Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,159,259 members, 7,839,316 topics. Date: Friday, 24 May 2024 at 04:52 PM

Emmaculate's Posts

Nairaland Forum / Emmaculate's Profile / Emmaculate's Posts

(1) (of 1 pages)

Agriculture / Re: IITA's Agricultural Innovation Open day (Nov15-2015 *pictures*) by Emmaculate(m): 5:26pm On Nov 16, 2015
Hello Sir,
Thanks a lot for posting This relevant information
Please how can I purchase the weeding machine.
Properties / Re: Solutions To Win A Case When A Land Dispute Goes Wrong by Emmaculate(m): 1:02pm On Oct 23, 2012
I write to commend you for the brilliant work you are doing in enlightening people with regards to Landmatters generally. All that you have stated here and in your other write ups are all "on point". I speak as a Lawyer who frequents Alausa (lands) for perfection matters either assignment or mortgage and am also involved in land litigation. I follow your write ups and cannot be agree with you totally.

Please keep up the good work and I pray God Almighty reward you in His own peculiar ways. I say this because I see a lot of people being cheated of their hard earned money just because of their ignorance in handling Landmatters. Sadly, too the government does not appear to have effective mechanism to tackle this menace.

Once again continue the good work and in my own way am also filling the knowledge gap

Regards,

1 Like

Politics / Re: President Jonathan Appoints 22 New Judges by Emmaculate(m): 2:49pm On Jul 14, 2010
, HE was unquestionably the most popular judge on the bench of the Lagos State judiciary. Brilliant, suave, calm, he handles most of the popular and controversial cases in Nigeria. He was appointed to the Lagos bench in the early 2000s. Recently, the federal authorities took notice of his brilliance

and made move to appoint him to the Court of Appeal. He approached the Lagos authorities for recommendation but he was refused. Reason: He is not a Lagosian.

His lordship is not the only one in this boat which appears to be the lot of any civil servant who is not a Lagos indigene and who is qualified for the top job. Regardless of merit, non indigenes are tactically being excluded from getting to top posts like permanent secretaries and directors in the state civil service.

Lagos, a metropolitan city state has attracted many people into her midst, allowing for a situation where non indigenes have gained prominence in the society. This includes the Civil Service where non indigenes are even more than the indigenes.

The society has grown to become one through relationships like marriages, politics and economics. Non indigenes are known to have contributed even more to the development of the metropolis than the indigenes, who have now risen up to claim their natural rights. Non indigenes are known to have held positions such as commissioners, permanent secretaries, directors, and even governor in the state.

However all these seem to be changing as prominent indigenes have risen up to insist that indigenes must be given top priority in every appointment. One of such indigenous groups is the association of retired judges of Lagos headed by the revered Hon Ishola Oluwa, a retired judge of the Lagos High Court.

This group appears to have convinced the Governor Babatunde Fashola government of the need to give priority to the indigenes of the state in every civil service appointment.

If there is any sector where this is prominent, it is in the state judiciary. This has pitted the governor against the Chief Judge, Justice Inumidun Akande and the entire judiciary as the men on the Bench insist that the law and due process must be followed in all appointments.

In 2008, the former Chief Registrar of the high court of Lagos State, Mr Owolabi Dabiri was appointed a judge, creating an opening in his former office. By hierarchy, the Deputy Chief Registrar in the person of Mr Olugbenga Ogundare was supposed to be appointed to fill the vacuum. Rather than this to happen, his junior, Mrs Lateefat Folami was appointed as Chief Registrar.

To add to Mr Ogundare's woes, he deputised for Mrs Folami for more than six months while she was on maternity leave. Virtually all staff of the judiciary, including judges, in separate interviews with the Nigerian Compass on Saturday, confirmed that Ogundare is a brilliant and sound Chief Magistrate. The only difference is that while Folami is a Lagosian, Ogundare hails from Iyin- Ekiti, Ekiti State. But Ogundare had worked all his life in Lagos, pays his tax in Lagos and can hardly speak the Ekiti dialect of the Yoruba Language. When asked, the former Chief Judge, Hon Augustine Ade- Alabi was alleged to have said he was under intense pressure to appoint a Lagosian.

