Tag: Judiciary
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TNG SPECIAL REPORT: 21 years after, how the Judiciary fared under a sustained Constitutional Democracy in Nigeria
…how elections were won in courts since 1999 till date By Emmanuel Bagudu On May 29, 1999, Nigeria established a new constitutional democracy with a democratically elected president,Olusegun Obasanjo ushering in the fourth republic and Nigeria’s highest legal document; the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). This singular development unchained the…
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FG releases details of judiciary financial autonomy order
The federal government has released details of Executive Order 10, which grants financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary at the State level. The details were released by Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media to Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami four days after it was signed into law by President Mohammadu Buhari. Read details…
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Governors meet over independence of state’s legislature, judiciary
The thirty- Six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF will meet tomorrow to brainstorm on President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order granting financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary at the state level. The governors who will be holding their 9th teleconference meeting since the lockdown that resulted from the outbreak…
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Buhari signs Executive Order granting financial autonomy to state legislature, judiciary, demands full compliance
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed into law the Executive Order Number 10 of 2020 for the implementation of Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary. Dr Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on Media and Public Relations disclosed this on Friday in Abuja. The…
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Who regulates the political industry? – Chidi Amuta
By Chid Amuta Since 1999, democracy has delivered two persisting dividends to Nigeria: a predictable calendar of national ritual and a gigantic all- powerful political industry. Imperfections and disfigurements notwithstanding, we now have a fair idea of what must happen in this polity every four years. The campaigns. The festival of rallies. The pageant of…
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Bayelsa: Why Buhari did not interfere with judiciary – Presidency
The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari refused to interfere with the judgment of the Supreme Court, annulling the victory of his party in Bayelsa state. The Supreme Court on Thursday sacked the APC governor-elect in Bayelsa State, David Lyon after some irregularities were uncovered in the credentials of his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo.…
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Tinubu warns against attack on judiciary over unfavourable court judgements
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday cautioned against undue vilification of the Judiciary. Tinubu said Judiciary, being an important pillar in the sustenance of democracy, must be respected and its image protected always. He advised that, having adopted democracy as a system of government, we must learn…
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Judiciary under Buhari, Tanko no longer last hope of common man – PDP
…Threatens nationwide ‘civil disobedience’ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened nationwide civil disobedience over what it described as dangerous drift in the affairs of the nation. The party, still smarting from the loss of the Imo State governorship seat to the All Progressives Congress (APC) through the Supreme Court, demanded a total overhaul of…
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(TNG Analysis): Nigerian judiciary showcased an all time low in 2019 – Lawyers
…Onnoghen’s removal was a bad signal …it was a sad and gloomy judicial calendar for Nigerians ….Judiciary and the ‘Hurdle Race’ of Safeguarding Rule of Law in 2020 after a challenging 2019 Emmanuel Bagudu, Abuja No doubt the year 2019 was very challenging for the Nigerian Judiciary. The third Arm of Government during the year…
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Representative democracy and Nigerians lost battle – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu It is for the purpose of checks and balances that developers of democracy, from origin, enshrined the three concepts or layers into government. Without the three layers; Executive, Legislature and Judiciary, conceptualised by the founding fathers, practice of democracy would have been so frustrating. If the stages of designing policy into prosecution…