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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…

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department in a Disciplinary proceedings instituted by the Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department has suspended Rudolph Giuliani, Trump’s Lawyer from practice. The Attorney Grievance Committee moves for an order, pursuant to Judiciary Law S90(2) and the Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters (22 NYCRR) S1240.9(a)(5), immediately suspending Giuliani from the practice of law based upon claimed violations of rules 3.3(a); 4.1; 8.4(c) and 8.4(h) of the Rules of Professional Conduct (22 NYCRR 1200.0) (Rules of Conduct or RPC). “For the reasons that follow, we conclude that…

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR. OLUMIDE AKPATA, AT THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (NBA-NEC) ON 24 JUNE 2021 AT THE NBA NATIONAL SECRETARIAT, ABUJA, FCT. Distinguished NEC Members, It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the second quarterly NBA-NEC Meeting for the year 2021. I must begin as always by expressing my deep gratitude to you for making the sacrifice of keeping on hold your notoriously busy schedule and travelling from different parts of the country at this perilous time to attend this meeting. On behalf…

The Economic Community of West African State, ECOWAS, Court of Justice has ruled against the Federal Government of Nigeria on the suspension of Twitter, saying the app is a fundamental right. The ECOWAS Court also ruled that the Federal Government cannot arrest or prosecute anybody for using Twitter. Socio–Economic Rights And Accountability Project, SERAP, had on Sunday, released a statement that it had dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government to court for placing a ban on Twitter. The FG, in defence, told ECOWAS Court in a document made available to Vanguard that it suspended the service of Twitter…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and its joint venture partner, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to, within 14 days, payN81.9billion to a number of communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, affected by oil spills between 2000 and 2010. The money formed the damages Justice Taiwo Taiwo awarded against Mobil and NNPC in a judgment he delivered on Monday in a suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/54/2012 filed by representatives of the communities led by Obong Effiong Archianga. In the judgment, Justice Taiwo agreed with plaintiffs’ lawyer, Chief Lucius Nwosu (SAN) that…

The circular is said to have been issued for the information of the general public, taxpayers, taxpayers’ representatives or advisers, and, in particular, taxable persons not resident in Nigeria. The Circular withdraws and replaces FIRS Information Circular No. 2019/09 of 21st October 2020. View and download circular below: [mks_button size=”medium” title=”CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD CIRCULAR” style=”squared” url=”https://lawbreed.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TAXATION-OF-NON-RESIDENTS-IN-NIGERIA.pdf” target=”_blank” bg_color=”#000000″ txt_color=”#FFFFFF” icon=”” icon_type=”” nofollow=”0″]

There was a tense atmosphere in an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night as Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director (MD) of Bank PHB, begged Justice Lateefa Okunnu not to send him to prison following his conviction for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion. Atuche and Ugo Anyanwu, a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the bank, were both found guilty of 22 of the 27 counts of conspiracy and stealing charge proffered against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2011. Atuche’s wife, Elizabeth, who faced trial alongside the duo, was found not guilty of the…

The Lagos State Judiciary has directed the revalidation of all court processes affected by the industrial action of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN. In a circular addressed to All, heads of litigation services, High Courts and Chief Magistrate Courts, and signed by the Chief Registrar, Okunuga O. A. (Mrs.) The circular reads in part “Consequent upon the disruption of services from 6th April, 2021 to 11th June, 2021, by the JUSUN STRIKE, the Hon. Chief Judge has directed that all Writs of Summons and other processes which could not be served and or expired during the above-mentioned period…