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The Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy (PACPM) Tuesday reconvened against the background of about 320 applications of requests for the grant of Presidential Pardon and Clemency before it. The Federal Government made the disclosure at the meeting of the PACPM committee held at the Ministry of Justice in Abuja. Giving a keynote address, the Attorney General of the Federation, Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN who confirmed the requests noted that the committee Secretariat was being inundated with myriad of requests on behalf of some convicts in custodial centres across the country. According to the AGF, it has become…

The court of appeal, Abuja division, has granted the application of the Lagos state government as a co-respondent in the appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The FIRS is challenging the judgment of the federal high court, Port Harcourt, which restrained the agency from collecting VAT and personal income tax (PIT) in Rivers state. At the lower court, the FIRS had appealed for a stay of execution, but the court dismissed it on the basis that it would “negate the principle of equity”. Consequently, FIRS went to the court of appeal. On September 10, the Attorney-general of…

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has issued a Notice of proposal for amendment of NBA Constitution. This was disclosed in a statement by the General Secretary Mrs. Joyce Oduah. The amendment is proposed to be adopted during the Annual General Meeting slated to hold on October 28, 2021, at the Annual General Conference. Read details of the Notice as circulated below: Dear Learned Silk, Bencher, Distinguished Colleague, Pursuant to the “ Notice of Amendment of the Constitution of the Nigerian Bar Association 2015 (as amended in 2019)” dated 28th September, 2021 and received at the NBA Secretariat on the same…

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested 35 Nigerians in North Texas, in fraud worth $117 Million. They will face indictment for money laundering and wire scam that defrauded over 100 people nationwide. According to the department, the defendants are accused of conducting romance schemes to defraud and steal money from older American adults. The defendants use alias names and trolled dating sites like Match.com, ChistianMingle, JSwipe, and PlentyofFish, to prey on vulnerable targets like widowed or divorced. These victims are made to build trust with the scammers as they would pose interest by sharing a fake…

The website of Nigeria’s digital currency, eNaira, went live on Monday. This is coming days to its official launch on October 1 as earlier disclosed by the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele. The site, on its welcome note said the eNaira is a Central Bank of Nigeria-issued digital currency that provides a unique form of money denominated in Naira. “eNaira serves as both a medium of exchange and a store of value, offering better payment prospects in retail transactions when compared to cash payments. eNaira has an exclusive operational structure that is both remarkable and nothing like other…

The issue of corruption in the judiciary once again took center stage as Lagos State Judiciary marks the beginning of the 2021-2022 legal year. Both Christian and Islamic clerics look Lagos Judicial Officers straight in the face and remind them of the consequences of a corrupt justice system. At the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos, Bishop Akin Atere admonished judges and lawyers to be just in all their dealings and to shun corrupt practices while interpreting the law. Atere, the Lord Bishop of Awori Anglican Diocese, in a sermon titled: “The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength”, said…

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to take over the prosecution of a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim. Recall that the police had initially filed criminal charges against Ohakim over allegation of threat to the life of an Abuja based woman, Chinyere Amuchienwa. While waiting for Ohakim to be arraigned in court, the police later filed a Notice of Discountenance of the matter in March, same day the AGF informed the court that it had taken over prosecution of…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has faulted the procedure adopted by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in obtaining an order empowering it to seize some houses belonging to Senator Buhari Abdulfatai over his N600 million indebtedness to a commercial bank. In a ruling on Thursday, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that AMCON misled and concealed important facts from the court in obtaining the ex parte order issued on March 25, 2021. It was on the basis the order the agency took possession of the senator’s property, including: 12 St. Petersburg Street, Wuse 2 and Plot 516 off Misau…

The NPHCDA has urged some Nigerians to desist from fraudulently acquiring vaccination cards without getting vaccinated. THE National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), in collaboration with the State Security Services (SSS), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and other law enforcement agencies, is set to investigate and prosecute some Nigerians who may have fraudulently acquired COVID-19 vaccination cards without getting vaccinated. In a statement by the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, he said; “With the increase in COVID-19 vaccination mandates globally,…

The Attorneys-General from six states in Western Nigeria have commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the solid foundation he laid as the Attorney-General of Lagos State, noting that, they are building their innovations on his legacy. The Vice-President is a former Attorney-General of Lagos State who served between 1999 and 2007. The Vice President during his time as Lagos State Attorney-General introduced a new way of thinking in the areas of access to justice and the administration of criminal justice by trailblazing many of the justice sector reforms still being rolled out today across the Federation. The Attorneys-General and Justice…