News on Buhari's Health: Read Sections 144, 145 And 146 of the 1999 Constitution on what its state about his absence

Current trending report on air on the continued absence of the President Buhari from the country continues to cause discord among Nigerians and various protests like the recent #ResumeOrResign continues to spring up.

Well truth is most Nigerians are confused and not quite aware of what the Nigerian constitution says about a situation like this. 

A little research shows that section 145 of the 1999 constitution says that, 'whenever the President transmits to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a written declaration that he is proceeding on vacation or that he is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary such functions shall be discharged by the Vice-President as Acting President'.

Truth is, President Buhari did send a letter to the senate before embarking on

POLITICS: PDP Leadership Tussle - Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

 

Current news report as the Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment on appeal challenging the affirmation of Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, who presided, reserved the judgment after counsel to parties adopted their written addresses.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the party had on March 16, filed the appeal against Sheriff’s position.

The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt on Feb. 27 declared Sheriff as the

Senate President, Has Donates Pension To Law Graduates

This latest information reaching us on our news desk has it that The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Friday donated his pension as a former Governor of Kwara State to two best graduating students of the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, for the

‘Stop Begging For Failed Law School Students’ - Nigerian Body Of Benchers

The Body of Benchers, whose responsibility is to admit and call successful students of the School to the bar, has warned Nigerians to desist from begging for the students who failed their final Bar examination.

The Nigerian Law School was said to have recorded mass failure in the 2013/2014 final Bar examination. About 50 per cent of the students reportedly failed the examination.

The body, through its Chairman, Chief Onomigbo Okpoko (SAN), said in a statement obtained on Thursday that it had been inundated with requests of members of the public for waiver and review of the results.

Lawyer arraigned for killing fowl, breaking eggs

A 38-year-old lawyer, Hajiya Hamamatu Manu, was on Friday charged in a Gudu Upper Area Court in the FCT, Abuja, for allegedly killing a man’s fowl and breaking 19 of its eggs.



Manu, who resides at Apo resettlement, Abuja, is charged for mischief.

The prosecutor, Insp Emmanuel Edet, told the court that Terhemen Kolum of Zone B, Apo resettlement, Abuja, reported the matter at the Apo Police Station on Nov. 4.

Edet said that the accused killed the complainant’s fowl, destroyed 19 eggs and destroyed all the bricks that the complainant used in building his fowl’s house sometime in September.

Court strikes out Ojukwu’s ‘first son’ Debe’s N100m suit against Bianca, others

The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday struck out a N100 million suit against the family of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

The suit was filed by Chief Debe Odumegwu Ojukwu, who claims to be the warlord’s first son.

He sought the sum as damages for allegedly being excluded by some family members from participating in the burial rites of his late ‘father’.

Justice Okon Abang held that the court lacked jurisdiction to determine whether or not the applicant’s rights were breached.

The judge said the issue of alleged breach of rights was merely incidental to the issue of the applicant’s paternity, which the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain.

“This court cannot conveniently determine how the applicant was humiliated or discriminated against at the burial obsequies of the deceased without determining the parternity issue, whether the applicant is a child or the eldest son of the deceased.

“In the same vein, this court, under Fundamental Rights Procedure Rules or under Section 251 of the 1999 Constitution has no jurisdiction to determine the issue relating to applicant’s paternity.

“Until the paternity issue is resolved, the court that has the jurisdiction to entertain the case cannot really resolve the case of his alleged exclusion from performing the dust-to-dust funeral rite of the deceased,” the judge held.

Justice Abang added: “Put differently, if the applicant was allowed to take part in the funeral rite of the deceased or if the respondents did not allege that the applicant is an illegitimate child of the deceased, the alleged issue of discrimination, humiliation and