Tribute to Justice Emmanuel Araka
Ahead of the funeral of Justice Emmanuel Araka, former Assistant Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Ike Uko pays tribute to the late chief judge of Anambra State. ONE day in...
View ArticleFalana faults ejection of businessman, family from home
• Petitions NJC, FCT High Court CJ Rights activist Femi Falana (SAN) has urged the National Judicial Council (NJC) to take a second look at the circumstances surrounding the ejection of a businessman,...
View ArticleDiscordant tunes trail Appeal Court’s verdicts on Daily Times
WHAT is the true position of the Daily Times case at the Court of Appeal? This is the question many are asking as the disputing parties are claiming victory in the recent verdicts given by the court....
View ArticleNBA urges lawyers to take up public interest litigation
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA ) has called on lawyers to take up pro bono cases and engage in public interest litigation to fast-track the trial of human rights cases. NBA President Okey Wali (SAN)...
View ArticleState of Emergency in Nigeria: Law and Politics
Book Summary The textbook – State of emergency in Nigeria: Law and politics is a collection of 16 chapters covering different topics on the subject matter. With themes ranging from comparative studies,...
View ArticleLagos CJ urges prisoners to plan for life after jail
Lagos State Chief Judge Justice Ayotunde Philips has advised prisoners to plan for life after their incarceration. Justice Philips urged the prisoners to study well and sit for examinations such as the...
View ArticleShould oil theft attract death penalty
While inaugurating the Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill, Senate President David Mark suggested death penalty for oil thieves and pipeline vandals. But some lawyers believe that capital...
View ArticleNational Assembly introduces plea bargaining
273. Effect of plea of not guilty A person who pleads not guilty shall be deemed to have put himself to trial. 274. Effect of plea of guilty (1) Where a defendant pleads guilty to an offence with which...
View ArticleRow over removal of Law School chiefs
In one fell swoop, the three deputy directors-general of the Nigerian Law School were shown the way out. Their removal has continued to generate reactions. Was due process followed in their removal and...
View ArticleAn accused person who confesses to committing a crime and affirms so under...
Issues: Whether the Court of Appeal was right in affirming the decision of the Failed Bank Tribunal in convicting and sentencing the 1st accused on count 9. Facts: The appellant was charged before...
View ArticleCan 2013 SAN awards be merit-driven?
As the Legal Practitioners and Privileges Committee headed by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Miriam Aloma Muktar meets this period to select applicants to be honoured with the highest...
View ArticleEx-NIMASA boss didn’t benefit from contracts, says witness
Aprincipal prosecution witness in the trial of former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Raymond Omatseye, has said the accused did not financially...
View ArticleCourt sets aside Ogun panel’s report
An Abeokuta High Court has set aside the report of the Ogun State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into land allocations, acquisition, sales and concessions. The panel recommended to the government to...
View ArticleSupreme Court strikes out motions on monarch’s case
The Supreme Court has struck out two applications by Chief O. Amachree seeking to stay the execution of a judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital....
View ArticleWoman allegedly dupes microfinance bank of N1.5m
Amiddle aged woman, Rosemary Izuakor, has been arraigned before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly duping a Micro Finance Bank (Mfb) of N1.5 million. Izuakor, a resident of 15A, Aliwo...
View Article‘Documents are not admitted as a matter of course at appeal stage’
Issues: Whether or not at this stage of the proceedings the three newly discovered documents which are very relevant for the just determination of the appeal pending before the Supreme Court can be...
View ArticleSuspected rapist granted bail
A48 year-old man, Sylvester Ehiyele, who was paraded by the police in Lagos for allegedly raping his daughter, 7, and his one year and three months old grand daughter, has been granted N500, 000 bail...
View ArticleMan, 25, arraigned for alleged possession of £3,720 and assault
For allegedly being in possession of £3,720 and assaulting one Solomon Edache, a 25 year old man was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos. The defendant, Gabriel Ochuga, who faced a two...
View ArticleCourt upholds Iba chieftaincy family’s claim over land
The dispute over an expanse of land in Iba community, a suburb of Lagos, has ended. Justice E.A. Adebajo of the Lagos High Court held that the land belongs to the Oniba of Iba and the Iba chieftaincy...
View ArticleCourt refuses bank’s plea for extension in Braithwaite’s suit
ALagos State High Court, Igbosere, has refused to entertain a plea for extension of time by Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited in a N10billion suit filed against it by a lawyer and former...
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