Nigerian Bar Updates

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• Court Sentences Killers of Kachikwu’s Uncle to Death by Hanging
• NBA faults Buhari’s Handling of Herdsmen Killings
• ‘I Read Law to Offer Free Services to Indigent Nigerians’
• NBA Presidents Massage on Christmas Celebration
• New Year Statement From NBA National Secretariat
• We Expect New Minimum Wage Before July – NLC
• Fake Dangote Sugars: NAFDAC Drags Octogenarian to Court
• Court Sets Jan 12 To Decide Fate Of ‎Anambra Central Senatorial District Election
• Atiku’s Son Escapes With Son As Court Awards Wife Custody Of Kids
• LPPC Bars Bashorun From SAN Rank For Three Years, Withdraws Privilege From Ogunba
• ‘N57m Fraud’: Court Grants Bail To Dropped ICPC Board Nominee
• Court Stay Further Proceedings In Fraud Trial Of Chairman Of Innoson Motors, Others
• The Judiciary Must Purge Itself
• 66% of 72,384 Prison Inmates in 2017 are Awaiting Trials – CG
• Anambra: You May Go to Jail, CJN Warns Commentators
• Luxembourg Court Overturns Verdict Against Luxleaks Whistleblower
• Saraki Asks Supreme Court to Nullify Part of Appeal Court Judgment
• Taraba Anti grazing Law not Against any Religion, Tribe – Gov Ishaku
• Court Remands Four for Defrauding Ex-Rep of $1.362m
• Court Rules on Bank’s Claim to Ikoyi Flat Jan. 19

Court Sentences Killers of Kachikwu’s Uncle to Death by Hanging Posted: 12 Jan 2018 02:06 AM PST A Delta State High Court sitting at Issele Uku yesterday sentenced the killers of Felix Boise the 75 year old uncle to Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachukukwu, to death by hanging. The septuagenarian was murdered at his farm on June 9, 20...

NBA faults Buhari’s Handling of Herdsmen Killings Posted: 12 Jan 2018 02:03 AM PST The Nigerian Bar Association Ikeja branch has condemned President Muhammadu Buharis tepid handling of killings by herdsmen, saying the President may end up destabilising his own government. The association said Buhari deserved to be impeached for fai...

‘I Read Law to Offer Free Services to Indigent Nigerians’ Posted: 12 Jan 2018 02:01 AM PST Actually when I applied to the University of Nigeria Nsukka I applied for Law but they gave me the second choice which was Political Science, so my uncle advised that I take it and afterwards go and read Law. However, when I graduated Niger...

NBA Presidents Massage on Christmas Celebration Posted: 12 Jan 2018 01:15 AM PST My Dear Distinguished Colleagues and my Fellow Nigerians I am very happy to send my warmest greetings and best wishes to our Christian faithful brothers and sisters celebrating Christmas. Christmas is the perfect occasion to celebrate love, joy, peac...

New Year Statement From NBA National Secretariat Posted: 12 Jan 2018 01:11 AM PST The year 2017 was a very eventful year for the NBA It recorded land mark developments and orchestrated setbacks In the outgone year the NBA in the course of delivering it's agenda of “ A Brave New Bar” encapsulated in t...

We Expect New Minimum Wage Before July – NLC Posted: 12 Jan 2018 12:15 AM PST The Nigerian Labour Congress NLC has said that workers in the country will not have the patience to wait till the third quarter of the year for the implementation of a new minimum wage. President Muhammadu Buhari had last November inaugurated the tri...

Fake Dangote Sugars: NAFDAC Drags Octogenarian to Court Posted: 12 Jan 2018 12:13 AM PST The businesswoman and her company Esther Olufunmilayo Nigeria Limited, are facing trial on six count charges of import of unwholesome processed food, found in possession of same, packaging of unwholesome processed foods. The duo were alleged to ...

Court Sets Jan 12 To Decide Fate Of ‎Anambra Central Senatorial District Election Posted: 12 Jan 2018 12:02 AM PST The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday fixed January 12 2018 to decide the fate of the rerun elections for Anambra Central Senatorial District election, scheduled to take place on Saturday 13th January 2018. The Independent National Ele...

Atiku’s Son Escapes With Son As Court Awards Wife Custody Of Kids Posted: 12 Jan 2018 12:00 AM PST There was drama at the Tinubu Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon following the disappearance of Aamir Atiku, the seven-year-old son of Aminu Atiku and his ex-wife, Unmi Fatima Bolori. The boy’s mother claimed that Aminu, son of former Vice P...

LPPC Bars Bashorun From SAN Rank For Three Years, Withdraws Privilege From Ogunba Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:57 PM PST The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee LPPC has notified the general public that Oluwatoyin Ajoke Bashorun Esq. has been barred from applying for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria for the next three years or three applications beginni...

‘N57m Fraud’: Court Grants Bail To Dropped ICPC Board Nominee Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:52 PM PST A high court in the federal capital territory FCT on Thursday granted bail to Maimuna Aliyu former executive director, Aso Savings and Loans Plc. In August, Aliyu was nominated to the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offences...

Court Stay Further Proceedings In Fraud Trial Of Chairman Of Innoson Motors, Others Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:50 PM PST Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos stayed further proceedings in the fraud case brought against the chairman of Innoson Nigeria Limited, Innocent Chukwuma and five others by the police. Justice Faji held that he was staying furt...

The Judiciary Must Purge Itself Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:47 PM PST The NJC needs to go beyond sermonising and come down heavily on judicial officers bent on darkening our temple of justice. A day to the court-ordered rerun election for Anambra Central Senatorial District, uncertainties have been created around its c...

66% of 72,384 Prison Inmates in 2017 are Awaiting Trials – CG Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:45 AM PST The Controller General Nigerian Prisons Service NPS Mr Jaafaru Ahmed has raised alarm over the increase in awaiting trial inmates in the nation’s prisons saying that 48,527 of 72,384 prison inmates in 2017 which represents 66 percent of the pop...

Anambra: You May Go to Jail, CJN Warns Commentators Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:41 AM PST The Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN Justice Walter Onnoghen has advised against unguarded comments on matters before courts of law, especially the pending dispute over Anambra Central Senatorial rerun, saying prejudice is contemptuous offence that will ...

Luxembourg Court Overturns Verdict Against Luxleaks Whistleblower Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:31 AM PST A Luxembourg court on Thursday overturned the verdict against a Luxleaks whistleblower who was convicted of leaking thousands of documents that revealed tax breaks for multinational firms. Luxembourg’s highest court rejected the conviction agai...

Saraki Asks Supreme Court to Nullify Part of Appeal Court Judgment Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:27 AM PST Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has asked the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal which ordered him to face trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for three out of the 18 counts filed against him before the tribunal. Th...

Taraba Anti grazing Law not Against any Religion, Tribe – Gov Ishaku Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:22 AM PST Taraba State Governor Mr Darius Ishaku has said the state anti open grazing law is not targeted at any religious group or tribe. In a statement issued in Jalingo by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Hon. Emmanuel Bello,  the govern...

Court Remands Four for Defrauding Ex-Rep of $1.362m Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:13 AM PST The Federal High Court in Lagos  has remanded one Izekor Ogiemonyi alias Prince and three others in the prison custody for allegedly swindling a former member of the House of Representatives, Eseme Eyiboh, out of his $1.362m and N46. 533m. ...

Court Rules on Bank’s Claim to Ikoyi Flat Jan. 19 Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:03 AM PST The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed January 19, 2018 to rule on an application by Union Bank Plc opposing the move to have Flat 7B, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos permanently forfeited to the Federal Government. The flat attracted public attentio...