President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, wade into the crisis presently rocking the Judiciary. Lawan gave the directive on Wednesday, moments before the chamber adjourned plenary. He said, “We may recall that there were some issues coming out…
The River state Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that his government will not enact a bill for financial autonomy of the judiciary. The governor maintained that it will be futile to bother the State Assembly with such bill since the 1999 constitution as amended already recognises independence of the judiciary. Wike made this assertion…
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday filed a law suit against President Muhammadu Buhari challenging his decision to extend the tenure of Mohammed Adamu, the inspector-general of police (IGP). Adamu was supposed to have retired in February after completing the maximum 35 years in service but was given a three month extension by the…
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has called on legal practitioners to join hands with the Commission in its bid to free Nigeria of corruption. He gave this charge on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at the opening of a one-day workshop organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in…