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The Supreme Court has decried what it termed as coordinated attacks on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and other judicial officers with a view to arm-twisting, blackmailing and ridiculing them to silence for ulterior motives. The apex court, in a statement that was signed by its Director of Press and Information, Dr. Akande Festus, said it read with dismay and shock, a publication alleging that the CJN was grilled by the Department of State Services, DSS, over remarks he made during a state banquet that was recently organised in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State government.…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has disclosed that the Nigerian Judiciary is “yet to be free or truly independent” as the third arm of government. Justice Ariwoola made the disclosure in a speech he delivered to mark the commencement of the court’s 2022/23 Legal Year and swearing-in of newly conferred Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) Monday. According to the CJN, while the Judiciary “to a very large extent, is independent in conducting its affairs and taking decisions on matters before it without any extraneous influence”, the same cannot be said in the area of its finance.…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will on Monday confer the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, on 62 lawyers elevated to the rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) . The swearing-in ceremony will kick-start the new legal year of the Supreme Court. Among the successful legal practitioners are three lawyers prosecuting for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). While two of them – Sylvanus Tahir and Rotimi Oyedepo – are employees of the EFCC, the other, Wahab Shittu, is engaged by the anti-graft agency as a private prosecutor for specific cases.…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has directed passport offices across the country to work on Saturdays to clear the backlog of passport applications. This is contained in a statement by the Service’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Tony Akuneme, in Abuja on Saturday. Akuneme said that the Comptroller-General, Mr Isa Jere, who gave the directive, also approved the deployment of the Passport Controller in Ekiti to Jigawa, while the one in Ondo was moved to NIS Zonal Office in Ibadan. The NIS spokesman stated that going forward, the CG will hold passport officers accountable for any acts of indiscipline by officers…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Saturday said, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoolaa has never, at any point said he was happy that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State was a member of the now christened “Integrity Group” or “G-5 Governors.” during his brief remarks at the State Banquet organized as part of the events lined up for the commissioning of the two Judiciary projects undertaken by the Rivers state government. A statement made available to newsmen by the Director, Press, and Information of the apex court, Dr. Festus Akande at the weekend said Justice Ariwoola,…

Zamfara State has recorded its first Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Sani Abdul Aziz Mohammed. Elites in the state who have been in a joyful mood claimed that since the creation of the State in 1996, it has been without any Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Speaking to Dailypost in Gusau, Andi Haliru, a former Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment to the first executive Governor of the State, Ahmed Sani Yarima, said the people of the state are proud to be associated with Sani Abdul Aziz Mohammed. “Barrister Sani Abdul Aziz Mohammed has made Zamfara indigenes very proud even though…

Abia State House of Assembly passes H.A.B. 61: Abia State Female Persons Right of Inheritance of Property Bill, 2022, sponsored by the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Engr Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji into Law. The Law Provides for the Right of a Female Person to Own and Inherit Property. The Bill which was passed into law after scaling through the third reading at the Wednesday plenary of the State Assembly has been raising dust as many believed that it will be an effort in futility, while others believed it was a right step in the right direction.…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN received with dismay the news of the passing of Hon. Justice Safiyat Titi Daibu of the High Court of Kwara State. The condolence message was contained in an official circular signed by NBA President, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, sent to Lawhauz by the National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb Lawal. Hon. Justice Daibu was an astute jurist and her lordship has been described as a disciplined, upright and courageous judge. The NBA President condoles with the Chief Judge of Kwara State, the Nigerian judiciary, the Government and…

The Companies and Allied Matter Act (CAMA) 2020 was praised for several of its business-friendly provisions. Among which was the provision that companies could be incorporated with a single shareholder and single director. Previously, companies were required to have a minimum of two shareholders, this resulted in a practice where some entities had nominee shareholders with one share. With the new CAMA, it was generally thought that companies could now have a single shareholder, hence companies with such nominee arrangements could become single-shareholder companies by transferring the share(s) held by the nominee shareholder to the majority shareholder. However, this is…

The Federal Government said yesterday that 34 of the 36 states of the federation have domesticated the Child Rights Act dealing with issues of child abuse, child labour, and forced marriage, among others, in Nigeria. The proposed law, named “Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (2015),” had been domesticated by just 13 states as at 2019, raising concerns in government and child rights circles. Appearing on the 59th edition of the Ministerial Media Briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa Abuja, the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, who gave the update, said she had been…