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Amid controversies trailing judgments of various courts handling election disputes, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, yesterday, said that public sentiments, and emotions cannot replace the law. “The law remains the law, no matter whose interest is involved. In all we do, as interpreters of the law, we should endeavour to sever the strings of emotion from logic and assumption from fact,” he charged judges. The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party and civil society organisations, however, flayed the CJN for his comments, saying Nigerians were losing confidence…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday, charged judicial officers in Nigeria to work assiduously towards sustaining public confidence and trust reposed in the judiciary. “As sturdy and indispensable pillars of democracy, we must do all within our power to guarantee the sustenance of the public confidence reposed in us, discharging our duties without fear, favor, affection or ill-will” Justice Ariwoola stated. The CJN gave the charge at the opening ceremony of the 2023 All Nigerian Judges’ Conference, in Abuja. In a bid to gain and sustain public trust and confidence, the CJN, submitted that judicial officers…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to urgently evolve ways to improve on the welfare of the nation’s judicial officers. Tinubu, who assured the Judiciary of the Federal Government’s commitment to addressing the challenges confronting the arm of government, advocated for the appointment of Justices of the appellate court from outside the bench. He cautioned against undue criticism of the Judiciary particularly in relation to decision on political cases. The President spoke in Abuja on Monday during the opening session of the all Nigerian judges conference of the superior courts, President Tinubu, whose…

President Bola Tinubu has said that the judiciary alone can build the confidence of both local and international investors to bring in investments into Nigeria. The president made the assertion on Monday in Abuja while declaring open the 2023 All Nigeria Judges Conference of the Superior Courts organised by the National Judicial Institute. The president who was represented by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said the economic transformation of Nigeria could not be left to only the executive arm of government. “Our economic transformation is not just in the hands of the…

Saudi Arabia authorities have cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers airlifted by Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace on arrival at the country from Kano. They insisted that the airline should return them to Nigeria. Vanguard gathered that the flight took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, via the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Sunday night and arrived in Saudi Arabia’s major city, Jeddah, today without issues. However, on landing, the Saudi Arabian authorities announced that all the passengers’ visas were cancelled. A source who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that all the passengers and the airline…

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has taken over the assets of Stallion Nigeria Limited and its subsidiaries in three Nigerian cities – Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano following an order of the Federal High Court in Lagos, over an alleged N156,026,032,804.84 (billion) debt. The bank’s receiver-manager Romeo Michael and court bailiffs protected by the police on Friday October 10, in the three cities, executed the interim orders made by Justice Akintayo Aluko on October 20, 2023. The judge made the order after hearing Temilolu Adamolekun, who appeared with Mohammed Usman, move the motion ex parte as counsel for…

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced cashier, Tunde Abdulramon, to five years’ imprisonment for his employer’s N64,420,900 to marry a new wife and also for opening the same kind of his employer’s business for his new wife. Justice Raliat Adebiyi who handed down the sentence also ordered the convict to make restitution by returning all the properties he bought while in his employer’s establishment and also the money that he stole. The convict was arraigned on August 19, 2013, on 11 counts which bordered on stealing and fraudulent false accounting, preferred against him by the Economic…

A journalist at HumAngle Nigeria, Muhammed Akinyemi, has emerged as the best West African journalist of the year in the seventh edition of the West African Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA). Mr Akinyemi, one of the 17 journalists earlier shortlisted for the regional awards, clinched the overall best at an award ceremony in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday night. The previous 2022 edition of WAMECA was won by Tessy Igomu, head of investigations at Punch Newspapers in Nigeria. The organisers of the awards, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), said 855 entries were received from journalists in 15 West African countries for…

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has said that anti-corruption fights will now be based on initiatives and modalities capable of stimulating economic growth and development in the overall interests of Nigerians, saying that the era of winding down businesses by way of investigation is gone as the commission will apply mix-fund rules that separate proceeds of crimes from legitimate money to allow businesses to grow. Olukoyede spoke in Lagos on Tuesday while addressing officers and men of the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC. He said, “There is need to redirect…

A barrister has been suspended for professional misconduct after he was found to have pursued a romantic interest in a defendant he was prosecuting. Drew St’Clair, called to the Bar by Middle Temple in July 2001, was suspended from practice for 26 months after the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service found he ‘violated a clear professional boundary’. The disciplinary tribunal found St’Clair abused his position by using relevant personal contact information he had been given while prosecuting a case on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service to pursue his romantic interest in the defendant. He had met the individual at…