Nigeria upper legislative chamber, the senate, on Thursday confirmed Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as the President of the Court of Appeal. The development is sequel to the presentation and consideration of the screening report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central) is the chairman of the … Read more
The delay in confirmation of Monica Dongban-Mensem as substanstive president of the court of appeal might not be unconnected to a plot to edge her out and pave way for a northerner in the person of Mohammed Lawal Garba. The National Judicial Council (NJC) had sent her name as the rightful substantive head of the … Read more
The Court of Appeal on Friday affirmed the judgment of Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, finding that the Government of Kaduna State violated the constitutional rights of Audu Maikori, when they arranged to abduct him from his residence in Lagos to Kaduna in February 2017 on the orders of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir … Read more
Orji Kalu is set to resume at the senate tomorrow Tuesday, May 11 after 5 Months In Prison. Ekohotblog recalls that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu the former Abia State governor was jailed in December 2019 over allegation of misappropriation of Abia’s state funds to the tune of N7.6 billion during his tenure; between 1999 and … Read more
President of Court of Appeal, Honourable Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa OFR. CFR, will on March 6, 2020 bow out of the Bench as she clocks the statutory mandatory retirement age of 70 years for Justices of Appeal Court. In a programme of event lined up for her retirement , a special valedictory court session/ reception in … Read more