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Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the decision by defence lawyers in the trial of the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Nyako however declined the request by the prosecution to deem Kanu’s application abandoned, his lawyers having decided to boycott proceedings. As it has become the practice in recent time, armed security operatives, drawn from the State Security Service (SSS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) flooded the Federal High Court premises as early as 6am. They screened everybody and decided…

Boeing Co. said it reached a legal settlement with families of those killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max jet crash, admitting the company’s liability and agreeing to negotiate compensation payouts in a Chicago court. The aircraft maker, which was sued by the families, “admits and stipulates to its liability for the compensatory damages,” and that “the measure and elements of plaintiffs’ damages” for each of the lawsuits filed in the Ethiopia Air case will be determined under Illinois law, according to the proposed agreement, which was filed Wednesday in a Chicago federal court. While the agreement is a significant step…

Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, today, ordered a lawyer, Mr. Kehinde Awowole to produce his client, a businesswoman, Princess Toyin Kolade, who was alleged to involved in alleged $32 million USD fraud, in court on December 3. Princess Toyin Akolade alongside six others, were charged before the court by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) in a charge marked FHC/L/407c/2019, on for alleged fraud of the above mentioned sum, by false pretence. Others charged alongside the Businesswoman are four India Nationals, Prem Garg, Devashish Garg, Bhagwan Simgh Rawat and…

Following the first ever global surveys examining the mental wellbeing of legal professionals at both an individual and institutional level, a new International Bar Association (IBA) report identifies worrying mental wellbeing trends across the profession and provides ten principles for legal workplaces and organisations to help address the crisis. The Co-Chairs of the Taskforce that led the project, Steven Richman, Member, Clark Hill PLC, Princeton, and Deborah Enix-Ross, Senior Advisor, International Dispute Resolution Group at Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, stated: ‘It is our hope that the mental wellbeing principles set out in the report will aid the legal profession…

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lawbreed Limited, Mrs. Adejoke Layi-Babatunde was a notable awardee at the 2021 Annual ESQ Legal Award ceremonies which lighted up the cavernous interiors of the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos, as she carted home the coveted Legal Amazon of the Year Award. NEWSWIRE Law and Events Magazine’s correspondent in Lagos reports that the applause that reverberated across the event venue as Mrs. Layi-Babatunde’s name was announced, was a testimony to the tremendous impact her organization, Lawbreed, has made in the area of legal scholarship in Nigeria, as it publishes the Judgments of Supreme Court…

As part of efforts to conform with the modern global tax administration system and ensure a just and seamless tax dispute resolution mechanism, the Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed in June this year, issued a new Tax Appeal Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2021. The Rules which effectively replace the 2010 Rules are intended to guide the practice and procedure for Tax Appeal Tribunal, (TAT) proceedings. The Rules are also intended to enable the Tribunal to deal justly, fairly, and expeditiously with appeals and promote the settlement of disputes among parties. Some of the highlights of the…

The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters has announced an invitation to stakeholders and members of the General Public of Its Public Hearing scheduled to hold on Monday, 15th November, 2021. According to a notice published on several dailies signed by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, the hearing will discuss: Legal Practitioners Act Cap, LFN 2004 (Repeal And Re-enactment) Bill, 2021 (SB.815); Legal Education (Consolidation, Etc.) Act L10, LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021 SB.820); And Legal Aid Council Act. 2011(Amendment) Bill. 1 2021 (SB.560) Time: 11:00a.m.prompt Venue Senate Conference Hall…

Falmata Abubakar, the mother of the late vicious Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, said she regretted giving birth to him because he was a tragedy to humanity. Shekau died in May 2021 after waging a deadly war against the Nigerian state that led to the death of over 100,000 thousand people, displacement of over three million people and destruction of towns, villages, schools, hospitals and other social amenities valued at over $9bn, according to data released by the state, national and international organisations. Except his village, Shekau’s reign of terror did not spare his kinsmen in Borno and Yobe states;…

By Innocent Anaba, Henry Ojelu & Onozure Dania As the storm raised by last week’s raid by security operatives on the Abuja home of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili continues to rumble, lawyers in this edition of Law and Human Rights give their verdicts on the unfortunate development. The Supreme Court had earlier this week condemned the raid, describing it as uncivilised and a shameful show of primitive force. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Body of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, BOSAN and other stakeholders had also condemned the raid and warned of the consequences of such dangerous action. Govt agencies…

Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja yesterday restrained a member of the state’s House of Assembly, Rotimi Olowo from taking further steps to construct a Petrol and Gas Filling Station in a residential area pending the determination of a suit challenging the construction. Some aggrieved landlords and residents of Irawo Osan, Omotayo Close and Idowu Layemo Crescent, in the Ketu area of Lagos State, had dragged the lawmaker, who is representing Somolu constituency 1, and four others before the court, urging it to stop the construction over safety, environmental and health reasons. They submitted that…