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The United States says it is looking forward to the “suitable measures” the federal government will take on allegations of abuses against some security agents indicted in the Lagos #EndSARS panel report. On October 19, 2020, as part of recommendations put forward during the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos government inaugurated the judicial panel to investigate petitions on police brutality in the state. TheCable had reported that the Lagos judicial panel submitted its report to the state government on Monday. In the final report, the panel had said the protesters who were shot at the Lekki tollgate were killed in a…

The President and the Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR today Monday 15th November 2019 declared open 2021 all Nigeria Judges’ Conference organized by the National Judicial Institute in fulfillment of its mandate of continuing Judicial education for Judicial officers. The conference provides a platform for Judges to strategize on the means of adopting global best practices to meet critical challenges in the dispensation of Justice. The event was held at Andrews Otutu Obaseki Auditorium, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and the theme of the conference centers on Promoting Judicial Excellence in the Administration…

The Senate on Monday, said that it was not in any way trying to politicise legal education in the country by seeking for additional law school campuses. Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Sen. Michael Bamidele made this known at a public hearing on three bills relating to legal matters at the upper chamber. The Bills are “Legal Practitioners Act 2004 Repeal and Re-enacment Bill 2021; Legal Education (Consolidation, Etc) 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021 and Legal Aid Council Act, 2021 (Amendment) Bill, 2021”. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Legal Education (Consolidation, Etc) Amendment…

“The atrocious maiming and killing of unarmed, helpless and unresisting protesters, while sitting on the floor and waving their Nigerian flags, while singing the National Anthem can be equated to a ‘massacre’ in context.” “Crimes against humanity that took place at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, would never happen again in our nation”. With these words, Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa SAN confirmed that the Lagos Endsars Panel actually held that people were massacred at the Lekki Toll gate on October 20, 2020 during the #endsars protest by Nigerian youths. Adegboruwa’s position was…

Anambra State Government has declared November 16 public holiday to honour their first President of Nigeria, late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. Governor Willie Obiano said it will be right for President Muhammadu Buhari to do the same. The late Owelle of Onitsha, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, was born in Zungeru, Niger State, on November 16, 1904. In a statement Monday in Awka, Obiano said it would be a work-free day to honour the man referred to as Zik of Africa The statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C Don Adinuba, reads: “Tuesday, November 16, 2021, has been declared…

A Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday fixed December 1, 2021 to deliver its ruling on a contempt proceedings filed by Rite Foods against the Managing Director of Nigerian Bottling Company(NBC), Mathieu Seguin over alleged trademark infringement. Earlier, NBC had filed an application before the court seeking to dismiss the contempt application against Seguin. The trial judge, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa fixed December 1, 2021 for ruling on the application after listening to the argument and submissions of counsel to parties in the suit. At the resumed proceedings, counsel to NBC’ MD, Mr. Oluseye Opasanya (SAN), informed the court that he…

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said that an out-of-court settlement and political solution cannot be ruled out to resolve the ongoing legal tussle between the Federal Inland Revenue Service and some state governments over the collection of Value Added Tax. Malami stated this on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Sunday which was monitored by our correspondent. Malami’s comments came barely days after the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, noted that efforts were ongoing on the issue but she did not give details as the matter was subjudice. …

Two suspected traffic robbers have been lynched by an angry mob around First Rainbow, on the Apapa/Mile 2 Road, Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that the men were suspected to be members of a syndicate terrorising residents and carrying out traffic robberies in the area. While armed with different weapons, the gang reportedly dispossessed commuters of their valuables, especially those going to work early in the morning. They also allegedly attacked people returning from work late in the night and during gridlock. However, on Sunday, two of the suspects were reportedly nabbed during an operation. A mob was said to…

The Attorney-General of Jigawa state and Commissioner of Justice, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, has dragged the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), its President, Mr Olumide Akpata and five others before a High Court of Justice in the state. In the suit dated November 9, 2021, the plaintiff, through his Counsel, Abdur rahman Mukhtar Abdullahi is praying the court to set aside report of fact finding committee of the NBA and stop the implementation of the report against the plaintiff. In the report, the NBA fact finding committee was said to have found the commissioner of justice guilty of abuse of office,…

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says the federal government is considering political paths to resolve the ongoing value-added tax (VAT) tussle. Ahmed said this during an interview on Channels Television on Friday. In the last few months, the FIRS and some state governments engaged in a legal tussle over the jurisdiction of VAT collection. Rivers and Lagos state governments enacted laws and called for decentralisation of VAT collection, while some states want centralised collection. The legal tussle followed the judgment of the federal high court in Port Harcourt, which restrained the FIRS from collecting VAT and…