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LAGOS JUDICIAL PANEL SERVES JUSTICE QUICKLY LIKE A PLATE OF PORRIDGE BUT THE COURTS WILL COOK IT FOREVER

Acting on the powers conferred by the Tribunals of Inquiry Law, Laws of Lagos State, 2015, (“the Law”), on 19 October 2020, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, set up a panel known as the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti Robbery Squad Related Abuses. The Panel commenced […]

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February 20, 2021
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Case Law

HOW THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT STOPPED FEMI FALANA SAN FROM STRETCHING RIGHT TO FAIR HEARING TOO FAR

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) is a specialised Court created by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) with the exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine cases relating to employment. Unlike other courts, the NICN is one Court in Nigeria that has demonstrated the hunger of the Nigerian courts […]

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February 29, 2020
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Technicality in Law – CJN’s Misfire and the need to Reload.

INTRODUCTION On 17th of July, 2019, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad was confirmed by the Senate as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). During the proceedings at the Senate, Justice Muhammad, CJN was confronted with a question by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe [Senator representing Abia-South Senatorial District, Abia State under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party […]

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July 19, 2019
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Case Law

Lack of electricity delays judgment.

Dike v. Kay-Kay Construction Ltd [2017] 14 NWLR (Pt. 1584) 1 at 74, paras. A-B, per Tur, JCA: “Many a times there would be no power supply in Enugu Division in my house. Even if there was, the generator would often become dysfunctional, hence the delay in rendering my opinion in this appeal.” Blogger’s […]

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October 9, 2017
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Case Law

A Judge with little or no adequate knowledge of law is better than a corrupt Judge.

Makarfi v. Poroye [2017] 10 NWLR (Pt. 1574) 419 at 440-441, paras. G-D, per Saulawa, JCA: “…Instructively, implicit in the judicial oath subscribed to by all of us judicial officers, fundamentally requires a total commitment to the rule of law, to the dispensation of justice according to law, without fear and favour, affection or […]

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July 26, 2017
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