Returning Officer wanted for disappearing with election results

28 Feb 2023

The Ebonyi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Pauline Onyeka Ugochi has reportedly declared the Returning Officer for Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency, Professor Paul Obidike ‘wanted’ for allegedly disappearing with already collated, signed and stamped election results for the Federal Constituency Obidike, a lecturer in the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike Ikwo was alleged to […]

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Children injured as Boko Haram members attacks voters in bornu

28 Feb 2023

Five persons including children sustained injuries when Boko Haram insurgents fired shots targeting voters from Mandara Mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State Borno commissioner of police, CP Abdu Umar, who confirmed the incident in an interview with newsmen, said several gunshots were fired at voters from the top of the Mandara mountain […]

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HIJAB IN SCHOOLS CONTROVERSY

28 Feb 2023

As a Christian and a lawyer, I cannot fault the judgment of the Supreme Court (SC) striking down the ban on the wearing of hijab by Muslim female students in Lagos schools. Many Christians would be shocked that my conviction is also premised on my Faith as a Christian. Many do not know that the […]

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CBN AND THE SUPREME COURT

28 Feb 2023

I don’t know what the CBN intends to achieve by not allowing banks to continue to accept deposit of the old notes. I thought that would have been allowed in order to ease the burden on those who still retain the notes. The time limit given by the CBN for its own direct redemption of […]

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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 […]

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A 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 […]

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OLD 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 […]

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NEEDED 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 […]

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EFCC 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 […]

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