The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), its Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami have been dragged to a Federal Court in Awka over the implementation of the naira redesign policy. The redesigned currencies N1,000, N500 and N200 went into circulation on December 15, 2022, and would finally displace … [Read more…]
Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, yesterday, said the court was not consulted in the enactment of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2022 by the National Assembly. Justice Tsoho made the disclosure while delivering his speech at a special court session to mark the commencement of the court’s 2022/2023 legal year … [Read more…]
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, BoSAN, on Monday, called for the establishment of a National Constitutional Court that will be saddled with the responsibility of determining all election related cases. The legal body, which made the demand at a special court session the Federal High Court held to mark its 2022/2023 legal year, … [Read more…]
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yakubu Maikyau, on Tuesday, declined to participate in the call to bar ceremony presided over by the Chairman, Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN). In a statement, the NBA president said to do so would be to endorse, celebrate or condone a practice … [Read more…]
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has affirmed the judgment of a Federal High Court in Damaturu, Yobe State, which declared Bashir Machina as the genuine candidate for the All Progressives Congress( APC), Yobe North senatorial district. In a unanimous judgment delivered by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, … [Read more…]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will today confer Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 62 lawyers elevated to the rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC). The swearing-in ceremony will kick-start the new legal year of the Supreme Court. Among the successful legal practitioners are three lawyers prosecuting for the … [Read more…]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, issued warrant for the arrest of the Deputy Speaker of the Imo state House of Assembly, Hon. Amarachi Iwuanyanwu, following his alleged involvement in a N785million fraud. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, … [Read more…]
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, refused to grant a request directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. The court refused to grant the request on the grounds that the days left for registration in line with the law were very few. According … [Read more…]
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices read by Justice Danlami Senchi on Monday held that Akpabio failed to file a proof … [Read more…]
Another professional association of lawyers different from the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), the Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) led by Mr. Kunle Ogunba, SAN, has emerged. This was contained in a statement yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary of the LSN, Mr Douglas Ogbankwa. The legal practitioners in Nigeria had been hitherto regulated solely under … [Read more…]
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday remanded an oil marketer, Adeleke Fayose, for alleged N66.5 million oil fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayose was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his company, Brooks and Knight International Ltd. They are standing trial on a three-count charge bordering … [Read more…]
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the UK. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon granted the request, after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an oral application. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) … [Read more…]