Category: Legal
BROKEN JUSTICE – IHEDIOHA V UZODIMMA
28 Feb 2023
I have gone through the judgment of the Supreme Court (SC) in the Ihedioha case. My humble view is that if the learned Hon. Justice Kekere-Ekun should go through the judgment a second time, she would not be proud of herself. I say so with the greatest respect and out of the very high esteem […]
Continue ReadingA SUPREME COURT FOR ALL?
28 Feb 2023
No Supreme Court (SC) in any country with a developed justice delivery system is an all comers affair. The function of the Supreme Court (SC), particularly in a Federation, is not to deliver justice in individual cases. It is to declare and develop the law for the benefit of all. The Supreme Court (SC) comes […]
Continue ReadingOLD NAIRA NOTES – JUDICIAL CONFUSION
28 Feb 2023
What is the effect of the injunction of the Supreme Court (SC) restraining enforcement of the phasing out of old notes? One thing is certain: the CBN has already given Friday, 10th February as the date on which the old notes cease to be legal tender. Only the CBN can change that date. No court […]
Continue ReadingNEEDED URGENTLY – A SUPREME COURT FOR NIGERIA
28 Feb 2023
Nigeria does not have a Supreme Court (SC) and is desperately in need of one. What we have in this country in the form of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is a final court of appeals. The two are not the same. The illusion of the two being the same is what has nearly crippled […]
Continue ReadingEFCC arrest woman with 18 voters card, votes buyer
27 Feb 2023
While the Nigeria 2023 presidential elections was ongoing, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, announced it’s operatives on Saturday morning,February 25 arrested a woman with 18 voter cards in the Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State The EFCC also arrested party agents buying votes through bank transfers to voters in Abuja FCT and a […]
Continue ReadingEFCC arrest 73 years old woman and two others for being in possession of 20 PVCs
27 Feb 2023
EFCC Arrests Three in Benin for Being in Possession of 20 PVC Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three persons for being in possession of several permanent voter cards. One of the suspects, Afekhana Esther, was arrested at Ward 1, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Ikpoba […]
Continue ReadingLawyers faulted buhari’s open display of ballot papers
27 Feb 2023
Some lawyers on Saturday faulted the open display of ballot papers by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, after casting their votes for their preferred candidates. They stated that though it was wrong for the President and the governor to openly engage in such an act, it […]
Continue ReadingWHEN JUSTICE FAILS TO IMPRESS
27 Feb 2023
On what should the authority of the SC rest – the finality of its decisions or the majesty of its reasoning? The decisions of the SC command obedience by reason of their finality. However, the reverence of the people for the court lies in the majesty of its reasoning and justness of its decisions. The […]
Continue ReadingTwo killed in community in Abia state
26 Feb 2023
Two people have reportedly been killed in Ndi Agwu community in Abam, Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State. It was reported that the casualties occurred during the presidential and National Assembly polls holding in today. Reports have it that one of the victims, identified as Samuel Arunsi Eze was said to have been beheaded […]
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