Ade-Alabi, like Ogundare is not a Lagosian. He hails from Ifon in Ondo State. However, he had a distinguished carrier in Lagos. He rose through the ranks in the Lagos State Ministry of Justice to the position of Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary before he was appointed unto the Bench of the State judiciary by the administration of the late Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudashiru, a Lagos indigene from Ikorodu.

If there is anything that is causing stakeholders worry, it is the new list of candidates to be appointed to the bench which the Lagos State government has allegedly sent to the National Judicial Council, the appointing authority.

Even the Nigeria Bar Association has scathing remarks on some of the nominees. The Bar gave a detailed analysis of every name on the list and some of them were said not to be worthy of the Bench by the gentlemen of the Bar.

Investigations revealed that the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) invited candidates who want to be elevated to the bench to apply. Thirty people applied, and the commission conducted both written and oral interviews at the end of which it drew a list of 14 candidates. The list was submitted to the governor for ratification.

By the time the governor's list came out, it was radically different from the one submitted by the JSC. The list of the governor includes the following names: Christopher Ayodeji Balogun, Lateefat Folami, Kafeel Omobolaji Dawodu, Adedayo Adeola Akintoye, Latifat Atinuke Oluyemi, Olufunke Abiola Loko, and Ibironke Olatunbosun Harrison.

Others are Oyindamola Adeola Ogala, Emmanuel Olugbenga Ogundare, Olabisi Olasubomi Ogungbesan, Iyabo Olamide Akinkugbe, Elizabeth Mopelola Idowu- Alakija, Seditan Sosi Ogunsanya and Olufunke Oshin.

A cursory look at the list reveals the first seven as Lagosians while the rest are non indigenes. Most of the names in numbers one to seven are junior to the last seven. The list submitted to the governor by the JSC had most of the names in the second seven on top of the list by merit.

The implication of this is that the NJC may give priority to the first seven when appointment is to be made. Right now, it is unclear the number of judges that NJC would appoint for Lagos State. The highest number expected even by the government is eight. This means all the non indigenes would not be appointed, except the NJC gets to know the politics behind the list and directs a relisting.

The Bar however did not agree with the governor's list as the Ikeja branch, otherwise known as the tiger branch presented a contrary opinion. The NBA list and recommendation which was exclusively obtained by the Nigerian Compass on Saturday reads thus:

Mr Christopher Ayodeji Balogun: ' He is a seasoned and well comported legal practitioner, clearly fit for a place in the Bench'.

Mrs Olabisi Olusolabomi Ogungbesan: ' Presently she is the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the state and ordinarily ought to qualify for appointment as a judge. However, the following facts should be noted.

a)That under her, the office of the DPP is tardy in the issuance of legal advice even where suspects are in prison custody for years
b)That she projects a weak and almost colourless personality in her prosecutorial duties in the court. We believe that if placed on the bench she would be a slow and easily intimidated and wrongfully influenced judge.

Mrs Lateefat Abiola Morayo Folami: She is a Chief Magistrate and the incumbent Chief Registrar of the High Court of Lagos State. As an administrator, she rates average in our view, but does better as a magistrate. However, she is noted for using leg-chain during office hours which is tantamount to improper dressing.

Mrs Ibironke Olatunbosun Harrison: She is a seasoned legal practitioner but we doubt her integrity vis-a- vis her fiduciary relationship with her clients. Presently, she is facing enquiries from both the NBA and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over her handling of a client's money.
Mrs Lateefat Funke Oluyemi: A hard working , diligent, and level- headed legal practitioner and author. A good material for the bench.

Mrs Oyindamola Ogala: She is a Chief Magistrate and Deputy Sheriff of the High Court of Lagos State. She is diligent and hard working. She also has good human relations.

Mrs Fatimat Ibrahim Kazeem: From our investigation, she is not known to be in active legal practice and such may not have a good grasp of the practical realities of litigation and advocacy.

Mrs Sedotan Sosi Ogunsanya: From our investigation, she is a state counsel in the ministry of justice and anonymous, having little experience in active legal practice.

Mr Emmanuel Olugbenga Ogundare: Presently he is the Deputy Chief Registrar (Administration) and was in the post of Deputy Chief Registrar (Special Duties) of the Lagos State High Court. He is also the Secretary of the Public Complaints and Training Committee. As an administrator, he is very diligent, conscientious, and thorough. As a magistrate, he is knowledgeable, firm, fair, industrious, and well comported with high level of integrity. He will certainly be a great asset to the Bench.

