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NBA President Constitutes New Committees on Electoral Reform, Professional Development

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Y. C. Maikyau SAN has constituted 4 new committees of the NBA; Electoral Reform, Law Firm and Institutional Mentorship Committee, Employment Bureau, and Remuneration Committees. In a statement by Akorede Habeeb Lawal, National Publicity Secretary,…

17/09/2022

Justice Ministry Ensures Nigeria’s Restoration to Path of Growth – Malami

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (SGF), Abubakar Malami, has said that the judiciary has made an impact on all areas of Nigeria’s development. Malami stated this in Kano yesterday at a three-day top management retreat of the Federal…

17/09/2022

NBA President Calls For Supreme Court Reform at Justice Aboki’s Valedictory Session

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN called for an amendment of the Nigerian constitution to increase the number of justices appointed to the Supreme Court and to limit the jurisdiction of the apex court to ”certain…

16/09/2022

Discard Appointment Policy on S’Court Justices Now, BoSAN Tells NJC

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BoSAN) has told the National Judicial Council (NJC), the body responsible for the appointment of judicial officers, that it is high time the NJC stopped the current replacement policy for the appointment of Justices of…

15/09/2022

Acting CJN Laments Depletion in Supreme Court Justices’ Number

The drop in the number of Justices of the Supreme Court to 13 has added to the burden of the apex court, the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has said. Justice Ariwoola spoke in Abuja on Thursday at a…

15/09/2022

Breaking: Court Orders INEC to Recognize Akpabio as APC Senatorial Candidate

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, as an All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate. The court ordered the electoral umpire to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as…

15/09/2022

Lagos Unveils e-law Library, Plans Translation to Yoruba

Lagos State Ministry of Justice, in partnership with Law Pavilion Business Solutions, has inaugurated an e-law platform to ease legal practice and make the state’s laws more available to the public. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,…

15/09/2022

BREAKING: Police Commission Chairman, Musiliu Smith, Resigns

The Chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith has resigned his position. It was gathered that the Board of the Commission asked Smith to resign and he accepted. A source at the commission said that Smith, a former Inspector-General of Police, is expected…

14/09/2022

Supreme Court Declares Ifeanyi Odii Ebonyi PDP Gubernatorial Candidate

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared Chief Ifeanyi Odii as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi State. The apex court in a unanimous decision set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal, that…

14/09/2022

2023: Atiku Unfolds Economic Blueprint

Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said he would resuscitate Nigeria’s ailing economy by launching a $10 billion Economic Stimulus Fund within his first 100 days in office, if he wins the 2023 presidential election. Atiku said the…

14/09/2022

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