The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Makurdi Branch, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order a probe into the invasion of Konshisha and Gwer East Local Government areas of Benue State. The appeal was contained in a statement issued by the Makurdi branch Chairman of the NBA, Mr Justin Gbagir. The Defence Headquarters had claimed that unknown […]
There is the need to ensure accountability for attacks on Journalists and media in Nigeria, thereby combating the culture of impunity for such attacks. This, according to the Head of Media Rights Agenda, MRA’s Legal Department, Ms Chioma Nwaodike is the aim of a two-day Workshop to enhance the capacity of Lawyers to litigate cases […]
Immediate past Chairmen and Members of Local Government Caretaker Committees in Oyo State have been directed to report at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) Office for their End of Tenure Assets Declaration as stipulated by the 5th Schedule of the 1999 Constitution. The Directive was contained in a press release signed by the State […]
The Chairman, Oyo State Chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, (JUSUN), Comrade Kayode Martins has called on the 36 State Governments to accede to the Union’s demand for financial autonomy of the Judiciary. Comrade Martins who is also the Chairman of the Oyo State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) made the […]
The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, has said the strike is still on because no concrete resolution had been reached. The Legal Adviser to JUSUN, Mariam Usuf-Gusau, made this known on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Abuja in an interview with Newsmen. It would be recalled that JUSUN began an indefinite strike on Tuesday […]
The Oyo State Chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, has paralysed judiciary activities in the State as the Union embarked on nationwide strike. BCOS News visited various Courts including the Federal High Court division, National Industrial Court, Court of Appeal, Oyo State High Court Iyaganku and High Court, Ring road, all in Ibadan. […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its chieftain, Mr Williams Edobor, challenging the certificate presented by Governor Godwin Obaseki to contest the 2020 governorship election in Edo State. A three-man panel of justices of the appellate court made the reservation […]
A Justice of the Supreme Court, Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta is dead. The Hon. Justice died on Sunday, March 7, 2021, after a yet-to-be-determined illness. The Senior Judge who was preparing for his retirement would have turned 70 years on March 30th, 2021. A communique confirming Justice Ngwuta’s demise was sent out by the Supreme Court, […]
The embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat are absent as their trial resumed on Monday, January 25, 2021, at the Kaduna State High Court. Security has been beefed up in the State capital, as well as all roads leading to the High Court complex. During […]
Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International has condemned the arrest of the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Mr Omoyele Sowore, and four others. In a series of tweets on Saturday, January 9, 2021, it called for the immediate release of the activists and demanded that the charges against them be dropped. The group said Mr […]