By Emmanuel Majebi The recent sack of the Managing Directors and Executive Directors of 5 Nigerian bank – Intercontinental Bank PLC, Fin Bank, Union Bank, Oceanic Bank and Afribank – brought to the fore one of the major reasons why our country may not proceed too far on the path of development in a hurry
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By Emeka Ajaegbo The problem of 37 new Local Government Areas or Local Council Development Areas created by the Lagos State Government was created by what we call the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its operations or implementation. How? Section 2(2) of the said 1999 Constitution provides; “Nigeria shall be a
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By Emeka Ngige The phrase “due process” is not new in our legal lexicon. It’s a phrase which I cannot say how it originated. I became acquainted with the phrase after reading the celebrated case of Gabriel Madukolu & Ors Vs Johnson Nkemdilim (1962) ALL N.L.R (Reprint) 581. I believe it was the first case
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), will from August 17, 2009, start its week long annual conference in Lagos, which will bring together over 8,000 lawyers. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Underdeveloped Nations, Failed Economies and Future of the Legal Profession’.. .

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The amnesty granted to Niger Delta militants has taken-off, with little hitches so far. At least, from reports available, some of the militants  have started laying down their arms, while some others are still giving condition for the total surrender of their arms, which is accomplished, will restore peace to the trouble Niger Delta region.
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As the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja division, handling the trial of the former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George and five others charged over alleged contracts splitting and inflation draws curtains on the case, both the prosecution and the defendants are in high spirits for the final judgment of the trail court.

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Prof Sonni Gwanle Tyoden, Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos bared his mind recently on issues relating to the institution and the university sector generally.
Excerpts:

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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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By Abdulwahab Abdulah Justice Augustine Adetula Alabi, the     chief judge of the High Court of Lagos     State will today (Friday) bows out of the judiciary after five years in saddle as the number one man in the state judiciary.  Justice Alabi, a native of Ido/ Ani in Ose local government area of Ondo
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The discipline was very high. Lawyers get away with murders these days, because issue of discipline is not properly handled. I was a member of the disciplinary committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for several years. Petitions we received against some lawyers are dirty ones.

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By Awa Kalu A Bridge too far’; That certainly is the title of the star studded movie shot in the eighties but based on the Second World War. The weight and calibre of the stars in that movie reminds me of the calibre of the ‘’stars’’ in the imaginary movie arising from the Yar’Adua and
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