Miss Olufunke Abiola Loko: Our investigations shows that she is a gentle, amiable, and well behaved legal practitioner but with a quiet and perhaps unsubstantiated practice.

Mrs Elizabeth Mopelola Idowu Alakija: She is an Assistant Director in the Ministry of Justice, who to the best of our knowledge is not into active litigation until very recently. Even in court, her understanding of the law is suspect.

Mrs Iyabo Akinkugbe: She is a Chief Magistrate and a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Lagos High Court. She is a humble and diligent magistrate with good comportment.

Mr Kafeel Bolaji Dawodu: Not known to Ikeja Bar.
Mrs Adedayo Adeola Akintoye: Joined the Lagos State Magistracy in 2005. She is now a Chief Magistrate. She is diligent, hard working, and calm. However, considering her inexperience in legal practice in Nigeria (she sojourned abroad before returning only in2005), she may not have the requisite experience.

Mrs Funlola Adesola Odunlami: Though she is a director in the ministry ofjustice, she is not known to be a counsel involved in litigation. She is known to be strictly an administrative officer and as such may lack the requisite experience and knowledge to discharge judicial duties effectively and properly.

Mrs Olufolake Oshin: She is a Chief Magistrate and a Deputy Chief Registrar(Legal). She is an amiable diligent and knowledgeable magistrate with good comportment and intellectual bent.

The NBA recommendation is certainly not favourable to the government A-list. Nor has the governor's list found favour with the judges on the Lagos Bench. As at the time of going to the press, the Nigerian Compass on Saturday learnt that the appointment of judges had been suspended by the new Chief Judge, Justice Inumidun Akande.

Our investigations further revealed that immediately after the governor sent his list to the NJC, he dissolved the JSC, the constitutional body set up by law to handle appointments. The JSC comprises the Chief Judge, Attorney General of the State, Mrs Williams SAN, and Mr Okunnu. A few weeks after, he presented four new members to the Chief Judge. Our investigations revealed that all the governor's nominees are from Lagos Island.

Justice Akande was reported to have promptly rejected the list on the basis that it did not meet the constitutional guideline for such appointment. Constitutionally, all the geographical areas of the state must be represented. These are Lagos Island, Ikorodu, Epe, and Badagry. This explains why the appointment of judges in the state has been stalled since there cannot be an appointment without the JSC in place.
Sources revealed that already, the state's judges have set up a committee among themselves to write out their position on this issue and other sundry matters, like the magistracy, and make their position on the known. The die is cast between the two tiers of government. It remains to be seen who will blink first.

Our investigations further revealed that the owner occupier houses given to the judges has become an issue between the two levels of government. The government is alleged to have directed that the judges must pay a certain amount of money within the next two months or lose the ownership of the houses. Sources further revealed that every effort made by the Chief Judge to see the governor on the matter has proved abortive.

This is not the first time appointment of judges is generating such furore in the Lagos State Judiciary. In March 2001, the then Chief Judge, Hon Christopher Segun faced a stiff opposition from the retired judges group in the appointment of judges and magistrates in the state. Segun however refused to budge.

