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The Supreme Court of Nigeria had on Friday 8/5/2020, declared as nullity the conviction meted out to Orji Uzor Kalu & Ors by Justice Mohammed Idris then of the Federal High Court, on the grounds that the said judgment was delivered in bereft of jurisdiction, since Justice Idris was at the time of the delivery …
IN the Beginning, we all agreed that the British administration in Nigeria bequeathed a public service of dedicated, patriotic and disciplined officers. On October 1, 1960, Nigeria became an independent country with elected Nigerians in the legislative and executive arms of government. The judiciary consisted of men of learning, character and integrity and ranked among …
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It is no longer a breaking news that the Supreme Court of Nigetia on Friday, the 8th of May, 2020, voided the conviction of a former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, who had been jailed for corruption by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos presided over by Justice Muhammed Idris. Justice Mohammed Idris …
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress and the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has filed an action before the Benin Division of the Federal High Court for the enforcement of his fundamental rights over the Benin Specialists Hospital. In the Originating Motion dated 25th of March, 2020 which was made …
The Delta airline plane landed at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and I bid farewell to a group of fellow travellers I met on the plane: Bert Nwakamma flies from Atlanta to Abuja more often than I go to Wal-Mart on Hwy 85 Riverdale; Oputa, an attorney from Delta State shuttles between law offices in …
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