A law firm formerly headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SimmonsCoopers Partners has given the Punch fnewspapers 72 hours to retract a reporting linking the firm to an alleged N100 billion tax scam by a company named Alpha Beta Consulting Limited. SimmonsCooper said should Punch ignore the ultimatum, it will commence a legal action for […]
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has suspended sitting till Tuesday for counsel to President Muhammadu Buhari to play video recordings where Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Prof Mahmoud Yakubu supposedly ruled out the adoption of electronic transmission of result of the last general elections. The tribunal adjourned shortly after Buhari’s lawyer,Alex Izinyon, […]
The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Abuja Branch, again, took the sensitisation for the eradication of violence against persons to schoolchildren. The school of call was Fouad Lababidi Islamic Academy, Wuse Zone 3, where provisions of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, 2015, VAPP, were explained to pupils in basic but clear terms. The […]
Ilorin based legal practitioner, Abdul Gegele, has called for the imposition of life sentence on suspects found guilty of rape as a measure to curb the heinous crime across the nation. Gegele made the call on last Wednesday while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin. He stated that Nigeria has a disproportionately low conviction rate for […]
Address by the Chairman of the Body of Benchers and the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, at the Call to Bar Ceremony Held on Tuesday, 9 July 2019 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja PROTOCOL • The Vice Chairman, Body of Benchers, Mr. O. C. J. Okocha, MFR, SAN, Life Bencher […]
The Presiding Judge of the National and State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Justice A. A. Adeleye, has lodged a complaint to the Police against a litigant and his counsel for defamation of character. According to documents obtained from the tribunal, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Kyan State Constituency, Livinus Ujamatyu, had […]
The Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria, MULAN, has condemned the continuous harassment, intimidation and oppressive acts directed at female Muslim students by members of staff of the University Staff School, Ibadan. The President of MULAN, Prof. F.A.R Adeleke wrote a letter to the vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan to request a meeting with […]
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed an appeal filed by the People’s Democratic Party Governorship Candidate in the last elections, Senator Ademola Adeleke against the Court of Appeal’s judgment validating the victory of the All Progressives Congress flag bearer, Adegoke Oyetola. The apex court delivered the judgment Friday morning. The Court dismissed the whole […]
Saidu B. Abdullahi, who was arrested and charged to court for pretending to be a lawyer, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment Monday by a Magistrate’s Court in Zaria His Worship Abdulkadir Musa delivered the judgement after the accused pleaded guilty to the information on the F I R and was summarily tried and […]
US based Nigerian and founder of I Believe in Africa initiative, Yemi Lawanson took the quest for change in Nigeria’s Justice system to the 16th Annual Human Rights Summit of the United Nations held in New York. ” Today, I’m dressed as a prison inmate to attend the International Human Rights Summit at the United […]