In a petitioned signed by six retired judges, namely: C.O Bada, Ademola Adeola, Hotonu, Ishola Olorunnimbe, Ishola Oluwa, and Sikiru Adagun, the group upbraided Hon Segun for insisting on appointing non indigenes into both the lower and upper benches in the state. According to them, 'it is against the principles and protocol of indigenisation as practised and recognised in the other thirty-five states of the Federation'. But Segun maintained that acceding to the retired judge's request would sound the death knell of not only the judiciary, but also the administration of justice system in the state. He said: 'All they want me to do is to appoint their children as judges. Two of them had already approached me. If they think they can blackmail me, they have missed the road. I ask them, were they themselves appointed this way? They want to ruin the bench. If we do not appoint people that have been in service for upward of 22 years, who have been tested and found to be worthy, who are we going to appoint? If we accede to their request wouldn't the system stagnate?'
Autos / Re: *ARRIVED* Cleanest 2004 Nissan Murano In Usa ( Preordered By Taxanalyst ) by Emmaculate(m): 4:45pm On Jan 26, 2010
hi, inspired_m,
my email add, is harrison6016@yahoo.co.uk
many tanx
Autos / Re: Pre-0rder Like No Other- - Guaranteed Satisfaction - - Never Be Undersold--@@ by Emmaculate(m): 4:30pm On Jan 26, 2010
my email, is harrison6016@yahoo.co.uk, pls notify me asap,
many tanx
Autos / Re: Pre-0rder Like No Other- - Guaranteed Satisfaction - - Never Be Undersold--@@ by Emmaculate(m): 4:27pm On Jan 26, 2010
hi, fhemmy,,i need a camry 2001 full options, can i have your gsm no. if you are online so i can give you a call
Autos / Re: Check The VIN OF Your Car Or Vehicle by Emmaculate(m): 8:53pm On Nov 17, 2009
P
email is harrison6016@yahoo.co.uk,
Many tanx
Autos / Re: Check The VIN OF Your Car Or Vehicle by Emmaculate(m): 8:37pm On Nov 17, 2009
Pls kindly assist me with the vin report for
1HGCM56353A137838,
Many tanx,
Autos / Re: Brand New Kia Vehicles For Sale! New Price Update by Emmaculate(m): 5:36pm On Oct 15, 2009
, please answer this,

Airbags are standard features not optional in all brand new cars sold in US , Canadian, European Markets , why are they not standard in (your brand new cars) sold in the Nigerian market,

yet the purchase price is quite high, not reflecting the absence of such standard features,

is it because Nigerians dont know ,
Autos / Re: No more vin checks by Emmaculate(m): 11:08am On Aug 10, 2009
[[color=#990000]i]Let me know on your next vehicle purchase, if I don't have in my inventory. I can get you something good at the auctions, all you have to do is let me know how much you are willing to spend to get it to Lagos, do not include clearing amount in what you send. Good luck with your car.

what would it cost to ship the following 2 lagos port, inclusive of clearing at d port''

,  honda accord 2006 or 2007 full option
,  toyota camry 2006, full option
, how do i effect payment,
Autos / Re: Vin Check by Emmaculate(m): 3:45pm On Aug 07, 2009
my guy, yr doing a great job,,,
pls help with records for the following VIN,

JTDBL40E599039646

1HGCP26488A028828,

MANY TANX,
Autos / Re: No more vin checks by Emmaculate(m): 2:55pm On Aug 07, 2009
@FARAMADE,,
HELLO, pls help with , d full history of
JTDBL40E599039646

1HGCP26488A028828

your contribution is priceless

Tanx a bunch,
Autos / Re: No more vin checks by Emmaculate(m): 6:35pm On Aug 03, 2009
yes,,d car seems to be acting up, brake system,,high consumption of fuel,,loud noise from engine, inner light dash board and cd problems, grin undecided
Autos / Re: No more vin checks by Emmaculate(m): 6:27pm On Aug 03, 2009
d car has been in naija 4 d past 2 years,
Autos / Re: No more vin checks by Emmaculate(m): 6:25pm On Aug 03, 2009
WOW, SO FAST,,,,,tanx a million,,,
i really appreciate this,
Autos / Re: No more vin checks by Emmaculate(m): 5:02pm On Aug 03, 2009
Hello, pls help with this,

1HGCM66573A062194,

Tanx alot,
Autos / Re: Sos! Chevrolet/nmi Intermotors Want To Dupe Me. by Emmaculate(m): 1:35pm On Jul 13, 2009
contact
consumer rights protection agency,
ministry of justice,
Alausa, ikeja
Jokes Etc / Re: Application Form For Permission To Date My Daughter by Emmaculate(m): 4:45pm On Jul 18, 2008
hello guys, heard 9ice got married on 17th july 2008 pls can anyone confirm this
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Last Nigerian Virgin! by Emmaculate(m): 4:42pm On Jul 18, 2008
Emmaculate:

you are not d only virgin left, many others are available
hello guys,,,, heard that nice 9ice got married yesterday, pls can anyone confirm this
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Last Nigerian Virgin! by Emmaculate(m): 8:28pm On Aug 20, 2007
you are not d only virgin left, many others are available
Romance / Re: Why Do People Double Date? by Emmaculate(m): 8:13pm On Jul 19, 2007
cool if we want 2 b real it does not pay 2 double date

(1) (of 1 pages)

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 56
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.