Category: JUDICIARY
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Otti’s Aba Mayoralty Dilemma: Navigating Identity and Unity
By Milcah Tanimu In a recent interview with the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, the issue of national identity and unity in Nigeria was candidly discussed. Issa-Onilu acknowledged the absence of common objectives among Nigerians even after 63 years of independence. The complex citizenship dilemma persists, reflecting the challenge of establishing…
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Reps Inaugurate Committee for Constitution Review
By Milcah Tanimu The House of Representatives has inaugurated a 43-member Special Committee on Constitution Review with a mandate to amend the 1999 Constitution. The committee, led by Hon. Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House, has a 24-month deadline to submit its report. The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, stated that the…
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Insecurity: State Police Bill Scale 2nd Reading in House of Reps
From Lateef Taiwo The controversial bill seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to make way for the establishment of state police in the country has scaled through second reading in the House of Representatives. Although some lawmakers who spoke during the debate during plenary have expressed fear over the implementation of the state policing strategies…
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House of Reps Reaffirm Collaboration with Development Partners on Capacity Building
From Lateef Taiwo The House of Representatives has reaffirmed it readiness to partner with the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP,and other development partners in the country to improve the capacity of the members of the legislature and staff. Speaker of the House Hon.Tajudeen Abbas gave the assurance on Monday ,during the unveiling of the Parliamentary…
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Senate kicks against N17trillion loss on Tax Waivers
….As FIRS insists on stoppage of N2.7trillion fresh tax credit … Targets N19 .trillion as total tax collection for 2024 From Lateef Taiwo The Senate through its Committee on Finance on Monday, frowned at N17trillion loss incurred by the country on tax waivers within the last five years. It consequently urged the Federal Inland Revenue…
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Federal High Court Orders Investigation into Deaths of Dele Giwa and Other Journalists
In a significant development, a Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a directive on Friday, compelling the Federal Government to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators responsible for the killings of journalists in Nigeria spanning the period from 1986 to 2023. Among the victims mentioned is Dele Giwa, the founder of Newswatch Magazine. The legal…
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Emefiele: Former SGF Distances Self, Buhari From Alleged $6.2bn Withdrawal from CBN
From Lateef Taiwo In the resumed trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha, told the court that the withdrawal of…
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Akpabio is Not Habitually Late to Legislative Assignment – Eyibo
By Lateef Taiwo President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio, has described the allegations of breaching the senate rules on the conduct of plenary and other legislative activities as false narrative. An online publications had over the weekend released series of breaches in the conduct of the president of the Senate and the lacardiscal manners Senator…
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Alleged Terrorism Charges: Court sends Five Fubara’s loyalists to Prison
From Lateef Taiwo The federal High court Abuja has ordered five Port-Harcourt-based men arraigned by the Federal Government on terrorism charges to be remanded in kuje prison in Abuja. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon declared that all five men are to remain in prison custody till February 2 when their respective bail applications would be determined by…
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Public Opinion Cannot Override Constitution In Nigeria’s Judiciary- CJN Ariwoola Says
From Lateef Taiwo The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday said that although several vitriolic attacks are regularly heaped on the judiciary; it is crystal clear and important to know that public opinion, no matter how serious or weighty it might be, cannot override or supersede the Constitution of the country…