/09/2022

Senate Confirms Ariwoola as CJN

The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, was screened and confirmed by the Senate as the substantive head of the Judiciary arm of government by the Senate on Wednesday. The screening lasted one hour during when senators across political party lines,…

21/09/2022

Senate Concludes Screening of Ariwoola as CJN

The Senate has just concluded the screening of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. He is however waiting for confirmation where the Senators will go to the Committee of the whole. Justice Ariwoola answered all the questions asked by the…

21/09/2022

BREAKING: Court Orders ASUU to Call Off Strike

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to call off the ongoing Strike. Delivering a ruling on the interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal government, Justice Polycarp Hamman restrained ASUU from continuing with the industrial action pending…

21/09/2022

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