Does the Senate need to carry out an amendment on the EFCC (Establishment) Act 2004? Lawyers say no, yes. AKEEM NAFIU reports After a botched attempt by the 8th National Assembly to amend the EFCC (Establishment) Act 2004, the 9th National Assembly has again commenced moves to tinker with the legislation establishing the anti-graft […]
AKEEM NAFIU reports that there seems to be no end to the controversy trailing the ownership of large expanse of land on Airport Road Layout in Enugu as landowners and the state government are currently locked in litigations. Already 193 owners of plots have petitioned the Federal Government In Enugu State, owners of […]
The Supreme Court has summoned the nations Justice Minister and Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to explain “whether the Presidential Executive order No.00-10 of 2020 made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 22nd May, 2020 to compel the plaintiffs to fund State High Courts, State Sharia Courts of Appeal and Customary Courts […]
AKEEM NAFIU writes that lawyers have again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to promptly rejig the nation’s security architecture following growing level of insecurity already taking negative toll on the nation’s socio-economic and political development Lawyers were again unanimous at the weekend reviewing the unending killings, upsurge in crimes and general security challenges bedeviling […]
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has cautioned the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) against ethnic and religious bigotry which may to tear apart the 60 year-old association. Ganduje made the call in a statement signed by Malam Muhammad Garba, the state’s Commissioner of Information when the NBA President, Olumide Akpata, paid him a courtesy visit […]
An employee of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Olayinka Olaleye, narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos on how seven men allegedly withdrew the sum of N900 million from the bank’s database belonging to several of its customers. The seven men accused of the fraud were Gideon Oluwatimileyin, Osita Martyns, Daramola Samuel […]
Lawyers have condemned an amendment carried out on the 2007 Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) for Legal Practitioners by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN). They said he lacked the requisite powers to unilaterally amend the law without recourse to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). AKEEM NAFIU reports Lawyers were […]
Lagos State Police Command and the major stakeholders in justice system have concluded on plans to work to work together with a view to upholding rights of residents as guaranteed by the 199 Constitution. Specifically, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu assured the stakeholders in the justice sector that his command would […]
Contrary to allegation that he received double salary from two universities, branding it as gross misconduct as contained in a petition wired to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti against Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, the commission and the university have given Fasina a clean bill of health. Besides, […]
Yinka Ekungomi read law at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Ekungomi, an indigene of Ogun State, was called to Bar in 2017. He shares his journey into the law profession with JOHN CHIKEZIE Background My name is Yinka Ekungomi, an associate at Folashade Alli & Associates, a law firm in […]