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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has lamented over the demise of former Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Professor Ignatius Ayua, saying that the state has lost a leading light. Reacting to the death of Professor Ayua who died in Abuja yesterday, Governor Ortom noted that the late legal luminary was a pathfinder who defined the road map for justice and equity in the country. According to the governor “In Professor Ayua, Benue State has lost one of the best and fertile minds in the legal profession. We have lost a patriot who believed in the sanctity of a united…

The Nigerian Bar Association says the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government suspended the planned petrol subsidy removal because of the forthcoming 2023 elections. The President of NBA, Olumide Akpata, made this known on Monday while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. The PUNCH had earlier reported that a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.); a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana; and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, strongly warned the government against removing the subsidy, saying it would worsen poverty in the country. But the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,…

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Monday, said it has identified seven lawyers that influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders, especially on political matters. The NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, said the seven lawyers, including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, were found culpable by its investigate committee. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, NBA President, Mr. Olumide Apata, said the indicted lawyers would be charged before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, for judicial misconduct. “Some lawyers have been identified to have played roles in conflicting decisions that emanated from different courts recently.…

Through the first two weeks of December 2021, MTN Nigeria made a public offering to sell 575 million ordinary shares to Nigerians at the price of N169 per share, in what was referred to as another first for MTN in the Nigerian market. As of January 21, 2022, more than five weeks after the public offering closed, MTN Nigeria is yet to allot shares to thousands of Nigerians who participated in the public offering. TheCable had earlier reported that MTN will allot shares 15 days after regulatory approval, but none of the shares sold at the public offering has been…

On June 3, 2021, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad submitted some proposals to the National Assembly to alter some provisions of the Constitution concerning the Judiciary. The proposals, a 17-page paper, titled: ‘Input by the Judiciary to the proposed alteration to the 1999 Constitution (as amended)’, contained 45 proposals on the reform of the Judiciary. Some of the recommendations included pegging Supreme Court’s bench at 16 from the current 21, increased budgetary allocation, and CJN to be called third instead of the fifth person in the Order of the National Protocol. On many occasions, stakeholders have…

By Ibrahim Lawal It is no longer news that the Court of Appeal has given itself a new rules of court that will guide proceedings at the appellate court. The new rule, which commenced on the 1st day of November, 2021, has twenty five orders all together. There are innovations brought into the rules which are far-reaching and will definitely change the face of adjudication at the appellate court. These innovations are Order 16 which deals with Court of Appeal Alternative Dispute Resolution Programme (CAADPR); Order 20 which deals with Electronic filling; Order 21 which deals with virtual hearing and…

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has vowed that he would not pay any form of ransom to secure the release of his Trade and Investment Commissioner, Mr Federal Otokito, who was kidnapped a few days ago. The governor, in the same vein, has called for his immediate and unconditional release by his abductors, stressing that the state’s laws against kidnapping would be followed to the letter against his abductors. It would be recalled that Mr Otokito was kidnapped last Thursday night from his residence in Otuokpoti, his hometown in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. Speaking…

Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest person, says the refinery will begin processing crude by the third quarter of 2022. According to Bloomberg, the business mogul said mechanical work on the refinery is done, and “hopefully before the end of the third quarter we should be in the market”. He said this during a briefing at the plant site in Lagos. Dangote said the plant would start with a processing capacity of 540,000 barrels per day. “Full production can start maybe, by the end of the year or beginning of 2023,” he said. Dangote Petroleum Refinery is…

Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers following heavy gunfire around his residence on Sunday night in the capital Ouagadougou. According to Reuters, two security sources and a West African diplomat said this on Monday. The mutinous soldiers are yet to issue a statement on the incident. This comes a day after reports of gunfire erupting late on Sunday around the president’s home, hours after soldiers seized control of a military base in Ouagadougou. Some reports say the soldiers are demanding more resources to fight extremists in the country. The West African…

A new pan-African payment system removes legacy complexities, including the cost of cross-border payments, bolsters operational efficiencies and sets a new path to more stable and stronger African currencies and is set to spur intra-Africa trade. A Kenyan customer can now pay for a product from Ghana in Kenya shillings, while the trader receives payment for the goods in Ghanaian cedi, without troublesome conversion issues, following the official launch of a revolutionary payment system in Africa. The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) that enables traders make real-time transfers of funds from one African country to another went live in…