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51NewsNJC Recommends Six Chief Judges, 31 Others For Appointment
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of six Chief Judges and 31 others as Judicial Officers to take up judicial functions in some states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NJC Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, noting...
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Court remands man for allegedly stabbing girlfriend to death
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has remanded a 25-year-old man, Victor Abasiama, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death. The police charged Abasiama with murder. The presiding magistrate, Mr W.A. Salam, who did not take the plea of Abasiama, ordered that the defendant should be remanded in...
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70NewsThings Fall Apart: Negotiations Fail As FG, NARD Head Back To Court
The negotiation and possible settlement, between the Federal Government – through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and the Nigerian Resident Doctors (NARD), has failed. Both parties had told the vacation judge at the National industrial court, Justice Bashar Alkali, on 15th September, that they were set to negotiate and...
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VAT Dispute: Appeal Court Reserves Ruling On Lagos Govt’s Application For Joinder
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved its ruling on the application for a joinder filed by the Lagos State government as the legal tussle over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) continues. When the court resumed sitting on Thursday, the Attorney General of Lagos State and Senior...
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NARD Strike: Court Fixes Sept 17 For Ruling, As Parties Agree To Negotiation
The National Industrial Court has fixed September 17 to rule on the application of jurisdiction and contempt of court, filed by both the Federal Government and the Association of Nigerian Resident Doctors. At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, counsel to the striking resident doctors, Femi Falana (SAN), told the court...
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40News
Three Judges To Face NJC Panel Over Conflicting Court Orders
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up a probe panel to investigate three High Court judges who issued conflicting ex-parte orders. According to the NJC, the judges are to show cause why disciplinary action should not be taken against them for their actions. The investigative committee was set up...
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61Politics
Court orders FG to pay Igboho N20billion
An Oyo state High Court sitting in Ibadan, Friday ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay the sum of N20billion to Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Igbogo as damages for the invasion of his residence. Details Shortly…
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135PoliticsRivers govt drags FG to Supreme Court over VAT
Rivers State, through its Attorney-General, has gone to the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal that ordered it to maintain status quo on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, pending the determination of an appeal that was lodged by the Federal Inland Revenue...
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130Security updates
Alleged armed robbery: Court remands 2 unemployed men
A Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, Wednesday ordered that two unemployed men be remanded in Awarjigor Correctional Centre in Badagry for alleged armed robbery. The police charged in court charged Chidi Dike, 30 and Nzerem Chibuezem, 31, whose addresses were not given with armed robbery, unlawful display of dangerous weapons...
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24PoliticsAGF Tasks Appeal Court Judges On Speedy Dispensation Of Justice
the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has asked justices of the Court of Appeal to contribute positively to the judicial system by speedily concluding cases before them at the level of the Appeal Court. Malami made the appeal on Monday at the special session to mark the 2021...
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52News
Lagos to go ahead with collection of VAT despite Appeal Court ruling – Lawmaker
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Setonji David, has insisted that the state will go ahead with the implementation of its recently signed VAT Law despite a stay of execution obtained by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) from the Court of Appeal in Abuja last Friday....
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Politics
Lagos’ll implement VAT law despite Appeal Court’s ‘maintain status quo’ —Lawmaker
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Setonji David, has said that the state will go ahead with the implementation of its recently assented VAT Law despite a stay of execution by the Appeal Court in Abuja last Friday. The lawmaker, who represents Badagry II Constituency in the...
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4PoliticsMalami Warns Judges, Lawyers Says Justice Not For Sale To Highest Bidders
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Malam Abubakar Malami, SAN has warned judges and lawyers in the county to maintain the sanctity and credibility of the judiciary and not make Justice a commodity for sale to the highest bidder. Malami issued the warning on Monday in...
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Canadian Court Describes Nigerian Police As Murderous, Corrup
The Court disclosed this while denying asylum to Charles Ukoniwe, a former operative of the notorious MOPOL unit. AFederal Court in Ottawa, Canada says the Nigeria Police Force’s involvement in extrajudicial killings, torture, summary executions of suspects in custody, amongst other gruesome human rights abuses, is “overwhelming”. The Court disclosed...
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58PoliticsSoludo’s assets: CJN orders disciplinary action against FCT judge
The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Commission, Tanko Muhammad, has directed the Federal Capital Territory Judicial Service Committee to commence disciplinary action against the judge of the Upper Area Court who issued criminal summons against the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and...