News FRSC gets new Corps Marshal BarandbenchMay 22, 2024May 22, 20240 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) now has a new Corp Marshal/Chief Executive Officer, Shehu Mohammed. The new Corps Marshal/CEO… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured CJN’s repeated advice to judges to ignore public opinion in deciding cases worrying—Okutepa, SAN BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 Respected member of the inner bar, Chief Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, SAN has described as worrying the serial advice by the… Read More
Litigation Court freezes all accounts, assets linked to Capital Trust Investment over alleged N6.2b debt BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has restrained all commercial banks, from releasing, further releasing or dealing in any… Read More
Business Again, CBN raises benchmark interest rate to 26.25% BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the benchmark interest rate by 150 basis points to 26.25% from 24.75%. … Read More
Bar and Bench Nine LASU Law graduates make list of 13 appointed as high court judges in Lagos BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 Nine alumni of the Faculty of Law of the Lagos State University (LASU) made the list of the 13 newly… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Low Budget: I was sometimes under temptation to shut some Appeal Courts down—Justice Dongban Mensem BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban- Mensem, on Monday disclosed that she had fallen into temptation… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Why judicial officers must not succumb to pressure in election cases–CJN BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has advised judicial officers never to succumb to either public opinion… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured 40 years after, BOSAN suffers major crack BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 Forty years after it was established to promote highest standard of professional ethics amongst its members, the Body of Senior… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Granting judges 800% salary increase without reviewing support staff pay ‘ll be counter-productive— Prof. Odinkalu BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 Human rights activist, Prof Chidi Odinkalu has faulted the on-going move to review upward the salaries of judicial officers by… Read More
Commentary Have you seen President Tinubu lately, asks Bolaji O. Akinyemi BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 I sounded like a lone voice over the past three weeks of consistently asking for the whereabouts of my President…. Read More