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The Minister of the FCT, Mr. Muhammad Bello has dragged Hon. Justice G.C. Aguma of the River State High Court, before the NJC alleging amongst other things, the improper use of Judicial powers, precisely in a garnishee proceeding against the Honourable Minster and 2 others, to the tune of ‘Three Hundred And Twenty Nine Billion Naira (N329, 000, 000, 000). The petition titled ‘Petition against Hon. Justice G. C. Aguma in Respect of Suit No; BHC/18/CS/2020, BHC/19/CS/2020, BHC/20/CS/2020, BHC/21/CS/2020, BHC/22/CS/2020, BHC/23/CS/2020’; is dated the 20th day of November, 2020. The petition noted that the major parties in the dispute in…

The Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, has declared the deduction of N50 as stamp duty on teller deposits or electronic transfer of funds illegal. The court, presided by Nnamdi Dimgba, gave the verdict in a case between a businessman, Rupert Irikefe, and the Central Bank of Nigeria, Zenith Bank, and the Attorney General of the Federation. A copy of the court judgement shows that it was delivered on Thursday, December 9. The judge also condemned how agencies of government treat court judgements with contempt in recent years. The Case Details of the judgement showed that Mr Irikefe, the…

The Nigerian Army has canceled the remaining activities in the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s annual conference 2020 after a participant died in Abuja, on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Maj. Gen. John Irefin, the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, reportedly died of complications from COVID-19. A senior military officer confirmed Irefin’s death to The PUNCH on Thursday, describing it as devastating. The acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sagir Musa, in a statement on Thursday, said all the conference participants had been directed to immediately proceed on self-isolation in line with the protocol for COVID-…

A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja has suspended further proceedings in the trial of former Chairman of defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, until December 21, 2020. Justice Okon Abang announced the suspension on Thursday after Maina slumped from the chair on which he sat during proceedings. At the mention of the case, Maina, who had sat close to some of his relatives, moved to a chair close to the dock in front of the courtroom. Lead prosecuting lawyer, Farouk Abdullah, told the court that the case was scheduled for the defence lawyer, Anayo Adibe, to argue his…

The Federal High Court sitting at Port Harcourt, has dismissed a suit filed against a Port Harcourt based company, Dandico Woodman Nigeria Limited (DDNL) for want of jurisdiction. This contained in a ruling dated 3rd November, 2020 delivered by Honourable Justice J. K. Omotosho The Claimant, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria had in the suit numbered FHC/PH/MISC/40/2017, claimed against Dandico Woodman Nigeria Limited and its director and prime promoter, Chief Daniel Orji, the sum of N102, 154, 979.76 being the current outstanding exposure of the loan granted to Dandico Woodman Limited as at January 2018 and guaranteed by Chief Daniel…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad will on December 14, 2020, administer the oath on the 72 lawyers recently elevated to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The spokesman of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr. Festus Akande, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the event will hold at the main courtroom as part of events to formally flag off the court’s 2020/2021 legal year. He said: “It will be recalled that 2019/2020 legal year officially ended on Friday 11th September 2020. “Even though normal court sittings started almost immediately after the…

Case No: A1/2019/3127 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM VERONIQUE BUEHRLEN QC (SITTING AS A DEPUTY JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT) TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT HT-2019-000060 Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Date: 26/11/2020 Before: LORD JUSTICE FLAUX LORD JUSTICE COULSON and LADY JUSTICE CARR – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Between: AIC LIMITED Appellant – and – THE FEDERAL AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA Respondent Paul Key QC (instructed by Mc Dermott Will & Emery UK LLP) for the…

Professional bodies have kicked against plans by the Federal Government to take over unclaimed dividends of public listed companies. They said the move would impact negatively on the capital market as it would discourage investment. President and Chairman of Council, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Bode Ayeku, urged the government to respect the rights of shareholders as enshrined in the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance (NCCG) 2018. The Organised Private Sector (OPS) under the aegis of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has also cautioned against the move, saying that it would further strangulate businesses. Expressing concerns…

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Thursday awarded N1 million damages against Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) for disconnecting a consumer over unpaid bill by former occupant of the building. Justice Ibidun Harrison described as “unlawful” EKEDC’s refusal to connect the customer to electricity for unpaid bill consumed by a former occupant of the building. The plaintiff/claimant, Mr Sunday Babalola, had through an originating summons, sued EKEDC for the refusal to connect his building to electricity for an outstanding bill owed EKEDC by a former occupant of the building. While delivering the judgment, Justice Harrison said: “The court finds…

1.0.      Introduction The sources of the Nigerian Immigration Law are divided into primary and secondary sources. The primary sources mainly consist of the Immigration Act, 2015, Immigration Regulations, 2017 and the Nigerian Visa Policy, 2020, while the secondary sources are the 1999 Constitution as altered and Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010. Embedded under these laws are visas and permits that must be obtained by foreigner desirous of entering into the country for one reason or the other. The Nigerian Immigration Service is the body statutorily mandated and empowered to issue or grant such visas and permit. …