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The Plateau State High Court, presided over by Justice D.G. Fombing, yesterday remanded three suspected organ harvesters, Noah Kekere, Dr. Phillip Dachung, and Mr. Yusuf Abdullahi, at the Jos Correctional Centre. The suspects were remanded after their arraignment at State High Court 9 by the state Director of Public Prosecutor, Barrister David Williams. Mr. Kekere was arrested by the police following the alleged removal of the right kidney of one Mrs. Kehinde Kamaru during an appendix operation at his Murna Clinic and Maternity, located in Yanshanu community of Jos North local government area of the state. In a suit no.…

Kwara State Government has urged medical practitioners in the state to comply with the Gunshot Act of 2017. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina El-Imam, made the call in a statement issued by Mr Falade Gbenga, the Press Secretary of the ministry. El-Imam explained that the Gunshot Act of 2017 gave legal coverage for the treatment of persons who sustained gunshot injuries without any hindrance whatsoever. She stated that the plea became necessary to forestall unnecessary loss of lives from injuries sustained in agonising torments associated with gunshots. The commissioner instructed that correspondence from the Inspector General of Police on…

The Council of Legal Education and Nigeria Law School have established criteria for call-to-bar screening, a vital step for law graduates. Applicants must provide the following: Evidence of N30,000 payment to the Body of Benchers for Call to Bar processing into the designated Zenith Bank account Proof of N10,000 payment into the Council of Legal Education account for 50th Anniversary Alumni fee Original and photocopies of the LL.B. certificate Original and photocopy of Nigerian Law School ID card Printout of candidate’s Nigerian Law School result The call-to-bar screening enables the Nigerian Law School to verify applicants have completed the requisite…

The Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee was set up by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to review and advise on reforms to shape Nigeria’s fiscal policy and tax system. The Committee’s terms of reference covers Fiscal Governance; Revenue Transformation and Economic Growth Facilitation. The work of the committee is further divided into 3 phases, being Quick Wins within 30 days; Critical Reforms within 6 months and Implementation within 1 year. The committee has presented its reports to the President with key recommendations to address critical economic issues ranging from exchange rate management, impact of fuel subsidy removal, moderation of…

The Ebonyi high court has recorded a total of 9,218 filed cases between 2022 and 2023, the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Elvis Ngene, has said. Ngene made the disclosure during the 2023/2024 legal year celebration on Friday in Abakaliki. The Chief Judge also said that 15,990 cases were pending in the High court. According to him, in the year under review, the number of cases pending before the period was 15,990; 9,218 cases were filed, while the cases disposed were 11,289. “At the magistrate court, a total of 4,961 cases were filed while 3,820 cases were disposed of,…

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Musa Dattijo Muhammad has raised a concern over the existing structure of the judiciary and the concentration of power within the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). In his retirement speech on Friday in Abuja, Justice Muhammad highlighted that the CJN serves as the Chairman of multiple significant bodies, including the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC), the National Judicial Institute (NJI), and the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC), which appoints Senior Advocates of Nigeria. According to him, the oversight functions of these bodies should not…

There appears to be a crack at the Supreme Court, barely 24 hours after it validated the election of President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. A retiring justice of the court, Musa Dattijo Muhammad, who reportedly pulled out from the seven-man panel that dismissed all the appeals that sought to remove President Tinubu from office, has accused the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, of abusing the powers of his office. Justice Muhammad, who spent 47 years in active judicial service, bowed out of the apex court bench on Friday, having clocked the 70…

Nigeria is ranked 120th of the 142 countries in terms of adherence to rule of law, according to the latest global Rule of Law Index released by the World Justice Project (WJP). The 2023 index released on Wednesday in Washington DC, United States, also showed that out of the 34 countries ranked in the sub-Saharan region, Nigeria is rated 23rd. According to the WJP report, countries were judged on eight indicators, namely constraints on government powers, absence of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory enforcement, civil justice and criminal justice. While the report noted that Nigeria’s score…

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, Wednesday upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye. The Oyo State Government announced Pastor Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun and made him king on 8th September 2023. Before this time, one of the contestants, Kabir Laoye had sued Ghandi Olaoye, noting that he was not eligible to take Soun’s position. The court ordered that the Oyo State government must not appoint anyone to the position until after its judgement. Details later…

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday for judgment in the appeals by the presidential candidates of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, challenging the result of the February 25 election which produced President Bola Tinubu. The Director of Information of the Supreme Court, Dr Festus Akande, confirmed the date on Wednesday. Both PDP and LP had on Monday argued their cases before the apex court while the appeal of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and its presidential candidate, Chichi Ojei, was dismissed after they withdrew it. The Presidential Election Petitions Court had…