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The National Judicial Council, at its 96th Meeting of 14 and 15 December 2021 considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, Council recommended the under-listed names of Sixty-four successful candidates to their various State Governors for appointment. They are as follows: CHIEF JUDGE, ENUGU STATE i) Justice Ozoemena Raymond Afojulu CHIEF JUDGE, ADAMAWA STATE Justice Nathan Musa GRAND KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, NIGER STATE Kadi Abubakar Musa Mohammed Kigera GRAND KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, ADAMAWA STATE Kadi Usman Aliyu Girei PRESIDENT, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, OSUN STATE i) Justice…

The United Kingdom (UK) government has lifted the pause on processing visitor visas in all countries previously on the red list, including Nigeria. The UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) announced this in a statement on Wednesday. The government said it lifted the pause due to the removal of Nigeria and other countries from red list restrictions over the Omicron COVID-19 variant. “From 4:00 am on 15th December, all countries currently on the red list will be removed. In line with the lifting of red list restrictions, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) will lift the pause on processing visitor visas in…

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has barred three high court judges from getting promotion for periods ranging from two to five years, after it found them guilty of issuing conflicting ex-parte orders. The Council, which took the decision at the end of a two-day meeting it held in Abuja between December 14 and 15, said its investigations revealed that the three judges issued conflicting orders in cases involving the same parties and the subject matter. Remarkably, legal disputes that caused problem for the judges, were on the recent leadership tussle in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, involving its former National…

The United Kingdom, UK, has taken all 11 countries off England’s travel red list. It will be made official tomorrow, Wednesday, the health secretary, Sajid Javid, announced. The decision means England will no longer require hotel quarantine for travellers from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. However, testing measures — a pre-arrival negative test and then another PCR test after arrival — remain in place for all travellers. The health secretary has set out in Parliament the rationale for ending the travel red list, saying that as the new variant is spreading in…

The Eti Osa LOcal Government Area of Lagos state took the Ministry of Interior and Attorney General of the Federation to court in suit no.: FHC/ LS/CS/816/18 between Eti-Osa LGA & 3 others v. Hon. Minister of Interior & 2 others (Federal High Court, Ikoyi Judicial Division), where the accused Federal Ministry of Interiors of usurping the Local Governments power to operate marriage registries, conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates The court held that conduct of marriages and issue of certificate is statutorily the job of the local governments as provided by the law and only the local governments have…

The federal government has said it was working round the clock to ensure the United Kingdom, UK reverses its ongoing ban on travelers from Nigeria in the wake of Omicron variant. Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman Presidential Steering Committee on CoVID-19,Boss Mustapha, speaking, Monday, said: “The PSC is working with mandate ministries to address the issues surrounding the restriction imposed by some countries on travellers from Nigeria on account of the omicron variant.” Government said it has initiated diplomatic steps to make the United Kingdom and other countries reverse restrictions imposed on travellers from Nigeria on…

There have been a legal brawl between some Local government Areas of Nigeria against the Federal government simply for the determination of who have the power to operate marriage registries, conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates. Statutorily, the Local governments are the ones empowered to conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates, for this reason, the LGAs have insisted that their powers to register marriages which is statutorily provided are being usurped by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Interior. The Eti Osa LOcal Government Area of Lagos state took the Ministry of Interior and Attorney General of the Federation…

The Court of Appeal has released a notice of the posting of Justices of the Court to various divisions. The court made this known in a notice signed by the President of the Court of AppealHon. Justice M.B Dongban-Mensem on 8th December, 2021 and made available to Lawbreed Blog. According to the notice dated 8th December, 2021, posting takes effect from 7th January, 2022. See the full list below:

‘The silence of of the judiciary should never be mistaken for stupidity or weakness. By nature of our work, we are conservative but not conquered species and should not be pushed further than this by any individual, institutions or agencies of the government,” declared the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. Justice Muhammad made this declaration on Wednesday as the carried out the swearing in of 72 newly conferred Senior Advocates of Nigeria in Abuja. Rank of Senior Advocate is conferred on deserving lawyers in both the advocates and academic categories. The eminent legal practitioners have been…

The 72 lawyers, who are successful applicants for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) this year, would be formally conferred with the title at a ceremony scheduled for December 8 at the Supreme Court, Abuja. The Director of Press and Information, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr. Festus Akande said, in a statement, that the event was part of activities to formally herald the court’s new legal year. The statement reads: “The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Dr. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR, will confer the highly coveted rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on 72 senior lawyers…