The Senior Magistrate of Upper Area Court Nasarawa, Eggon, Abdullahi Shams Shama, Thursday convicted and sentenced one Usman Mohammed and 14 years with hard labour for the offence of Kidnapping contrary to section 274 of the Penal Code, and to four years imprisonment with a fine of fifty thousand Naira for the offence of Unlawful […]
Legal practitioner, Daniel Kip, has written to the Cross River State Government requesting compliance with the Supreme Court judgment in Engr. Yakubu Ibrahim & Ors. V. Simon Obaje (2017) LPELR-43749(SC) by registering land transactions between private individuals and entities without the mandatory requirement of the consent of the Governor. Mr. Kip, who practices in Calabar, […]
In 2012, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared illegal and unconstitutional the provision of the Police Act, which prohibits a woman police officer from getting married without the permission of the Commissioner of Police in the command where she is serving. It was a huge win for justice and equity. This followed a […]
His Worship, Mr. Oluwatosin Okikiolu, the Magistrate mentioned in a profound personal experience by Counsel Earl Eigbe last weekend, has received an award from the Ogun state Judiciary in” recognition of his great exploit on the bench”. TheLoyal Nigerian Lawyer reliably gathered that the award is not unconnected to the avalanche of commendations heaped on […]
Ecobank Nigeria Plc has filed a debt recovery suit before a Federal High Court, Abuja against an oil and gas company, Rahamaniyya and its Managing Director, Alhaji Abdulrahaman Musa Bashir, over alleged debt of N25, 900, 959, 351. 88. The bank alleged that the monies were availed to the company (Rahamaniyya) for the purpose of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Correctional Service Bill into law thereby repealing the Nigerian Prisons Service Act. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja Wednesday. By this act, the Nigerian Prisons Service will now be known as the […]
Nigerian Police Force, Kwara State Command has commenced investigation into allegations of assault brought against Hon. Ganiyu Abolarin representing Isapa/Ekiti and Hon. Owolabi Razaq representing Share/Oke Odo, at the Kwara State House of Assembly. This development followed a petition addressed to Commissioner of Police,Mr. Kayode Egbetokun by a concerned group, Leadership Appraisal Forum, which called […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed three bills into law. The bills are the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act, 2019; Defence Intelligence Agency Civilian Pensions Board (Establishment) Act, 2019; and National Biosafety Management Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019. Ita Enang, President Buhari’s Senate liaison made the announcement Thursday Read the full statement by Mr Enang below: President Muhammadu Buhari […]
The undermining of independent judiciaries, along with other trends impacting access to justice, has been increasing around the world, a top United Nations official warned, as the Sixth Committee (Legal) took up the matter of the rule of law at the national and international levels today. Fabrizio Hochschild-Drumond, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination, introducing the […]
Hon. Justice Olufunke Anuwe of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Sitting in Abuja has granted an order of interim injunction restraining Mr. Peter Ikyagh, Jonathan Agbe and J. P. Emeka (defendants) from taking over the offices, secretariat, assets, accounts and property of the Makurdi Depot of Independent Petroleum Marketers’ Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, that Parties are to […]