Yet another procedural change to update you on. This one took effect on 14 May 2018 and is about the time limit for appeals to the Upper Tribunal. Basically the clock starts ticking on the date that written reasons are sent out — not the date on which they are received. This is the effect …
Editorial Idris must be accountable to the Nigerian people via their representatives. He is seeking protection no affordable to public servants. He should consider his position if he feels unable to account to the people of Nigeria. The president indulges this sad man at his own risk. The Inspector of General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has …
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For some, the president’s efforts to undermine the justice department and the Mueller investigation represent a threat to democracy Ask people with deep knowledge of the US justice department about the damage Donald Trump might be doing to the country, and the conversation quickly flips back to Watergate. Following Richard Nixon’s failed attempt to pull …
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