This article by Festus Okoye discusses the process of taking election petitions to the Tribunals and Courts, and laments about the prevalence of the narrative that Courts and Election Tribunals displace voters’ decisions, due to a poor understanding of the adjudicatory role of Courts and Tribunals in electoral dispute resolution, which is ‘sui generis’. He explains the...
Public Input in Judicial Appointments: A Step Towards Transparency and Judicial Excellence By Monday Ubani The National Judicial Council (NJC) recently made a significant move that may reshape the future of judicial appointments in Nigeria. For the first time in a long while, the NJC invited members of the public to comment on the suitability...
AN OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY, SENATOR HOPE UZODIMMA: URGENT DEMAND TO SWEAR IN THE MOST SENIOR JUDGE OF THE IMO STATE HIGH COURT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NJC’S DIRECTIVE OF 29 AND 30 APRIL 2025, TO AVERT FURTHER JUDICIAL ANARCHY IN IMO STATE His Excellency, As a staunch advocate for a formidable judiciary and...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE It is no longer news that the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has given all business owners and entrepreneurs a June 10, 2025, deadline to register their businesses or face prosecution. The warning is contained in a Public Notice issued by the Commission and dated April 29, 2025. The implication of the warning...
APPLICATIONS OF NON-INSIDERS GO INTO THE BIN, THE ‘SLOTS’ HAD ALL BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE SONS, DAUGHTERS, WIVES, RELATIVES OF ‘OWNERS OF THE JUDICIARY’ …. ODINKALU In what some stakeholders consider as a groundbreaking move, the National Judicial Council (NJC) introduced a policy aimed at enhancing transparency and accountability in the appointment of judicial officers...
BY CHISOM ONUOHA In the wake of the recent Supreme Court judgement concerning the leadership crisis in the Labour Party, considerable confusion has ensued regarding who rightfully occupies the position of National Chairman and which faction INEC should officially recognize. This advisory aims to provide legal clarity and guidance which, regrettably, some legal advisers have...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former managing directors and senior officials of Nigeria’s three major state-owned refineries — Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. The officials were apprehended over the alleged mismanagement of $2.96 billion earmarked for refinery rehabilitation projects. The arrested...
Fiery rights and good governance advocate, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has berated the National judicial Council (NJC) for not taking harsher disciplinary measures against judges found to have compromised their judicial oaths. In a series of tweets seen by CITY LAWYER, the former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) stated that instead of praise,...
The Rivers State Government has queried the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, Mrs. Cordelia Eke over her role in the joint statement by NBA Rivers Chairmen which indicted the controversial Rivers State Sole Administrator, retired Vice-Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas. CITY LAWYER recalls that the eight chairmen of NBA branches in Rivers...
The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has given the green light to five universities to commence admission into the Law programme. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the Council also increased admission quota for Tier-1 University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) from 220 to 250 students. Confirming CITY LAWYER exclusive report, the statement also...