Nganjiwa, The Judge As A Verb
“The law actually only allows aspirants to sue. In the course of the proceedings, one of the named plaintiffs told the court that he had not instructed anyone to initiate…
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Alleged Threat To Life: THE CONCLAVE Publisher Accuses CCB Federal Commissioner
Publisher of THE CONCLAVE (online newspaper), Sufuyan Ojeifo, has pointed an accusing finger at a Federal Commissioner with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, for the…
Bribe: You Must Serve Jail Term — Supreme Court Rules On Ex-Lawmaker, Farouk Lawan
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT – After years of legal battles to save his face from public odium, the Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed that the former Chairman of the then House…
Appeal Court’s Slip: Mutfwang Seeks Justice For Sacked Plateau Lawmakers
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has demanded justice and fairness for all the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the state whose electoral victories were erroneously nullified by the…
Appeal Court Monica Dongban-Mensem: In God’s Name, Go!
“Such is the state of the judiciary in Nigeria at this time that the three-person panel whom Monica Dongban-Mensem sent to Plateau State could not have wrought that amount of…
Sadiya Umar Farouq: Not Guilty As Not Charged
BY ANTHONY IRABOR First, let’s look at the theoretical groundings of innocence before we situate the innocence of Sadiya Umar Farouq in the mix. The philosophy of innocence is a…
Gauging The Temper Of Nigerian Judges
“Of course, the court has huge powers to fine any litigant or his lawyer or both as it pleases but the fines will never tell Nigerians how a party whose…
Appeal Court Dismisses Impeachment Suit Against Ondo Deputy Gov
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the application by the Ondo State House of Assembly Speaker, Olamide Oladiji and lawmakers seeking to impeach the State’s Deputy Governor,…
A Captured Temple Of Justice
“The result is that Nigeria’s judiciary now suffers a terminal credibility deficit that endangers civilized dispute resolution to the point of making vigilantism highly profitable. The Council of Foreign Relations validates this causality between…
Chicago’s Saga: Ordinary Nigerians In Confusion
“It means that from now on, any CSU certificate is suspect. The second but main victim of the saga is the ordinary Nigerian whose welfare has remained constant for longer…