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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm the nomination of Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf for appointment as the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter on the floor at plenary. In August, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, swore in Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf as acting Chief Judge of the FCT Judiciary, alongside five newly appointed Kadis of FCT Sharia Court of Appeal. You must not allow the weight of your responsibilities to weigh you down. Your opulent experiences that have spanned several years should easily be…

The shares of Facebook, which has almost 2 billion daily active users, plummeted by 5.5 per cent within this period, the firm’s lowest fall in 2021. Facebook has blamed the platform’s nearly six-hour outage on Monday on a “faulty configuration change”. The company’s three famous social media platforms – WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook – stopped functioning on Monday evening. In Nigeria, users of Facebook and Instagram applications could not view posts on refresh, while WhatsApp messages could not be sent or received. Facebook, in a late Monday blog post by Santosh Janardhan, in charge of infrastructure at the social media…

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: The compelling part of the LBS’ invitation letter to me dated August 31st 2021 signed by Dr. Franklin N. Ngwu is the part which talks about: “…the need for more public/private sector dialogue and collaboration for Nigeria’s inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development.” It is about those 3 (three) things: inclusiveness, sustainable growth and development that I wish to focus my intervention today. But before I do so, let me push back against the part of the letter that says that: “Some key constraints such as limited trust, lack of information on the opportunities…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and son of late Chief Rotimi Williams, Ladi Rotimi-Williams, SAN has passed away. According to the deceased’s younger brother Chief Kayode Rotimi-Williams, Ladi Rotimi-Williams died in the early hours of Sunday from complications due to Covid-19. He was aged 74. A credible source attested said late senior advocate was duly vaccinated. Until his demise, Chief Ladi Rotimi-Williams was the Principal/ Founding Partner of Chief Ladi Rotimi-Williams’ Chambers. He was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Drafting Committee in 1988. He was also appointed Director of National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) and he served the corporation…

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…