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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the Lekki Deep Sea Port, built to handle 2.5 million twenty-foot standard containers per year. The president arrived Lagos at about 3:40 p.m. and landed at the Lekki Deep Sea Port around 4:25 p.m. on Monday. The president was received by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, and members of the State Executive Council. Those who were also there to receive the president were Governors Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, Service chiefs, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), among…

The National Judicial Council, at its 100th Meeting of 18 and 19 January 2023 considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, recommended the under listed names of successful candidates as Heads of Courts and other Judicial Officers for the Federal and State Courts in Nigeria. They are as follows: 1. CHIEF JUDGE, KADUNA STATE i) Hon. Justice Muhammad Tukur Mu’azu Aliyu 2. CHIEF JUDGE, KOGI STATE i) Hon. Justice Majebi Josiah Joe 3. CHIEF JUDGE, ONDO STATE i) Hon. Justice Odusola Aiyedun Olusegun 4. CHIEF JUDGE, GOMBE STATE i) Hon. Justice…

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday fixed April 5 for judgment in a 27-count fraud charges brought against a former Head of Service of the Federation, (Ex-HoS) Mr. Stephen Oronsaye by the Federal Government. The Judge fixed the date after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’, Oronsaye and others adopted their final addresses for and against the case. Oronsaye was arraigned alongside the Managing Director of Fedrick Hamilton Global Services Limited, Mr. Osarenkhoe Afe on 49 count charges but the charges we’re later reduced to 22. Equally charged before the court by…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday affirmed Umo Eno as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State for the 2023 election. The appellate court upheld the judgment of a Federal High Court in Uyo, which had earlier dismissed the suit for lack of merit, Channels television reported. Akan Okon, who was one of the governorship aspirants on the 25 May 2022 primary of the party in the state had asked a Federal High Court in Uyo to disqualify Mr Eno over an alleged certificate forgery. Mr Akan had alleged that the PDP…

The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, says the appointment of Usman Baba as the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) is for a single tenure of four years. A statement by the Press Secretary to the minister, Ošaigbovo Ehisienmen, on Thursday in Abuja said the clarification followed reports in some sections of the media over tenure extension for the IGP. Mr Dingyadi said the IGP was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 6 April 2021 and confirmed by the Nigeria Police Council headed by the president in June 2021 for a single tenure of four years. “The appointment and confirmation were…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) at its 100th meeting on Thursday condmned in strong terms, the non-payment of retirement benefits, and gratuities of state judges across the country. In a press statement signed by its Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye, the apex judicial body under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola deliberated on the worrisome situation whereby many Judicial Officers of the States are being owed their retirement benefits, including severance pay/gratuity and pensions. After due consideration, Council condemns in very strong terms this act, which is undermining the Rule of Law and Section…

Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN has donated an ultra-modern high courtroom to the Ekiti State high court, Ikere judicial division. Speaking during the official commissioning of the complex in Ikere-Ekiti on Thursday, the chairman of the Body of Benchers noted that the gesture was informed in view of his commitment to the advancement of the judicial sector with modern facilities. The event was attended by the Governor of the state, Biodun Oyebanji; president of the court of appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem; Acting chief justice of Kwara state, Justice Abiodun Adebara; special adviser to…

A cashier with the Kano State Sharia Court Division, Hussaina Imam and 14 others, including judges and registrars have been arraigned before a magistrates’ court. The defendants who were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Mustapha Sa’ad Datti on Wednesday, January 17, were accused of committing an offence bordering on criminal conspiracy, joint act, and criminal breach of trust by public servants, theft and forgery. The First Information Report alleged that; “On 20th August, 2021 an official complaint was received at the Kano State Public Complain and Anti-Corruption Commission from Kano State ministry of justice, that sometimes ago in the year 2020/2021…

The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Com. Julius Abure has dragged Arise Television to court for slanderous comments made against him on air. In Suit No: B/35/2023 filed before High Court of Edo State by his counsel President Aigbokhan, Esq on 18th January, 2023, made available to the press, the chairman stated that he has been defamed more than twice by the television station. The chairman stated that his attention was drawn to the television’s Morning Show interview granted to the former National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party Mr. Arabambi who has been sacked from the party. The claim…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, released the final list of presidential and National Assembly candidates of all the political parties contesting the February 25 elections. The publication of the final list of candidates for national elections (presidential, senatorial and federal constituencies) was pursuant to section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and item 8 of the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election. The publication of the full names and addresses of all nominated candidates followed the conduct of primaries and completion of the nomination exercise by political parties’. It was also sequel to the…