Category: Judiciary

Ex-NBA chairman backs Okiro for PSC job

Former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Jos branch, Benson Igbanoi, has backed former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, for the office of the Chairman of Police Service Commission Chairman. Igabnoi in a statement made available to Journalists in ASbuja said Okiro is qualified for the job, judging by his achievements in the police [...]

Leave me out of assassination plot, Jonathan tells court

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has told a Federal High Court in Abuja to strike his name out of the suit, linking him to assassination plot against Barrister Andem Adem, the Legal Adviser of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Akwa Ibom state Chapter. The lawyer had in a suit told the court that there was an [...]

We are not fighting corruption yet – Nnadozie

Many Nigerians, especially in the northern part of the country, now live in fear because of the activities of the Boko Haram sect. Chief Zeek Martins Nnadozie, in this interview with Raphael Ede, said enough has not been done to checkmate the activities of the sect. He also said the judiciary and other arms of [...]

Nigerian Law School at 50

I was sad the other day, when I read on the pages of newspapers, that Professor Ephiphany Azinge, the Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), was calling for the scrapping of the Nigerian Law School; sad, indeed, because Nigerian law graduates are internationally recognised. The Nigerian Law School is a member of the [...]

This hedonistic culture

Taking a look at the dailies, the screaming headlines and captions were melancholic: ‘Explosions Rock Hafiz Ringim’s House’. ‘Nation’s Democracy under Threat-PDP’, 65-year old Rapes 3-year old. FG’s N74bn CCTV project in jeopardy. There are more. The issues range between acts of corruption, negligence of the Government and man’s inhumanity to man. In his Duties [...]

State of emergency and northern elders

In Nigeria’s constitution, Section 305 lays out the procedure for proclamation of state of emergency in the whole federation or any part of the country. The president is empowered to issue the declaration by way of official gazette. The state of emergency is, however, subject to the ratification by a two-thirds majority of the National [...]

Court remands four over UN house bombing

One year and nine months after the suicide bombing attack that rocked the United Nations Headquarters in Abuja, the federal government has arraigned four suspected terrorists believed to have been involved in the plot before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja. The suspected terrorists, Mr. Salisu Mohammed, Inusa Mukailu, Danzumi Haruna and Abdulsalami Adamu, [...]

Alleged Cert. forgery: Akume’s response stalls case

The case against a former governor of Benue state and Senator representing Benue North-West Senatorial District of Benue state, George Akume, was stalled due to the inability of counsel to Akume to prepare his defence. During proceedings, the counsel to Mr. Philip Agbese, plaintiff in the case, Chief Amobi Nzelu, cleared the air on the [...]

How long will EFCC, Sylva drama last?

It is no longer news that the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, is being interrogated by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency last week, arrested Sylva at his home no 3, Niger Street, Maitama Abuja. According to the EFCC officials, the arrest followed his alleged refusal [...]

Amaechi’s jet illegally operated for three weeks – PILL

 On April 27, 2013, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) purportedly acting pursuant to the powers granted to it by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Act, 2004, as the regulator of Nigerian aviation, grounded the private jet of the Governor of Rivers state at the Akure airport. The issue has generated controversy since it began more [...]