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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…

Temitope Majekodunmi, the youth representative on the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality, says there are errors in the panel’s report currently in circulation. On Monday, the panel submitted two documents — a consolidated report on cases of police brutality and another on the Lekki incident investigation — to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state. Hours after submission of the report, the 309-page document appeared in the media space. In the report, the panel said the “killing of unarmed protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020 could be described in the context of a ‘massacre’”. The report has elicited varied reactions, with…

The move by the Senate for the creation of additional six law schools in addition to the existing seven suffered set back on Monday in Abuja with vehement rejection of the idea by the Council of Legal Education, the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and some senators. The opposition against the move by the Senate came to the fore at the public hearing session organised on the bill and two others by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. The 3 important Bills, Legal Practitioners’ Act(Amendment) Bill, 2021, Legal Education Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and Legal Aid Council…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Lucky Irabor Tuesday evening in Benin City the Edo State Capital said that only a white paper from the report of the #ENDSARS Judicial panel’s report in Lagos which is indicating through the social media that there were killings during the protest in Lekki, Lagos State would confirm the alleged incidents. He assured that the Nigerian Armed Forces remain committed to their professional calling of protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria just as he cautioned Nigerians against making inciting comments on what is happening across the country. Speaking to journalists shortly…

Report of Lekki incident investigation of 20th October, 2020 by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other Matters The #EndSARS #ReformPoliceNG Advocacy upon which the protesters premised their #EndSARS demonstration of discontent/Protest on, has been the most prominent advocacy in Nigeria and a major rallying point, convergence and common ground for the national Police brutality imbroglio since 2016. This is one of the reasons why the advocacy was surgically curated and the youth protest that followed built on that protocol in an orderly, organized and transparent fashion, reinforcing the specific…