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NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2023 AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN UGLY SUBVERSION OF BEAUTIFUL LAWS [Part 2]

NewsDeskNgMar 12, 2023March 12, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue MEMORY VERSE:“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority” (-Joseph Addison) For the avoidance of doubts, mine is strictly a legal opinion, having nothing to do with the politics (politics is for only politicians) of...

GAMJI, AN ICON FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NewsDeskNgMar 9, 2023March 9, 20230

Alhaji Dr. Sanusi Abubakar GAMJI is an entrepreneur, successful business man with the honest love of his people at heart. He is a fulfilled figure whose track record of consistent philanthropic services have spanned over two decades in Kogi State. In 2014, quite numbers of political elites, groups and relevant...

DOES THE NBA PRESIDENT REALLY SPEAK FOR ALL NIGERIAN LAWYERS, ALWAYS?

NewsDeskNgMar 6, 2023March 6, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue Section 9(5)(a)(vi) of the Constitution of the Nigerian Bar Association, 2015 provides that “The duties of the President shall include Acting as the principal spokesman of the Association”. Beside this, the position of the law in Nigeria is that when a person gets called or inducted into...

THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA AS ALL-IN-ONE: THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL COURT, ALL AT THE SAME TIME??

NewsDeskNgMar 6, 2023March 6, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue Please note that I submit and I am bound by the legal principle which says that a court decision remains binding until set aside, overruled or otherwise repealed. Hence, my opinion herein is without prejudice to my utmost respect and reverence for the Supreme Court of Nigeria...

SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA AND THE NAIRA SWAP BROHAHA: WHEN NON-JOINDER IS FATAL.

NewsDeskNgFeb 12, 2023February 13, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue May I humbly appeal that you kindly make out time and first read my earlier opinion titled “Naira Redesign and Swap Hullabaloo: Why I Think the Supreme Court of Nigeria Lacks Original Jurisdiction” (10 February 2023; it to is online) to see that, as I submitted in...

Emefiele And The Logs In His Eyes

NewsDeskNgFeb 8, 2023February 8, 20230

By Felix Oboagwina What an irony! The operational network of Zenith Bank has collapsed for over a week now. No customer can transfer a farthing of their own savings out to other banks. Neither can they fish out as much as one kobo for their own use through Zenith ATMs....

ARREST SANUSI, 51 OTHERS TO FACE CHARGES OF TERRORISM – CTJ

NewsDeskNgFeb 4, 2023February 4, 20230

By Aloysius Gbakaan We are concerned about the recent wave of attacks on, and deliberate profiling of Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom by Fulani leaders, led by former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido over the January 24 killing of about forty suspected Fulani terrorists in Akwanaja, Doma Local Government Area...

Reflections On Nigeria Disability Rights Law

NewsDeskNgFeb 1, 2023February 1, 20230

By Omotunde Ellen Thompson Few days ago, we commemorated the 4th anniversary of the Nigerian Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 23rd 2018. On 24th of August, 2020, President Buhari also established an Independent National Commission for Persons With...

Reflections On Nigeria Disability Rights Law

NewsDeskNgJan 31, 2023January 31, 20230

By Omotunde Ellen Thompson Few days ago, we commemorated the 4th anniversary of the Nigerian Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 23rd 2018. On 24th of August, 2020, President Buhari also established an Independent National Commission for Persons With Disabilities (NCPD), which...

Placing Nigeria’s Cadestra Mining on a global map

NewsDeskNgJan 25, 2023January 25, 20230

Nigeria Cadestre Mining Office (NCMO) is unlocking the future of minerals mining in the biggest economy in Africa with the introduction of an electronic system for easy application for a license from any part of the world; MATHEW DADIYA writes. The nation’s mining office – Nigeria Cadestre Mining Office, NCMO...