Time for judges to wake up – Punch Newspapers
NIGERIA’S gradual descent to the nasty and brutish state of nature is accelerating with the incessant and arbitrary detention of citizens. However, it gets more worrying when the judiciary, which…
NIGERIA’S gradual descent to the nasty and brutish state of nature is accelerating with the incessant and arbitrary detention of citizens. However, it gets more worrying when the judiciary, which…
A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Chief Malcolm Richard Omirhobo, is a firebrand constitutional lawyer, and activist. He recently dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to court over Arabic inscriptions on…
In The Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Process & Industrial Developments Limited [2020] EWHC 2379 (Comm), the English High Court (“Court”) granted the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“Nigeria”) an extension…
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) is at the centre of struggle for both financial and administrative autonomy of the Judiciary. MOSES JOHN speaks with President of the union…
Earlier this month, the High Court handed down a significant judgment[1] granting the Federal Republic of Nigeria more time to challenge a US$10 billion arbitral award issued against it in…
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has succeeded in obtaining an extension of time for its challenge of a US$6.6 billion arbitral award made against it in 2017.1 The award now…
Sujimoto Nigeria’s leading luxury Real Estate brand, Sujimoto, has won the just concluded Time Tech Award, a prestigious continental award organised to celebrate Africa’s most influential corporate brand particularly on…
With mounting criticisms over the country's rising debt stock, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, told PREMIUM TIMES' Business Editor, Bassey Udo, that only time will…
With mounting criticisms over the country’s rising debt stock, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, told PREMIUM TIMES’ Business Editor, Bassey Udo, that only time will…
Jonas Agwu, amnipr, mcipr, mprsa,arpa Assistant Corps Marshal I love football. In fact, I am crazy and freaky about football. My craze is worse when it is about the Premiership…
A few weeks ago, a Kano Sharia Law Court sentenced a man, Yahaya Aminu Sharif, to death for speaking against Prophet Mohammed in one of his songs that went viral.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the Nigeria Bar Association to work towards reforming the Nigerian judicial processes to ensure the speedy dispensation of justice in the country.Buhari made the call on…
Oladimeji Ramon The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday decried what he described as the “terribly slow pace” of justice administration in the Nigerian courts. Buhari, who recalled…
One wish from Mrs. Chineze Ajoku, the mother of the 27-year-old woman killed by a container-laden trailer in Lagos recently, is for the state government to rid roads in the…
One wish from Mrs. Chineze Ajoku, the mother of the 27-year-old woman killed by a container-laden trailer in Lagos recently, is for the state government to rid roads in the…
Vincent Kalu Prolific writer and administrator, Chief Ireke Kalu Onuma, has said the most challenging problem facing Nigeria today is the skewed structure and constitution of the country. In this…
VIEWED customarily with suspicion, the Nigeria Police Force has persistently failed to earn the trust and respect of citizens despite its avowed claim that the “police is your friend.” Currently,…
Conflict Resolution in the Time of COVID-19--Voices from Seven Continents of the World: Africa Editor's Note: In this article series, seven leading mediators and conflict resolution practitioners share their…
Ibrahim Magu It’s time for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to open a new chapter in its chequered history, writes Samuel Ajayi When the suspended acting chairman of the…
ADVERTISEMENT Embattled Nigerian social media influencer, Adedamola Adewale Rukayat popularly referred to as Adeherself has finally broken silence after she was released by EFCC following her arrest.Adeherself was charged by…