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In a judgment delivered on 11 December 2020, the Federal High Court (FHC) in Emmanuel Chukwuka Ukala v. FIRS held that the powers of the National Assembly to make laws imposing taxes is limited to the profits/income of persons/companies, capital gains and stamp duties on instruments but does not extend to VAT. READ AND DOWNLOAD THE JUDGMENT BELOW: [mks_button size=”medium” title=”CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD JUDGMENT” style=”squared” url=”https://lawbreed.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ukala-v.-FIRS-Judgment-of-HC-of-Rivers-State.pdf” target=”_blank” bg_color=”#000000″ txt_color=”#FFFFFF” icon=”” icon_type=”” nofollow=”0″]

Salisu Garba, chief judge of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, has resigned. In a statement on Monday, Ahuraka Isah, senior special assistant on media to the CJN, said Garba voluntarily resigned to enable him to take up the position of administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI). Garba was appointed acting chief judge of the FCT high court in January, after his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari. In April, his nomination as substantive chief judge was confirmed by the senate, and he was subsequently sworn in on July 7. “The National Judicial Institute board of governors, under the chairmanship of the Chief…

The Lagos State Judicial Service Commission has called for expression of interest into the Lagos state High Court. Suitable persons interested in being appointed as judges of the high court of Lagos State are to express such interest in writing. The Notice dated 2nd August 2021 with Ref.: Appt Judges/2021/Vol.I/1, and signed by the Chief Judge and Chairman of Lagos State Judicial Service Commission. The notice titled: Call For Expression of Interest reads – Re: Appointment To The High Court Bench Of Lagos State. Such expression of interest should be accompanied by 8 (eight) copies each of Curriculum Vitae and…

The Lagos State Chief Judge Honourable Justice Kazeem Olanrewaju Alogba has announced a new detailed posting of judges of the state High Court. The circular, as seen by our reporter, reads: POSTING OF HONOURABLE JUDGES 2021 EFFECTIVE 03/08/2021 Please recall the dislocation caused by the burning down of the Igbosere High Court Lagos premises during the “End-SARS” protest in October 2020 which led to Hon. Judges in the said premises being unable to sit thereafter. Efforts made to address the situation have just yielded some result. The Lagos State Government has graciously taken over and redesigned the Dolphin Jetty, Lagos…

THEME: THE NIGERIA OF OUR DREAMS ——- BEING PAPER PRESENTATION BY LAYI BABATUNDE, SAN; AT THE ALAO AKA BASHORUN MEMORIAL LECTURE AS PART OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, IKEJA BRANCH LAW WEEK 2021. TOPIC: OUR ROLE IN THE EFFECTIVE OF NIGERIA’s ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS. “Your laws are ineffective, when declared. Why? Because no system of control will work as long as most of those administering the law against an evil have more than a finger dipped into it themselves.”- Han Suyin, Chinese physician and writer Destination Chungking (1942) 1.0 PROTOCOL: 1.2 TRIBUTE: Late Alao Aka Bashorun, Legal prodigy and president (1987-1989) of…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday said that the former Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun did not need the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) discharge certificate to take up any ministerial appointment or before standing for any elective office in the country. The court held that Adeosun who graduated in a London University in 1989 was already 36 years of age, therefore, exempted from participating in the NYSC scheme. Delivering judgment in a suit, Justice Taiwo Oladipupo Taiwo, held that Adeosun from available facts was a United Kingdom citizen having been born in the UK in 1967 and…

South Africa’s highest court found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months in prison on Tuesday, a landmark move in the country’s long-running corruption saga. The Constitutional Court of South Africa ordered that Zuma present himself at a police station in his home town of Nkandla or Johannesburg within five days. In a scathing judgment, Justice Sisi Khampepe ruled: “There can be no doubt that Mr. Zuma is in contempt of court.” The order stems from Zuma’s refusal to appear at an anti-corruption commission to answer questions about his alleged involvement in…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in the 18 judges who were recently elevated to the Court of Appeal. The new justices of the Court of Appeal are: Mohammed Danjuma (Niger State), Muhammad Sirajo (Plateau), Abdul-Azeez Waziri (Adamawa), Yusuf Bashir (Taraba), Usman Musale (Yobe), Ibrahim Jauro (Yobe), Abba Mohammed (Kano State), Bature Gafai (Katsina), Danlami Senchi (Kebbi), Mohammed Abubakar (Sokoto). Hassan Sule (Zamfara), Kenneth Amadi (Imo), Peter Affen (Bayelsa), Sybil Gbagi (Delta), Olasunbo Goodluck (Lagos), Adebukola Banjoko (Ogun), Olabode Adegbehingbe (Ondo), Bola Ademola (Ondo). A drama played out when Justice Olasunbo Goodluck, a Christian, took her…

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin received a 270-month prison sentence Friday for second-degree unintentional murder in the death of George Floyd last spring. Minnesota District Court Judge Peter Cahill said a 22-page sentencing memorandum would explain his reasoning on the sentence in greater detail. “Most of it’s going to be in writing, 22-page memorandum – to emphasize the fact that determining the appropriate sentence in any case and in this case is a legal analysis,” he said. “It’s applying the rule of law to the facts of an individual and specific case. As opposed to trying to be profound here…

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad will on Monday, 28th of June, 2021, swear in eighteen new justices of the Court of Appeal. In an official communication seen by our correspondent, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hadizatu Uwani Mustapha, Esq. wrote: ” I am directed by the Honourable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Dr. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR to invite your Lordship to the swearing-in ceremony of the following Honourable Justices as Justices of Court of Appeal, Abuja on Monday, 28th June, 2021 by 10:00 am at the Main…