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The swearing in of Mr Ariwoola as CJN followed his confirmation by the Senate on 21 September three months after his appointment by the president. President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Olukayode Ariwoola as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council chamber of the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing in of Mr Ariwoola followed his confirmation by the Senate on 21 September three months after his appointment by the president. Mr Ariwoola took the judicial oath of office In a brief ceremony shortly before the commencement of the weekly…

Worried by the high level of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Edwin Clark, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently set up a judicial inquiry to investigate the criminal act. Speaking against the background of recent discovery of a four- kilometre illegal oil pipeline delivering crude to rogue vessels to a platform on the high seas, Clark lamented that crude oil theft has led to dwindling revenue for Nigeria as it is sabotaging the country’s economy., Addressing Journalists, yesterday, at his Asokoro Residence, Abuja, Clark, who alleged that the stealing…

A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday watched the video recording of lifeless body of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, allegedly murdered on June 15, 2021. An undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, and one Adedapo Quadri are standing trial for Ataga’s murder. They were arraigned alongside Ojukwu’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu, accused of stealing Ataga’s iPhone 7. Ataga’s body was seen in the video lying on the ground facing up, with his hands spread. He was wearing a white singlet and a boxer’s shorts stained with blood. His head was close to a wall at…

With over 190 countries in the world, it is expected that there are differences and similarities in each nation’s affairs and one significant aspect of difference in the running of the nations of the world is the number of public holidays celebrated. While some countries enjoy a wide range of public holidays others do not. Countries celebrate national holidays for different reasons including religious observances, national days, remembrance days or days to commemorate some other special historical event unique to a certain state, country, or region. Discussed in this article are 10 countries with the highest number of public or…

The Federal Government, yesterday, arraigned a Lagos State monarch, the Onikosi of Ikosi, Oba Alami Oloyede Onikosi, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in the forgery and falsification of a judgement of the Supreme Court. Oba Onikosi was docked alongside three others on a seven-count charge that also contained an allegation of perjury. The other defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/242/2022, were Muyideen Fabunmi, Alademehim Samuel and High Chief Michael Adesegun Onikoro. Specifically, it was alleged in the charge signed by Police Prosecutor, CSP Joe Nwadike, that the defendants had sometimes in 2018, forged a…

President Muhammadu Bubari Tuesday conferred the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) honours award on the Chairman of THISDAY/ARISE Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, at a colourful ceremony in Abuja during which 442 other Nigerians and seven foreigners also received national honours, awards, medals and insignia for their selfless services to the country. Top on the list of other awardees were Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan; Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola; former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad; former Finance Minister and Director Generalof the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Deputy Secretary-General of…

The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria has withdrawn its publication published in The PUNCH on Friday, October 7, 2022. This was contained in a statement signed by the Registrar/Chief Executive of CITN, Adefisayo Awogbade. The Institute had published a story congratulating Professor Muhammed Abdulrazaq, FCTI on his elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. It should be noted that the news story was neither authorized nor known by Professor Muhammed Abdulrazaq, FCTI before its publication. The general public is hereby invited to disregard the publication as it was done in error. -PUNCH

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike. The court gave the order after dismissing the union’s application for a stay of execution of an earlier ruling of the National Industrial Court directing the university lecturers to resume work. The three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by Hamma Barka granted the union permission to appeal the ruling of the industrial court but ruled that it must first resume work to be allowed to file the appeal. It said should ASUU fail to re-open the universities,…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) says it uncovered an illegal 4-kilometre (km) pipeline from Forcados terminal to the sea, and a loading port that had operated undetected in the last nine years. Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO), NNPC Limited, said this on Tuesday when he appeared before the senate joint committees on petroleum (upstream and downstream), and gas. He said the pipeline was found during a clampdown on theft in the past six weeks. “Oil theft in the country has been going on for over 22 years but the dimension and rate it assumed in recent…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria(NICN) have issued a new set of Practice Directions in matters that involve filing of applications, motions in Trade Union Matters and marking of exhibits in originating processes in order to cut trial time, avoid time wastage in marking documents in court and cater for other rules. The President of the court, Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip disclosed this at the new legal year ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that labour cases require quick disposal than other cases and therefore pleaded with those criticising the Practice Directions to give it some time to enable…