Bar Misconduct: Supreme Court judgment puts LPDC in the dock
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, on June 26, delivered a landmark judgment that appears to have placed in the dock decisions of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) on allegations of misconduct by lawyers.In a five-to-two decision, a seven-member panel of the court declared section 12(7) of the Legal Practitioners Act (as amended) (LPA) […]
Why we translate part of 1999 constitution to local dialects- A G Balyesa state
By Abdulwahab Abdulah Anthony George-Ikoli made headlines four years ago when he emerged the first Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Bayelsa state. Since then, George-Ikoli had gone further to become the first SAN to occupy the office of the Attorney-General of the state. It is a great challenge to this silk as he has to […]
SERAP urges Clinton to press Nigeria to explain spending of recovered loot
By Innocent Anaba The Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged US Secretary of State Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton to use her visit to Nigeria scheduled to begin on August 10 2009, to press the Nigerian government to exercise sufficient political will and good faith to fight high level official corruption in the country, […]
The Lagos LCDA palaver : Beyond the emotions
By Emmanuel Majebi It was a very tough decision for me to decide to write this article about the LCDA’s controversy especially when I find myself in a position where I do not for once agree with the Lagos state Government! The present Governor of Lagos State has performed well and is a breath of […]
Emergence of real winner in Ihiala Federal Constituency election
By Kayode Matthew In other civilised climes, it is unheard of that someone who was not a candidate in an election could be declared the winner of that election by the electoral umpire. In Nigeria however, where nothing is impossible, the ‘winner’ will not only exploit the loopholes in the law to enable him remain […]
Senate moves to amend section 64 of the Evidence Act
By Emmanuel Aziken When the Evidence Act was first enacted 64 years ago it neither envisaged the use of computer technology nor the use of mobile telephone text messages in fraud. It is thus not surprising that clear evidence of the use of computers and mobile phones remain inadmissible in Nigerian courts today. Rather, the […]
