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The House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 21, asked the Council of Legal Education to put in abeyance, the recent 60 percent increase in the school fees of the Nigeria Law School. Adopting a motion by the Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley Chinda and read on his behalf by Ginger Owusibe, the House asked its relevant committees on Justice and Tertiary Education and Services to explore solutions to the issue at hand and report back within two weeks. Chinda described the Nigerian Law School as the medium through which the Council of Legal Education discharges its function to regulate…

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced a man, Akinosun Omotayo, who stole and attempted to rape his victim on New Year’s Day, to 10 years’ imprisonment. Justice Modupe Nico-Clay sentenced Omotayo following a plea bargain agreement he entered to lessen his punishment. The judge held that the prison term shall begin from the day the convict was remanded in 2019. Omotayo was first arraigned on three counts bordering on stealing, attempted rape, and assault preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. The state’s prosecutor, Mrs. Adeshola Adekunle-Bello, leading Mrs Titilayo Olanrewaju-Daudu, had during the convict’s…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap to serve as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), effective from March 1, 2024. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday, DCG Nandap takes over from Mrs. Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, whose term in office expires on February 29, 2024. He said before her appointment as Comptroller-General, Nandap was the Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of the Migration Directorate of the Service. “The President anticipates that the new Comptroller-General will deepen the ongoing reforms in the service. “And create a robust mechanism for efficient…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague continued its public hearings on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. The top UN court had begun hearings into the legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, on Monday. However, the hearings are unrelated to the current war in Gaza and follow a 2022 request by the UN Security Council. A record 52 countries were asked to give oral statements in a signal of the political importance of the hearings. The ICJ will then issue an…

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has said resources have been set aside to recover and reconstruct all the heritage sites destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents. Recall that centuries-old historic sites of Kanuri origin in Kukawa, Fort of Rabbi and Gazargamu were annexed and later destroyed by Boko Haram terrorists. Declaring open an international conference organised by the Centre for the Study and Promotion of Cultural Sustainability of the University of Maiduguri, Zulum also said a museum on the insurgency would be established by the state soon. Represented by the commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof Usman…

The federal government has announced its plan to block leakages of official documents, following a series of recent leaks exposing wasteful and other forms of suspicious expenditures incurred by public officers amid the worsening economic woes of the country. Folashade Yemi-Esan, Nigeria’s head of civil service of the Federation, expressed concerns about rampant cases of disclosure of sensitive official documents in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). In a circular dated 19 February but seen on Wednesday by PREMIUM TIMES, Ms Yemi-Esan said the government found the leakages of official documents “very embarrassing.” She vowed to sanction any federal government official…

The Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Tuesday, called on the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice to refrain from issuing orders and judgments that are impossible to enforce. But human rights lawyer and a former President of the West African Bar Association, Femi Falana, (SAN), asked the AGF to speak only for himself, arguing that only Nigeria was culpable of shunning ECOWAS Court orders. According to Falana, the Nigerian government has been shunning ECOWAS Court judgments by behaving as if the country is still under the military rule.…

The spate of gun violence in Nigeria is a grim reality, and seeking medical attention for gunshot wounds has become a life-or-death gamble for victims. Being turned away for lack of a police report is the harsh reality for countless gunshot victims. It is not uncommon for medical facilities to refuse treatment to gunshot patients without a police report, leaving many to bleed to death or succumb to their injuries while waiting for the required clearance. Despite provisions of the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act of 2017, hospitals and other health facilities continue to deny gunshot…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the National Assembly for an urgent legislative support in terms of a new bill to support people with kidney disease and enact laws on the emerging organ harvesting and trafficking in Nigeria. Obasanjo spoke at the 36th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference of the National Association of Nephrology with the theme: “Optimising Dialysis Therapy To Prolong Survival”, at the main auditorium of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Obasanjo highlighted four areas to address the burden and challenges in the management of kidney disease, even as he…

The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has sentenced a 55-year-old man, Emmanuel Adedigba, to 14 Years Imprisonment for the attempted sexual assault of his neighbour’s 14-year-old daughter Justice Rahman Oshodi handed down the sentence after the convict was re-arraigned on an amended charge. The convict was earlier arraigned on the charge of defilement which he pleaded not guilty to. During the trial, the prosecution counsel, I.D. Solarin presented two witnesses. However, at the proceedings on Tuesday, the prosecution informed the court that the defendant had agreed to a plea bargain. According to the prosecution, the…