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A Niger State High Court sitting in Minna on Wednesday vacated its earlier order restraining Mohammed Barau Kontagora from parading himself as the 7th Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora. Justice Abdullahi Mikailu vacated the ex parte order after listening to arguments to the defendant’s counsel that the stool of the emir was not a perishable commodity and therefore, should not be left vacant. They argued that the current security situation in the country required the participation of traditional rulers in talking to their subjects on the issues of security, adding that the town should not be left without a king. Before…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has called on the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists. He said this will enable the military to kill them without consequences in international law. The Governor made the comment after receiving the third quarter security report of the state, on Wednesday. He said in 2017, he wrote a letter to the Federal Government, seeking the declaration. According to him, his administration support the resolution by the National Assembly on the issue, adding that he will follow up with another letter of support for the government to declare the bandits as terrorists. “We,…

“There is so much injustice in this country, the police are under-paid and have not learnt any lesson from #EndSARS….” These were the last words of a Canadian-based protester, Patriot Patrick Eholor, yesterday, while speaking with journalists at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos before officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) swarmed on him, removed his cap and whisked him away into a waiting Black Maria. As over 300 #EndSARS protesters await freedom from several correctional centres a year after, more youths were, yesterday, hounded into custody by the police for daring to observe a memorial of last year’s long-drawn…

Nearly 100 women Tuesday became the first female judges to join Egypt’s State Council, one of the country’s main judicial bodies. The 98 women were sworn in before the council’s chief judge, Mohammed Hossam el-Din, in a celebratory event in Cairo. The swearing-in came months after President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi asked for women to join the State Council and the Public Prosecution, the two judicial bodies that until recently were exclusively male. Hossam el-Din welcomed the new judges, saying, “They are an important addition to the State Council.” Some of the judges said they were happy that the dreams of…

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Lagos High Court judge, Justice Jumoke Pedro will on Thursday unveil his latest book, “Fundamental Principles of Law Practice and Procedure” in Lagos. The event which comes up at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, is expected to be graced by eminent personalities including the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba. Justice Pedro is also the author of another book tilted “The Living Law”, a 234 page book published on October 17 2018. Married to top banker, and former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mr Femi Pedro, Justice Pedro attended the University of Lagos Nigeria where she passed out…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today October 18, 2021, re-arraigned a Briton, James Richard Nolan before Justice D.U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja for their alleged complicity in the controversial Process and Industrial Development gas processing contract, leading to the $9.6bn arbitral award to P&ID Limited by a United Kingdom commercial court. The other defendant, Adam Quinn is said to be presently at large. Both defendants are directors of Goidel Resources Limited, a Designated Non-Financial Institution (DNFI) and ICIL Limited, were docked on a 32 count- charge bordering on money laundering. Count 21 of the charge…

Colin Powell, the first black US secretary of state and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has died from Covid-19 complications aged 84, his family announced. Powell served two tours in Vietnam and became a household name during Operation Desert Storm, the first Gulf War, giving his name to the strategy that delivered victory with overwhelming force after nurturing strong public support: the Powell doctrine. George W Bush said that he and the former first lady, Laura Bush, were “deeply saddened” by Powell’s death. “He was a great public servant . . . widely respected at home and abroad,”…

Prof. M.T. Abdulrazaq The Multichoice (Nigeria) Ltd case before the Tax Appeal Tribunal confirms that we are in interesting tax times. The Tax Appeal Tribunal in the Lagos Zone held at Lagos recent ruling raises fundamental doubts and issues of taxation in Suit No: TAT/LZ/CIT/062/2021 dated the 24th day of August 2021. In the quest to resolve the issues and doubts three fundamental and basic tax issues as stated by the following judicial decisions needs to be restated and noted. What are they? First, in Karam v. Commissioner of Income Tax (1946-1949) 12 WACA 331 at 333, 336 it was…

“I want to assure my Lord, the Chief judge, and the good people of Lagos State that the will of Lagos residents will be fulfilled,”-Justice Obadina The Chairman of Lagos State Local Government Election Appeals Tribunal, Justice Morenike Olasunmbo Obadina at the weekend assured Lagosians that it is their will as expressed with their votes during the local government elections that will be done. Justice Obadina made this remark after she was sworn in, together with other members of the Tribunal on Friday evening by Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba. Other members of the Appeal Tribunal include Justice…