Abba Kyari: Court Bars Lawyers, Journalists From Covering Trial
Reporters covering the trial of suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others were denied entrance to the location of the trial, Court 10 of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order in response to an appeal by Mr. Sunday Joseph, the lawyer for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Joseph, a director of the NDLEA's...
Court Upholds Three-Year Jail Term Of Ex-President
A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling. The court maintained he should serve a one-year detention sentence at home with an electronic bracelet and banned him from public office for three years over his attempts to secure favours from a judge...
The Illogicality Of Retirement Age Extension For Judges
By Alex Enemanna The argument for upward review of retirement age of High Court judges from 65 to 70 is not backed by any healthy logical drive. Also, there is no proof that the clamour is geared towards giving the wobbling judiciary, which is fast losing its glory and aura in the adjudication of justice, a new lease of life...
Atiku To Prosecute Presidential Election Petition With 180 Witnesses
A total of 180 witnesses have been lined up to testify in the petition filed by former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the outcome of the presidential election that was held on February 25, 2023. While Atiku has lined up 100 witnesses to prove his case, the Independent National Electoral Commission...
FG Was Right On No-Work, No-Pay Policy Against ASUU — Industrial Court
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ruled in favour of the federal government in the implementation of a no-work, no-pay policy against body of public university lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The government had approached the court, seeking the enforcement of the policy against ASUU, a union it says should not...
Court Slams N10m Fine On Keyamo Over ‘Frivolous Suit’ Against Atiku, ICPC
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, awarded a N10 million fine against Mr Festus Keyamo, the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, for filing a ‘frivolous suit’ against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 election. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, awarded a N5 million fine each in...
Presidential Election Court To Decide Whether INEC Adhoc Staff Can Testify As Witnesses
The Presidential Election Petition Court is to decide whether INEC adhoc staff, subpoenaed by the PDP and Atiku Abubakar can testify before it. This followed spirited objections by the senior counsel representing INEC, Bola Tinubu and the APC, insisting that the witnesses cannot testify since their witness statements were not frontloaded in line with paragraph 4 of the first schedule...
Alleged Judgement Influencing: Ahmad Lawan Didn’t Allow Me To Finish My Comment — Bulkachuwa
Adamu Bulkachuwa, Senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly, has denied that he influenced the decisions of his wife, Zainab Bulkachuwa, while she was the President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa on the floor of the Senate at the valedictory session of the 9th Assembly, before he was interrupted by the former Senate President Ahmad, had Lawan...
I Never Compromised My Oath Of Office, Retired Justice Bulkachuwa Breaks Silence
Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, wife of Adamu Bulkachuwa, Senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly, has defended her judicial integrity. She was reacting to comments by her husband that he used his position to ask favour for his colleagues from his wife, the immediate past President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa on the floor of the Senate at the...
You Can’t Sack Ozekhome, Ejiofor You Never Employed Them, IPOB Replies Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Tuesday debunked the alleged termination of the appointments of Professor Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Sir Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, as counsels to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s younger brother, Kanunta Kanu, had in a statement he issued via his Twitter handle on Thursday last week noted that Ozekhome and Ejiofor’s services are no longer required in...
