Habeebulah Asudemade, a 400 level student of the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan (UI), has won the fourth edition of the annual ‘Fisayo Soyombo Inter-University Essay Contest organised by the Union of Campus Journalists (UCJ), UI. Asudemade beat more than 170 applicants, half of whom were students of universities other than UI, to clinch the first prize of N200,000 and [...]
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Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says contempt of law as witnessed in Nigeria is worst under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Soyinka was reacting to the refusal of the Department of State Services (DSS) to obey court orders and release Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, who has been granted bail twice. The DSS arrested Sowore on August 3 and he is standing trial [...]
The number of lawyers holding the senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title will increase by 38 on Monday. In a statement on Wednesday, Festus Akande, director, press and information of the supreme court, said the lawyers will be sworn in by Tanko Muhammad, chief justice of Nigeria. A total of 117 legal practitioners had applied for the rank of SAN, but the [...]
On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari took an unprecendent move when he suspended Walter Onnoghen as chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) over his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The president said Onnoghen’s removal followed the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which ordered that he should be suspended and replaced with his second-in-command. But the big question [...]
Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says every Nigerian, irrespective of his or her social class, is answerable to the law. He said this in reaction to criticisms on the police invitation of Senate President Bukola Saraki over the robbery in Offa, Kwara state. On Monday, Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), asked Saraki to appear at the office of intelligence response team (IRT) [...]
Amasa Firdaus, the law graduate at the centre of the hijab controversy, says she was used an an instrument by God. The University of Ilorin graduate was in December denied access to the call to bar ceremony which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, for refusing to remove her hijab. She had insisted that the wearing the hijab does not [...]
Amasa Firdaus, the law graduate who sparked controversy for challenging the restriction on use of hijab during call-to-bar ceremonies, has been called to bar. Firdaus was called on Tuesday, seven months after the controversy. Firdaus was in December denied entry into the hall for the ceremony which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, for refusing to remove her hijab. She had [...]
Despite the controversies and criticisms that have trailed the reviewed land use law by the Lagos state government, its details are yet to be made public. On January 29, the state house of assembly passed the land use charge bill and Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of the state, signed it into law on February 8. All that is known about the law are [...]
In the first ten days of 2018, over 80 people died in the clashes between farmers and herdsmen in Benue state. The crisis has lingered on for years without a lasting solution. In a bid to curb these attacks, Samuel Ortom, governor of the state, signed the anti-grazing bill into law on May 22, 2017. Although the governor said the law would put an [...]
The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has said it will write the presidency over a law graduate's inability to attend a call to bar ceremony because of her insistence on wearing hijab. Amasa Firdaus, the law graduate, had made public the details of the incident which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Her experience has resulted in an ongoing debate [...]
BY OSHO SAMUEL For every prestigious institution of higher learning, it is a commendable feat to exude uniqueness in the execution of plans but not all signs of distinction connote outstanding excellence. In institutions where policies are implemented to frustrate the efforts of students, there is a threat to the dimensions of intellectual engagement possible in such climes. I was shocked and [...]
The Lagos state government has assured all residents of the state that the new environmental protection and management law is in their interest. Steve Ayorinde, commissioner for information and strategy, said this in a statement, saying it is in line with the reforms in the environment sector "to ensure cleaner environment and public health safety in the state". Some civil society organisations [...]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has said that the trend of hate speeches in Nigeria could become a hydra-headed monster if left unaddressed. He said for Nigeria to achieve a just and egalitarian society, appropriate laws must be enacted to check hate speeches. The minister made this known while speaking on Tuesday night in Lagos at the conference dinner of [...]
The federal government has suspended the law that forced Enoch Adeboye to step down as the Nigeria overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), under Jim Obazee, had directed not-for-profit organisations — including churches and mosques — to comply with a corporate governance code stipulating a term of 20 years for heads of such entities. It was [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed eight bills passed by the national assembly into law. Ita Enang, special adviser to the president on national assembly matters (senate), disclosed this to state house correspondents on Friday. According to him, the bills signed into law were: prevention of crime amendment Act, 2016; the national crop varieties and livestock breeds (registration) amendment Act, 2016. Others were telecommunications [...]
Maryam Begel, a member of the Bauchi state house of assmebly, on Wednesday said investigations have revealed that the HIV virus is spreading faster in matrimonial homes in most northern states. Begel, representing Dass constituency in the assembly, said in Bauchi, it appeared precautionary measures were taken by partners only when meeting outside matrimonial homes, than when at home. “We did an [...]
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