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The World Bank on Tuesday released its November 2021 Nigeria Development Update, which showed — among other things — that eight million Nigerians fell into poverty in less than two years as a result of inflation shocks.  The report also revealed that Nigeria no longer benefits from high oil prices, with record low revenues, and exorbitant fuel subsidies, which makes Nigeria the only country in the world granting universal price petrol subsidies. Also, the report reiterated that Nigeria has the worst revenue-to-GDP ratio among 115 countries monitored by the World Bank. Worse than Haiti. To address the grim picture of…

On January 6, 1978, Judge Neil McKinnon presided over the trial of John Kingsley Read, the former chairman of the National Front and the founder of a new far-right organisation, the National Party. Read stood accused of inciting racial hatred for a speech in which he used several unambiguously racist terms, including the n-word, and said of the recent murder of an Asian man, Gurdip Singh Chaggar, “one down, a million to go”. McKinnon advised the jury to acquit Read, saying that the racial slurs were not in themselves unlawful. He argued that their impact depended on their “circumstances and…

An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Tolu Babaleye has revealed that some policemen attached to the Ekiti State Police Command have refunded a sum of N190,000 collected from his son who was forced to withdraw the money at gunpoint. Babaleye who commended the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba over his prompt intervention upon complaints, revealed that the IGP’s intervention made the policemen refund the said amount within twenty-four hours. “Not up to twenty minutes that I made a call to the IGP’s monitoring unit, this meticulous officer called me back that the police who followed my son to the POS…

The daughters of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu (late), Mimi Anne Katsina Alu-Apena, and Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court, Njideka Iheme-Nwosu, are among the 22 newly appointed FCT judges. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, inaugurated them to the FCT High Court bench, on Tuesday. The children of senior justices rose from the position of Senior Magistrate I and Chief Magistrate II in the FCT Judiciary. Others inaugurated include Madugu Mohammed Alhaji, Agunloye Kayode, Enenche Eleojo, Aminu Mohammed Abdullahi, Nwacheonwu Chinyere Elewe, Ibrahim Mohammed, Sadiya Mu’azu Mayana, Kanyip Rosemary Indinya, Aliyu Yunusa Shafa and…

Ecobank Nigeria Limited has warned Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc against the proposed acquisition of equity stake in Honeywell Flour Mills Plc, alleging that Honeywell Group Limited, the parent firm, had not been paying up its loans from the bank. A proposed deal between Flour Mills of Nigeria and Honeywell Group where Flour Mills would be acquiring 71.69 per cent of Honeywell Group’s stake in its listed subsidiary. But a letter seen by our correspondent which was signed by solicitors to Ecobank, Kunle Ogunba and Associates, and addressed to the Managing Director of Flour Mills of Nigeria, cautioned the public…

The Hon. President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip, PhD, FNIALS has declared Friday 17th December 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022 as end of the year vacation. His Lordship made the declaration pursuant to Order 58 Rule 4(1) (c) of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (Civil Procedure) Rules 2017. According to the notice signed by the Hon. President, Justice Kanyip stated that there will be no Court sitting during the period of the vacation and further that the Normal Court sitting shall resume Monday 10th January 2022. “In exercise of the…

British Columbia Court of Appeal has advised Counsel and parties to refrain from addressing justices as “my lady”, “my lord”, “your ladyship” or “your lordship”. In a Practice Directive (Civil and Criminal) by Chief Justice R.J. Bauman dated the 18th of November 2021 obtained by Courtroom Mail, Counsel are no longer required to gown for hearings before a single justice. However, Counsel are required to gown for all hearings before a division of justices. The directive also provides that Counsel who are pregnant or have a disability or other reason affecting the ability to fully gown may…

The remains of a former Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Samuel Omotunde Ilori will be committed to mother earth in his hometown, Ilesha Osun State on November 26, 2021. Ilori, the ninth Chief Judge of Lagos State died on Tuesday October 12, 2021. He was 87 years old. The family had announced the demise of the judge in a statement signed by Ms Olukemi Ilorin. It reads: “We hereby announce the death of our father, Honourable Justice Samuel Omotunde Ilori, the ninth Chief Judge of Lagos State on the afternoon of Tuesday 12 October in Lagos. He was well…

Mr. Layi Babatunde, SAN, and Publisher of Supreme Court Law Report, in this interview, spoke on the EndSARS report by various panels across the country and what the Federal Government must do. He also spoke on Justice Mary Odili house raid, prison reform, self-determination agitations, electoral reform, and other sundry issues. Excerpt: As one of the lawyers who condemned the recent invasion of the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Odili, what strong measures do you think should be taken by stakeholders to forestall such future attacks on judicial officers? There is no other way than for the Executive to demonstrate…

The security guard, Abubakar Mohammed, said this while testifying before a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. Mohammed gave evidence as to the second prosecution witness in the trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu (first defendant), and two others, for Ataga’s murder. Ojukwu is facing trial along with her sister, Chioma Egbuchu, and one Adedapo Quadri. At the resumed hearing, the witness narrated to the court how the defendant logged into the apartment where he worked as a security man on Sunday, June 13. According to him, his employer, Mrs Nkechi Mogbo, informed…