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Retiring Justice of Nigeria’s Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili has warned against speeches or actions that could propelled the unfortunate war which took the lives of millions of Nigerians about 55years ago. Nigeria She noted is currently in an ‘Emergency Situation’ which according to her necessitated her reminder. Against the backdrop, Odili who just retired having attained the mandatory 70 years of age further warned that the reoccurrence of that ugly incident in the country must be avoided by all means. The jurist spoke at a valedictory Court session held by the Supreme Court to mark her retirement from bench…

The Supreme Court, will on Thursday, hold valedictory session in honour of Justice Mary Odili who will bow out of active judicial service, having clocked the 70 years mandatory retirement age. The ceremony, which will be presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, will take place at the main courtroom of the apex court. Odili’s retirement will further deplete the number of justices on the apex court to 16, just as another of her colleague, Justice Ejembi Eko, will also bow out next Monday. Information from the official website of the Supreme Court showed that…

The National Judicial Council has issued policy directions on political and election-related cases to the head of courts in Nigeria. The organization said it was part of concerted efforts to eliminate to the bearest minimum incidences of issuance of conflicting orders and judgments capable of disrupting the ongoing electioneering process. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Dr Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad Presided over the meeting where the policy directions were formulated. Under the new direction, Heads of Courts are to be henceforth be held responsible for loopholes in their areas of jurisdiction A statement issued on Wednesday by the NJC Director of Information,…

The Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Wednesday in Abuja, a three-member panel of the court headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka held that the Federal High Court Umuahia had no jurisdiction to have entertained the case because the plaintiff, Nduka Edede, lacked the locus standi to have filed the suit in the first place. The appellate court added that Edede did not establish any cause of action to have warranted his approaching the court…

An official of the Lagos Bus Services Limited (in charge of the BRT) has testified before a High court in the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, in the murder trial of Andrew Ominikoron on Tuesday. Mr Ominikoro is accused of raping and murdering a 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola, in February inside a BRT bus. He is also accused of raping another passenger, Maryjane Odezelu, on November 25. Kayode Aluko, a Fleet Operations manager at the Lagos Bus Services Limited, explained how the company employs their drivers. He said the employment process of BRT drivers is outsourced to a company, Excel Outsourcing, and…

A police officer, Olusegun Bamidele, serving with the homicide department of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Yaba, has told the court how investigations revealed where the late Usifo Ataga and Chidinma Ojukwu might have met before arriving at the crime scene. The police officer testified on Tuesday in the murder case of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Mr Ataga, at a High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos. “While I was investigating into the background, I and a friend of the deceased went to Angel Villa Hotel in Lekki,” said Mr Bamidele. “The owner of…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has nullified the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019 for being “an invalid statutory instrument”. The court further nullified all sales and disposals of assets made by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami, SAN under the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019. It held that the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019 were “ultra vires the office and powers” of the AGF. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa made the order on Monday, May 9, in suit FHC/L/CS/40/2021 filed by the plaintiff, Incorporated Trustees of HEDA Resource Centre, against the AGF…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has told the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, MAKH, that he is prepared to meet them in court for any legal battle over the enforcement of the state’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of 2017. He also reiterated that the law is irrevocable in line with the earnest wishes and desire of the people of the state. The Governor in a statement issued Tuesday in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur was reacting to the press conference addressed by the Secretary General of MAKH, Alhaji Saleh Hassan in Abuja on Monday,…

The Senate has amended the Electoral Act 2022 to allow statutory delegates to participate and vote in party conventions, congresses and meetings. In an accelerated passage, the lawmakers amended Section 84(8) of the law – which initially allowed only elected delegates of a party to participate in the conventions or other meetings. The legislation, sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, scaled first, second and third readings at plenary on Tuesday. Leading the debate, Mr Omo-Agege noted that the initial section of the bill was an error on the part of the legislature. Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad Monday charged judicial officers on the need to ensure the protection of human rights, saying all human beings are entitled to it. The CJN gave the charge in a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 2022 National Workshop on Practice and Procedure in the Area, Sharia and Customary Courts held at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja. The theme of the 2022 workshop ‘ Promoting Efficiency In the Dispensation of Justice in the lower Court’ At the ceremony, the CJN further implored the participants to outlaw and discarded…