More than ten years before Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua assumed office as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , the Nigerian judiciary was sick. The malady in the justice system was so pronounced at the time that it gave not only the right thinking Nigerians the reason to worry but also the successive military governments which largely contributed to the woes of the third arm of government.

Often, more damage is done to the victims through improvised rescue. The question then is whether the rescue scenario painted above has any implications under the law. It has to be stated quickly that the law is happy with the rescuer (call him the Good Samaritan) and though this subject is intricate, it ought to be noted rather quickly too, that the law also offers protection to the rescuer.

The National Judicial Council, the apex body for the nation’s Judiciary, is one of the Federal Executive Bodies created under Section 153 of the 1999 constitution.

By Laja Thomas The rationale for the  delisting of INEC as a Federal Executive body removes the requirement that the Chair must be a member of a political party. The participants therefore made the following recommendations. The appointment of the Chair of INEC shall be by the Council of State which is headed by the […]

The central challenge for contemporary public interest organizations involves not formulating strategies, but developing the funding and policy leverage to implement them. Virtually all organizations report major difficulties in meeting their financial needs.