The Senate has passed the Finance Bill which seeks to amend seven Acts of the National Assembly relating to taxes payable in the country Thursday. The bill specifically seeks an increment of the value-added tax from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent, while also raising the Companies Income tax, Customs and excise, Petroleum Profit […]
A Kano High Court presided by Justice Usman Na’Abba has dissolved four additional emirates and first class emirs created by Kano State Government. Last May, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, assented to a controversial law creating four additional first class emirates in Bichi, Rano, Karaye and Gaya. Reports say the law was initiated by the […]
The Federal Government Executive Council has approved a justice sector policy for the country aimed at reforming the system by making access to justice easier. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, explained that the policy would ensure “speedy determination of justice” and fairness to all Nigerians. Mr. Malami spoke further, […]
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, on Monday called for tougher laws against rape and sexual abuse in Nigeria. Omo-Agege who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Electronic and New Media, Lara Owoaye-Wise, made this known at the launch of the campaign against rape and sexual abuse in Abuja. The event was organised by […]
The President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has constituted the Kogi State Governorship and Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal. This was disclosed in a statement released on Thursday by the Secretary of the Tribunal, Umar Abubakar, Esq. The Tribunal is ” to hear and determine petition(s) that may arise from […]
Mr. Lanre Olaoluwa, a receiver appointed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has defied the order of Injunction granted by the Hon Justice Kudirat Jose of the High Court of Lagos State. Mr. Shittu had approached the Court seeking for an order restraining Mr. Lanre Olaoluwa from preventing him from gaining access to his […]
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ekiti State, Olawale Fapohunda today, 8th November 2019, marks one year in office for the second time. Fapohunda, a Human Rights Activist and justice sector reform expert obtained his First Degree from the University of Jos, Plateau State and later, his Master of Laws Degree at the […]
Professor Augustine Agom of the department of commercial law, faculty of law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has addressed separate letters to the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Attorney-General of the Federation,AGF, asking for an urgent reversal to the unconstitutional trend in regulating the capital market. The following is the text […]
A Magistrate Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Wednesday, 30th October, 2019 discharged and acquitted four protesters arrested on August 5, 2019 during the RevolutionNow protest. The court presided over by Magistrate II, Mr. O. A. Onaguruwa, upheld the no case submission made on behalf of the 4 protesters by Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday has dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23, 2019 presidential election. The appeal was heard by a seven-man panel, viz, Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Justice Bode Rhodes […]