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Former Chief Judge of Lagos State, Honourable Justice Abdul Fatai Adeyinka has passed away on Thursday. The jurist died yesterday morning. Justice Adeyinka was born in 1939. He attended Ereko Methodist School, Lagos from 1947-54 and Anwar-Islam College, Agege, from1955-59. He proceeded to Leeds College of Commerce, England, 1961-63, Holborn College of Law, London, 1964-66, Woolich Polytechnic, London, 1967-68. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1969. After his tenure as Chief Judge, he served as the Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission. The jurist was a member of the defunct Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP). Until his…

President Joe Biden formally announced the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Thursday, thanking him for his “remarkable” service and reaffirming his commitment to nominating the first Black woman to the court. “The person I will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity, and that person will be the first Black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court,” Biden said. “I made that commitment during the campaign for president, and I will keep that commitment.” “It’s long overdue in my opinion,” he said, noting that he would make his choice by the…

The Tax Appeal Tribunal has said the recent launching of Tribunal Procedure Rules 2021, electronic filing application, and Virtual Court is geared towards effective tax justice delivery system in Nigeria, urged the taxpayers, tax authorities, and the general public to make use of the advantage. The Co-ordinating Secretary of the Tribunal, Bolanle Oniyangi Esq made the remark at communique issued on Thursday at the end of a 2-day Retreat/Training for Chairmen, Commissioners, and Secretaries on the Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2021 and e-filing system which took place at Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja on 19th and 20th January 2022. This comes as…

Prince Ade Ajayi Foundation (PAAF) Centre for Constitutional Literacy and Civic Education has translated the Nigerian 1999 Constitution into Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. These will be presented to the public on Thursday, February 3, 2022. Also, another book, I Love My Country, will be launched that day. This will hold at the Nigeria Naval Dockyard Conference Center Victoria Island at 10. 00 am. Also that day, the Nigerian Stakeholders Unity Forum will organise a talk, “Empowering Citizens and Stakeholders Unity For The Rebirth of a Great Nation”. There will also be the inaugural edition of the Nigerian Patriots Awards, 2022.…

A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on Thursday ordered the remand of Alhaji Azeez Adekunle Lawal, a.k.a. Kunle Poly, and two others, in the facility of the Nigeria Police Zonal Monitoring Unit, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan-Lagos, for 30 days, over last Thursday’s Idumota mayhem. Others ordered to be remanded alongside Kunle Poly, are: Prince Idowu Onikoyi Johnson and Agboola Akeem Kosoko. Chief Magistrate Linda Balogun, made the remand order of the three National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), after their application for remand was moved by Barrister Morufu Animashaun. In urging the court to remand the three, Barrister Animashaun,…

Restriction on flights arriving from Nigeria and 11 other African nations will be lifted on Saturday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have said. The country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) said it was lifting the ban initially imposed as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The authorities said flight arrivals can resume from countries like Botswana, Congo Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Namibia. Others are Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, the authorities said in a post on Twitter Wednesday. The UAE had last December issued a…

The United Kingdom has resumed work and study visa applications processing in Nigeria. This was contained in a post by UK in Nigeria on its social media handles on Wednesday. In the post, Nigerians were urged to proceed to the UK visa application centres for the Priority Visa Services. “From January 24, TLS will resume offering some Priority Visa (PV) Services in our Nigerian visa application centres. PV services will only be available to customers applying at VACs in Nigeria in work and study routes. These services will only be available via the TLS website and can be purchased when…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has requested a total of N3 trillion from the federal government to fund fuel subsidy in 2022. The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The federal government had on Monday suspended its plan to remove fuel subsidy. Mrs Ahmed said about N3 trillion would now be required to continue paying for the subsidy. “We also presented to Council today a request for Council’s consideration to make additional funding provisions to enable us to…

The House of Representatives has condemned “in the strongest terms possible” the incessant coups in Africa, especially in the sub-Saharan region, urging the Federal Government to “strongly condemn the coups, impose strong sanctions and mobilise other nations and stakeholders to impose very extensive sanctions.” The House also urged civil society organisations across the sub-region and the world to condemn coups, support the civil society, political parties and parliaments to work for the immediate restoration of democratic governance in the affected nations. The House also called on the United Nations and its agencies as well as the international community to “impose…

SUPREME COURT REPORT (S.C REPORT) In view of the astronomical rise, in the cost of production and associated variables, we wish to notify our esteemed customers, that with effect from 1st February, 2022; the price per Edition of Supreme Court Report will be Two Thousand Five Hundred Naira (N2,500.00). We encourage those who wish to take advantage of our on-going sales, to please do so ahead of the price increase taking effect. We note that our current price regime has been in place since 2012; during which time the economy has witnessed remarkable inflationary tendencies. We regret, that this increase…