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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…

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria (ICSACN) has released its position on the Petroleum Industry Act 2021. In a Paper signed by the Registrar/CEO of ICSAN, Taiwo Ganiyat Olusesi, FCIS; the Institute lauds the Federal Government for the measure of providing the country with a revamped, modern day-oriented, and relatively better conceived Petroleum Industry Act and recommended that the Act be subject to review at least every five years to accommodate not only the recommendations contained in its paper but the genuine yearnings of the stakeholders as well as other requisite exigencies that might come to light…

Hon. Justice Richard. O. Olorunfemi, has been sworn in as the fifth Kogi State Chief Judge, with a call on him to uphold the dispensation of justice without fear or favour. Hon. Justice Siyaka Momoh Jimoh Usman, was also sworn in as the President, Customary Court of Appeal. Recalled that Kogi State has within the last fourteen months swear in three in Chief Judges after the demise of Justice Nasiru Ajanah. Justice Richard.O. Olorunfemi was administered the oath of office at exactly 10:58am while Justice Siyaka Momoh Jimoh Usman took his turn at 11:15am after a brief citation of the…

Nigeria’s digital currency, eNaira, is a legal tender just like the naira that must be accepted by all merchants and business outlets as a form of payment in the country, Musa Jimoh, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) director of payment system management, has said. The CBN official disclosed this during an interview on Channels TV’s ‘Business Morning’ show on Monday. “Today, anywhere you present naira to pay, compulsorily it must be accepted because that is our fiat currency. So, the same way naira is accepted that you can’t reject it, is the same way e-naira must be accepted,” Mr Jimoh…

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the deployment of technology to tax digital transactions carried out across the country. Boss Mustapha, the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), said the president directed the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to ensure that digital transactions are taxed. He spoke on Tuesday at the 17th general assembly and 10th anniversary of the West Africa Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) in Abuja. The SGF said FIRS had been empowered to carry out the mandate by the president and the federal executive council (FRC). “Nigeria is putting in place measures to ensure that we keep…

The Hon. President of the National Industrial Court, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Benedict kanyip PhD, FNIALS has said that the very subject matter of the court is a product of the uneven bargaining power between employees and employers that Industrial Court will continue to promote industrial harmony. Justice Kanyip made the remark today Tuesday 21st September 2021 at the 18th memorial lecture of Justice Idigbe at the Faculty of Law, University of Benin, chaired by the vice-chancellor, Professor (Mrs) Lillian Salami. The annual lecture was instituted in 1988 by the erudite human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAN in memory…

The Supreme Court has shifted the legal battle by Rivers and Imo states on ownership of 17 rich oil wells in their territories till November 1 for definite hearing. The Apex Court fixed the date on Tuesday after the Attorney General of the Federation AGF as 1st defendant and Imo state as 2nd defendant formally made appearances through their lawyers, Dr. Remi Peter Olatubura SAN and Chief Olusola Oke SAN respectively. Justice Kudirat Motomori Kekere Ekun set the stage for determination of the suit instituted by Rivers State against Imo state shortly after identifying some of the processes so far…