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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Precious Igbonwelundu |Adebisi Onanuga |Alao Abiodun
CLEEN Foundation yesterday decried the low budgetary allocation for the implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL), calling on the federation units, particularly states to be intentional towards ensuring effective justice processes. The non-profit organisation stated this at a media dialogue on the need for increased budgetary allocation for the ACJL in Lagos.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Sanni Onogu |Adebisi Onanuga |Frank Ikpefan |Precious Igbonwelundu |Alao Abiodun
Thursday’s decision of the Senate to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months over alleged misconduct came under intense scrutiny and censure across the country yesterday. Critics, citing previous court judgments on similar suspensions, said neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives has power to suspend any of its members for more than 14 days.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adebisi Onanuga
Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday remanded 13 Chinese nationals over allegations of impersonation, fraud and attempts to destabilise Nigeria’s constitutional structure. The judge ordered the remand of the defendants after they pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adebisi Onanuga
Law Afamefuna and Nwachukwu, sons of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, have withdrawn their application before a Lagos High Court in which they were seeking to be joined as parties in a 2011 suit filed by Ogbonna Ojukwu and others against the Ojukwu Transport Limited, (OTL) and others. Justice Adebayo Oyebanji will on March 10, 2025, entertain the withdrawal of the joinder application filed before his court.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adebisi Onanuga
News Many Nigerians believe that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is losing its bite as an anti-graft agency. Legal experts have weighed in on how the commission can restore confidence in its operations, writes ADEBISI ONANUGA. The killing of an officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Aminu Sahabi Salisu on January 17 generated huge furore on social media.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adebisi Onanuga
A group, the Concerned Citizens of Ekiti Central Senatorial District, has threatened to file application before the court for an order of mandamus to compel the Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele to give an account of constituency allowances allocated to the district from June 2019 to date. The group made the request through their counsel, Kabir Akingbolu saying, they were considering the option to compel the senator of the district to perform his statutory obligations.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adebisi Onanuga
Law In December 2024, the Lagos State Government took a significant step forward in the administration of justice by enacting the Victims Assistance and Witness Protection Law. An International Human Rights and Justice Reform advocate, Mrs.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adebisi Onanuga
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, has created an online platform to monitor corruption in the judiciary. It will highlight impediments in the courtroom and its premises such as inefficiency, and none- or late sitting of judges. The new platform called “i-Witness” is a feature of the new website of the branch.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adebisi Onanuga
Law The late Chief Gani Fawehinmi( SAN) left a legacy of commitment to justice for the common man. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN) stated this in his goodwill message delivered at the 21st Chief Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture (Fawehinmiism 2025), with the theme: “Nigeria, 15 Years After Gani.”It was organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch in Lagos.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adebisi Onanuga
Activist lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has said the presence of two speakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly is unacceptable and must be rejected. Falana spoke yesterday in Lagos at the 21st memorial lecture of the late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehimi, at the Orunmila Hall of the Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja. The pro-Wike group in the state Assembly is being led by Martins Amaewhule as speaker, while the legislators loyal to Governor Simmelayi Fubara have Victor Jumbo as Speaker.
