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Hon. Justice Olufunke Anuwe of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has nullified the guideline issued by the Head of Service of the Federation, Hon. Minister of Education and Ministry of Defence on the implementation of Teacher Retirement age for being inconsistent with the Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Act 2022. Justice Anuwe held that the provisions of the purported Guidelines are inconsistent with the Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers Act and that the Act did not vest any powers on anybody, authority or office to make any regulation or guidelines or set out criteria…

A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has sentenced three artisans to death by hanging for the brutal murder of a fellow mechanic, Saheed Lawal, in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The convicts, Isiaka Jimoh, Lekan Ahmed, and Adebayo Saheed, were found guilty of culpable homicide after they tortured Lawal to death over allegations of motor oil theft. The case, prosecuted by the Kwara State Ministry of Justice, was led by Director of Public Prosecutions Ayoola Akande. The trio were charged with conspiracy and culpable homicide, offenses punishable by death under Section 221 of the Penal Code, CAP.…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill for second reading, seeking to amend the Constitution to allow the Nigerian Bar Association to receive petitions against corrupt judicial officers and consider the defence of the petitioned officer. Titled, “A Bill for an Act to provide for the presumed resignation from Office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, justices and judges of certain courts in Nigeria and for related matters,” the proposed law was sponsored by the lawmaker representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Anambra State, Afam Ogene. The bill, which was one of the 40 passed for a second reading during…

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has raised the alarm that the slave trade has returned to African soil with a “One-sided ferocity,” made even more obscene and blasphemous by being disguised as a religious mandate. Speaking at the United Nations’ annual ceremony in observance of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Soyinka lamented the persistent threats to Africa’s self-recovery after centuries of subjugation. “Chibok – plus its insatiable clones and enabling environment – places a searing question mark on Africa’s authentic self-recovery after centuries of being mere annotations in the histories of…

The Supreme Court has dismissed claims that Justice Emmanuel Agim accompanied the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to the recent convocation ceremony of the University of Calabar (UNICAL). The clarification came after mixed reactions trailed a photo where Justice Agim was seated beside Wike, who was also honoured at the event. Justice Agim read the recent lead judgement of the Supreme Court on the political crisis in Rivers State. The February 28 judgement informed the declaration of the state of emergency in the state by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking on the reactions that trailed pictures from the…

As part of its golden jubilee, the University of Calabar is said to have held a special convocation ceremony on Saturday, 22 March, 2025 where it handed out honours to all manner of persons. The Chancellor of the University is Aminu Ado Bayero, the deposed Emir of Kano. Present at that event also were Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Nigeria’s most prolific political litigant; as well as Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, a senior Justice of the Supreme Court who delivered the leading decision in the recent judgment of that court concerning the withholding of the federal…

The Lagos State Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC) has been upgraded from a Directorate to a full-fledged Agency. The Directorate has been renamed Citizens’ Mediation Bureau (CMB) and will now be headed by a Permanent Secretary. According to an official circular issued and signed by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Olabode Agoro, this transformation reflects the government’s dedication to strengthening access to justice and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the state. Following the development, a newly appointed Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Aderinsola Olanrewaju has been deployed as the pioneer Permanent Secretary of the Citizens’ Mediation Bureau. Mrs. Olanrewaju is a…

The federal government and the government of Canada have signed a code-sharing agreement to boost efficiency in the aviation industry. Gbenga Saka, special adviser on digital media to Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, announced on his X page on Friday. Codesharing is a practice in the airline industry where two airlines enter into an agreement that allows one to sell seats on a flight operated by the other. The agreement signed would allow two or more airlines either from Canada or Nigeria to sell seats on each other’s flights. Speaking during the signing of the agreement, Keyamo…

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has pleaded not guilty, again, to the terrorism charges brought against him by the federal government. He denied the charges during his re-arraignment before a new trial judge, James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday. Mr Kanu, whose protest and allegation of bias against the former trial judge, Binta Nyako, led to the reassignment of the case to Mr Omotosho, pleaded not guilty to all seven counts, including an accusations of threatening Nigeria’s corporate existence and operating illegal radio station to broadcast the Biafra…

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is back at the Federal High Court Abuja, for a hearing of his case on alleged treason. This time, it is before a new judge, Justice James Omotosho. There is also a change of defence counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN), now heads the defence team for Kanu, while the prosecution retained Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN). Shortly after appearances, counsel to Kanu, Chief Agabi, pleaded to address the court. He started by apologizing on behalf of his client, stating that they are now at a place where they must apologize to…