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Visit visa to the United Kingdom for less than six months will now cost £115 (about N111,878.28 ) as opposed to £15 (14,592.70) effective October 4, the UK Home Office has announced. This translates to about 667 per cent increment, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. Student visa fee has also been increased from £127 (N123,537.58) to £490 (N476,677.59); representing a 286 per cent increment. The increase, the government said, would enable it to pay for ‘vital services and allow more funding to be prioritised for public sector pay rises’, adding that the review would take effect on October 4. The UK…

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, Thursday released the shortlist of senior lawyers to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Some of the names on the 69-man shortlist include Folashade Abosede Alli, Abiola Isiaq Oyebanji, Bomo Olakunle Agbebi, 7. Daniel Osinach Uruakpa, Felix Ota Offia, Lawrence Bankole Falade, Kingsley Osabuohein Obamogie amongst others. The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) by this notice announced the shortlisting of Applicants who qualified after the Advocates 1st and 2nd Filtration Stages, Academic pre-qualification, Academic 2nd filtration Exercise, the Independent Appeals Hearing and Chambers Inspection Exercise, preparatory to the interview stage in the process…

Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a 38-year-old driver, Segun Odeyemi, to 10 years imprisonment for trafficking in 3,842 Kilogrammes of Cannabis sativa, a banned substance similar to cocaine and heroin.d. The judge sentenced the 38 years old driver, after he pleaded guilty to two- count charge of unlawful trafficking and dealing in the prohibited substance brought against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Earlier in the proceeding, NDLEA’s counsel, Najam Mamza (Mrs), told the court that the defendant was arrested with the unlawful consignment weighing 3, 842.3 kilogrammes,…

London businesses are increasingly turning to private security because they claim the Met won’t attend shoplifting incidents. Clapham Junction in Battersea, south-west London, is the latest area choosing to use the My Local Bobby scheme – which offers a warden service for a fee and already runs patrols in more than 60 locations in the capital. It comes as police data shows retail crime is increasing in London, with shoplifting up 21.1% in the past year – although the area’s Business Improvement District (BID) says it believes the increase is far higher. But is My Local Bobby more effective than…

Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday asked commissioners of police in the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to immediately commence dismantling of all non-security checkpoints within their areas of responsibilities, and arrest violators for prompt prosecution. He also gave commissioners of police yet to establish the complaints reponse units, CRU, three weeks within which to do so in their command headquarters to combat corruption. Speaking at a strategic meeting with DIGs, AIGs and command CPs, Egbetokun assured that the Police would provide adequate security for the governorship elections coming up in three states…

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, which declared Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency election in Delta State. A three-member panel of the court headed by Mohammed Shuaibu, on Thursday, declared Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party as winner of the election. The Court of Appeal is the final court on legislative election petitions. Mr Shuaibu upheld the arguments by Mr Okolie’s lawyer, Mahmud Magaji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) that the…

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, reserved judgment in the petition filed by Tonye Cole, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 18 March governorship election in Rivers. Mr Cole is challenging the victory of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Cletus Emifonye, adjourned the matter for judgment after parties adopted their final written addresses and presented their arguments for and against the petition. According to the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Fubara scored 302,614 votes to win the…

By Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi, SAN FCIArb. (U.K) INTRODUCTION A court of law cannot give a judgment which is incapable of enforcement[1] hence where a judgment or order of the Court will be rendered nugatory, the Court will refrain from handing down such judgment. It is however ironic that enforcement of judgments in Nigeria is an onerous task which often discourages litigants from pursuing their rights in the Courts of law. In some cases, enforcement of judgment will require the commencement of a separate court proceeding before a judgment creditor can be entitled to the fruits of his judgment. A typical…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sworn in 38 commissioners and special advisers, with a charge for the new cabinet members to ensure delivery of THEMES’ developmental agenda. The governor, who also charged the cabinet members to reflect excellence in the discharge of their duties, expressed optimism on a better society, saying, “I see a bigger Lagos rising.” Sanwo-Olu gave the charge after the swearing-in and administration of oath ceremony on the 38 newly inaugurated commissioners and special advisers at Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. The state House of Assembly had earlier confirmed the nominees sent by Sanwo-Olu for confirmation.…

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia North local government area, the Abia State capital, on Monday sacked three House of Representatives members elected on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). A panel of the tribunal led by Justice Adeyinka Aderebgbe, sacked the member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal constituency Mr. Ibe Okwara Osunwa, for non-compliance with the electoral act 2022, in a petition filled by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC ) in the election, Chief Daniel Okeke. The tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Osunwa and issue…