By: Sonnie Ekwowusi. We all foresaw the vexatious verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) delivered on 6th September 2023 (6/9 verdict). Sensing that the PEPC would thwart substantial justice, the people began erecting billboards, signboards, and posters in Abuja with the inscription: “all eyes on […]
Judiciary
By: Emmanuel Ogebe Esq. Mechanical versus dynamic justice: The beatification of “snatch and grab-autocracy” Nigeria’s analogue judiciary is not ready for the present much less the future. It is out of sync with the nation and the commoners whom it must serve. It has become an unwitting tool of […]
By: Admin. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jubrin Samuel Okutepa (@jibrinSAN) took to his verified X (Twitter) handle to express his dismay on the application of the rule of law in Nigeria, as lawyers under the auspices of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) converged on Abuja, for […]
By: Admin. The lead Counsel to Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe in the Senatorial elections petition tribunal ,Mba Ukweni, SAN has stated that the case instituted against the election of Senator Jarigbe by the former governor of the state, Ben Ayade requires no opposition to fail. While presenting […]
By: Admin. The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State has upheld Barr. Julius Abure’s position as National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The Court’s unanimous decision was delivered by His Lordships Justice Theresa Ngolika Orji Abadua JCA, Fatima Omoro Akinbami JCA and Hon. Justice Sybil O. […]
By: Kenneth Okonkwo Esq. The 2nd (Tinubu) and 3rd (Shettima) Respondents opened their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court today, 5th July, 2023. They tendered some of their ctc documents, including the claimed academic qualification from Chicago State University from the Bar, which the Petitioners objected […]
By: Admin. On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja ordered the merger of the cases filed by Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to challenge Bola Tinubu’s victory as Nigeria’s president-elect. In a ruling detailing a report of its […]
By: Publisher. The leadership of the Law Officers Association of Nigeria Cross River State Chapter have given the State Government a 21 days ultimatum to implement it’s demands for a 50% increment on salaries in accordance with parity and enumeration salaries and benefits between Law Officers and Magistrate workers since […]
By: Admin. A Senior lawyer and human rights activist, Jibrin Samuel Okutepa SAN have caution the danger faced by the legal profession and our democracy as a result of what he refers to as “legal touts” who stops at nothing with frivolous applications and cases before Courts. […]
By: Lukman Olabiyi. JUDICIARY IS THE LAST HOPE OF THIS COUNTRY AND MUST NOT ALLOW ITSELF TO BE INFLUENCED BY ANY CONSIDERATION OTHER THAN TO DO JUSTICE IN ALL MATTER- JUSTICE OLUDOTUN ADEFOPE-OKOJIE RTD. One of the three-member panel of justices of the Appeal Court that […]