Sequel to different court verdicts, three business premises of alleged tax remittance defaulters have been sealed in Abia state. Two of the premises are in Aba while one is in Umuahia, the state capital. The three firms are Naupan Engineering Co. Ltd, AZ Emmy International Ltd (both at Aba) and Where Else Bar in Umuahia. Justice…
In recent times, several agencies and individuals have accused Nigerian government of not promoting rule of law. In this interview with JOSEPH ONYEKWERE, Lagos lawyer and arbitrator, Bamidele Adeleye says the country lacks strong institutions that provide the enabling environment for rule of law to flourish. He also spoke extensively on the publication of law…
The brazen violation of the fundamental rights of Nigerians by men of the Nigerian Police Force has taken a frightening turn with the arrest and detention of lawyers who accompanied Senator Dino Melaye to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office Guzape, Abuja to write his statement in respect of an allegation made against him. This…
The social media is awash with the news that two lawyers; David Amaefuna, Esq and Pius Ufo Inyang, Esq of the law firm of Rickey Tarfa & Co who were charged before Magistrate Court Guzape, FCT by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS) put in place by the Inspector General of Police, were…
The Lagos State government on Monday decried the conversion of residential buildings into religious centres by some property owners in the state. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Mr. Habib Aruna, the government warned residents to desist from such act. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdulhakeem Abdullateef, who…
A Lagos High Court Sitting in the Ikeja area has ordered a suspended judge at the Federal High Court, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, to face trial for alleged corruption. Justice Sherifat Solebo gave the order on Monday while ruling on the case of allegations of corruption preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Second Vice President, Nigerian Bar Association, Monday Ubani has said the decision of the federal government to withdraw money from the Excess Crude Account for 12 fighter jets without due approval by the National Assembly amounts to a breach of the nation’s constitution. Quoting Section 80 of the 1999 constitution and its stipulations on how money accruable…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos branch has said it would engage Lagos state government on the controversial land use charge, taxation, land documentation and other topical issues in its law week programme scheduled to commence May 5, 2018. In a pre-event briefing by the conference planning committee presided over by the chairman of the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has said that it is set to resume the prosecution of a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, for alleged criminal conversion of money belonging to the Ministry of Police Affairs into personal use while he…
While Messrs Visionscape Sanitation Solutions(VSS) has said there is no cause for alarm over the resolution of the Lagos State House of Assembly to summon the executive arm of the State government to explain the state of waste management in Lagos, lawyers who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune described the move as “failure of oversight…