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Inibehe Effiong: Claimant, Defense Counsels Bicker over Akwa Ibom Lawyer’s Conviction

Counsels to Udom Emmanuel and Senator Effiong Bob, Barr. Samuel Ikpo, and Inibehe Effiong’s chambers have continued to bicker over last week’s conviction of the human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, justice Ekaette Obot. Effiong was…

02/08/2022

Buhari Has Promised to Improve Welfare of Judges — Wole Olanipekun

The Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has revealed how his group made President Muhammadu Buhari to commit to ensure that urgent steps were taken to improve the welfare of the nation’s judges. Olanipekun said last Thursday’s meeting…

01/08/2022

INEC Shuts Registration Portal As CVR Ends

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially shut down the online portal for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. A check on Monday showed that the registration portal, https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/home/index is no longer responding. A notice on the website reads: “The CVR Exercise has been suspended.…

01/08/2022

CAC To Replace Passport, Driver’s Licence With NIN For Biz Registration

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) said it will soon replace the existing means of identification for persons applying for business and company registration with the National Identification Number (NIN). The Registrar-General of the commission, Garba Abubakar, disclosed this during the 2022 Management Retreat…

01/08/2022

Lawyer Arrested And Detained For Preparing Deed Of Assignment For Suspect

A Lawyer, Abu Ruqayyah, has drawn the attention of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, and the Chairman of the Kano branch of the Association, to the continued detention of another lawyer, Shamsudden Musa (Aka. Kainuwa) by the Nigeria…

01/08/2022

Six (6) NBA Election Appeal Committee Members Resign Over Allegations Of Bias

Six (6) members of the National Election Appeal Committee of the NBA have resigned their appointment as members of the committee. The members premised their resignation on a letter dated 26th July 2022 addressed to NBA President, Olumide Akpata by Chief J.K. Gadzama,…

31/07/2022

“I Never Described Olanipekun As Superior Member Of The Bar” — Okutepa SAN

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria J.S. Okutepa SAN has denied ever describing Body of Benchers Chairman, Wole Olanipekun SAN as a “Superior member of the Bar”. He made this clear in a statement where he responded to viral media publications attributed to him…

30/07/2022

Group Of SANs Ask Olanipekun To Recuse Himself As BOB Chairman

The Justice Reform Project has requested that Chief Wole Olanikpenkun, SAN, “step down from his position as Chairman of the Body of Benchers to enable investigations to be concluded with the requisite confidence.” The body made its position known through a statement…

30/07/2022

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