
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Tuesday 9th March 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 09/03/21
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Fed Govt mourns victims of terror attack in Equatorial Guinea
By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has sent condolences to President Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea over the explosions at a military base in Bata, which has wreaked havoc in the city. President Buhari’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba
Past Nigerian leaders weren’t prepared for power, says Kukah
By Alao Abiodun Bishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said Nigeria’s Presidents since independence came to power without preparing to solve the nation’s challenges. Kukah spoke during a virtual session moderated by Toyin Falola, a professor of History at the University of Texas in the United States (U.S.A), titled: Cast Without
Companies battle over disputed debt
By Robert Egbe Justice Lateefat Folami of an Ikeja High Court will on April 15 commence hearing of a debt dispute between Tata Africa Services Ltd and Jasper Biochemicals and Allied Products Ltd. In the suit, the claimant Tata Africa is seeking N39,088,877 from Jasper Biochemicals being the money allegedly owed it for the purchase
Firm asks court to freeze SAP accounts in CBN, 21 banks
By Robert Egbe B4G Consulting Ltd has asked a Lagos State High Court to restrain Systems Applications Products (SAP) from dissipating $3,371,945.27 and N5mllion with 28 Respondents including the Central Bank of Nigeria and 21 other banks, pending determination of an alleged contract breach suit. It is also seeking a Mareva injunction restraining the 1st-28th
‘How friend’s murder fired my resolve to study Law’
Daphne Ekpe’s love for debating meant Law was a natural choice of study. But a close friend’s death in 2010 strengthened her resolve to help victims of crime get justice. Ekpe, a 2016 alumna of the University of Ibadan and a First Class graduate of the Nigerian Law School, shares her story with ROBERT EGBE. My
Who does the law ascribe possession to where two parties claim to be in possession of land?
ADISA OGUNTADE & ANOR v. MR. MOSES OLAKUNLE OGUN CITATION: (2021) LPELR-52895(CA) In the Court of Appeal In the Ibadan Judicial Division Holden at Ibadan ON FRIDAY, 22ND JANUARY, 2021 Suit No: CA/IB/173/2011 Before Their Lordships: JIMI OLUKAYODE BADA Justice, Court of Appeal HARUNA SIMON TSAMMANI Justice, Court of Appeal FOLASADE
Wanted: Innovative processes for justice delivery
Benin-based lawyer, Douglas Ogbankwa writes that in the face of indequate funding of the judiciary, justice sector stakeholders must find creative ways to keep the system going, especially following the disruptions caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Judiciary eggheads in Nigeria will need to be innovative to find a solution to the problem of delay in
Ex-oil firm workers press for compliance with Supreme Court judgment
By Robert Egbe Former security employees of ExxonMobil have urged the Federal Government and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) to direct the oil giant to pay their exit entitlements as contained in a Supreme Court judgment of April 20, 2018. The 21 ex-workers made the plea in a statement signed on
Court stops production of Village Headmaster
By Joseph Jibueze The Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained Wale Adenuga Production Limited and its Chief Executive Officer Chief Wale Adenuga from producing or publishing a television series, the Village Headmaster. Justice Mohammed Liman ruled that the Anton Piller-type order would subsist pending the hearing of an interlocutory injunction. An Anton Piller order
The case for anonymous court proceedings in Nigeria
In this article, Ogbonna Chukwumerije of Pinheiro LP examines the operation of anonymisation of court proceedings in the United States and European Union as well as the need for a review of the rules of our various courts in Nigeria. The openness of judicial proceedings is a fundamental principle enshrined in Section 36 of the
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