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Politics / Re: Suntai Dissolves Cabinet Amidst Controversies by practitioner(m): 9:45pm On Aug 28, 2013 |
my.thoughts:U re welcome. |
Politics / Re: Suntai Dissolves Cabinet Amidst Controversies by practitioner(m): 9:29pm On Aug 28, 2013 |
my.thoughts:Well, u re wrong, because d constitution contemplates both physical and mental stability and not jst mental stability as some ve wrongly said. Section 189(2) provides thus:"where d medical panel certifies in its report that in its opinion d governor or deputy governor is suffering from such INFIRMITY OF BODY or mind......." So, physical fitnesses is also a consideration. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 7:15am On Aug 24, 2013 |
Demdem:Mind you,nobody is saying he cannot be appointed a CJ,of course he can,bt not an acting CJ.D issue of fairness is not really important at this stage,maybe it would be if u would champion d cause for its amendment, then you can rightly bring it up.Maybe I will be on your side then,bt not at this stage. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 6:57am On Aug 24, 2013 |
Demdem:Well,lets leave it for d court to decide. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 6:55am On Aug 24, 2013 |
smartchoice: Oga make sense and stop attempts at mis representation of what you quoted...interprete it like a LEARNED FELLOW! I HATE IT WHEN PPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW RESORT TO BEER PARLOUR ARGUMENTSI see no need to reply you on this. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 6:49am On Aug 24, 2013 |
smartchoice: he is equivalent to a judge of the high court in fact was earlier in the high court!What a shallow argument,am forced to say.Did d constitution say "the most senior judge of the high court or its equivalent "? "Was earlier in the high court" but he is no longer there! How is dat too hard to understand? |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 7:13pm On Aug 23, 2013 |
Demdem:It could be politics, or u mean its not possible? I quickly tried to source that piece of news of d nba lending their support, and their reasoning,but I only saw d news and no reasoning at all.I was also able to find out that it was d local branch nba of d state that expressed their opinion on d issue,and that is just what it is;an opinion. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 7:00pm On Aug 23, 2013 |
Demdem:Obviously u re forcing yourself to comment on an issue u know little about. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 2:27pm On Aug 23, 2013 |
REHOZIBAH:Kindly explain this principle of alternate jurisdiction pls. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 2:15pm On Aug 23, 2013 |
$ugardaddy:Why dont u pick up a copy of d constitution and read it,and then come up with ur own opinion. D constitution is not written in arabic. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 2:09pm On Aug 23, 2013 |
eldoradoxx: Some conventions have assumed the status of law that it becomes non-derogable. By practice, no junior has ever been appointed CJN or President of Court of Appeal or CJ of State or FHC over and above the most senior. NJC has its guideline and it is that it must nominate the most senior. The reason being that if the most senior is not disqualified from being a judge, then he is qualified to be head his court if he becomes the most senior. Yea, thanks for the correction, NJC actually recommends who becomes CJ and the Governor is bound to appoint whoever is recommended as he has no choice here. Except if there is a serious allegation that should disqualify a candidate from being a judge, the legislature must ratify. Seniority guides appointment of both substantive and acting heads of Court.D current chief judge of Borno state is not d most senior judge of d state high court,even d outgoing chief judge of Rivers system state was was nt d most senior at d time of his appointment. It is jst a practice, and not d law to appoint d most senior as a substantive chief judge. I dnt think this is one of those conventions that can assume d status of law in light of d express provision of d constitution.For d constitution to ve expressly provided for d qualification of seniority in d case of appointing an acting CJ and then omitted it with regards to d substantive CJ shows it is intentional.That is not to say am in support of that provision, but that is d law. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 1:10pm On Aug 23, 2013 |
Demdem:Can u pls explain what u mean by a court of alternate jurisdiction.If u ve any issue with that express provision of d constitution or it seems discriminatory to you,then what u should be clamouring for is its amendment and not trying to twist it to suit u.D fact that am of d opinion that d appointment is wrong,does not necessarily mean am comfortable with d provision,but d fact remains that it is d law until it is amended,and should not be twisted to suit selfish interest. Ur argument on inferiority and discrimination does not hold water. Need I remind u that president of a customary court of appeal is not answerable to d chief jude of a state with regards to matters of that court? Mind u also,there is no provision in d constitution that bars a judge of customary court of appeal from being appointed a chief judge of a state.So what's d rant abt inferiority and discrimination about? |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 6:45pm On Aug 22, 2013 |
Demdem:I wil rather u say kudos to him for doing what is glaringly wrong.That provision is not ambiguous and does not even need d time of d court,which is very obvious to every unbiased person,which I doubt if u re one of them. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 6:34pm On Aug 22, 2013 |
eldoradoxx: It is not about Amechi Haters, but that Amechi Likers have failed to remove sentiment in looking at this issue critically. I am aware that in appointment of a Chief Judge of any court whether Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Federal High Court or State High Cours the most singular important consideration is seniority. The most senior judge on the bench (not chronological age) is sworn in immediately either as substanive CJ or sworn in as Acting CJ when ever a vaccume exists in the position of Head of the particular court. This is so in other to insulate the appointment of CJ from political preference of the Governor or President. That is why 3 different bodies have hands in who becomes CJ. The most powerful being NJC. The Governor nominates the most senior judge wheher he likes the person or not (infact he is bound by the constitution to so do), NJC ratifies the nomination. And the House of Assembly in case of State CJ or Senate in case of Federal Court approve the appointment. Their approval is a matter of course. No body whose appointmentt has been ratified by NJC has ever rejected by theLegislaure. Thiis is due to the fact that a person who is worthy of being a judge cannot be said not to be worthy of heading the judiciary. In Amechi's case, the constitution says "The most senior judge of the HIGH COURT". Amechi himself alluded to this fact. Now tell me if the title "President of Customary Court of Appeal" of River state sounds the same as " Judge of the High Court Rivers state" ? Admitted, a judge of high Court of a state ranks equal with the president of customary court of Appeal in same way President of Court of Appeal ranks equal to a jusice of supreme court, but does the fact of their ranking make them the same.? President of Customary Court of Appeal is already the head of his own Court which is Customary Cour of Appeal and does not need to metamorphose into a High Court judge and to exercise the jurisdiction he has not. Every action he will take as a CJ of Rivers state would be null and void and ulra vires because there is surely a difference beween paracetamol and panadol evenhough they serve similar purpose. I definiely know that the NJC will rise up to this and protect the judiciary from poliical vultures. Justice Daisy Okocha remains the recognised CJ in waiting of Rivers state and I trust Justice Alomo Mariam Mukhtar CJN to deal ruthlessly with tha impostor tha was sworn in by Amechi. He would as well wave good bye to his career as a judge. I guess he must have been summoned to Abuja to be grilled by NJC. That is the beauty of the legal profession, you are checked by team of eminent colleguesD issue of seniority is more of a convention than law.There is no provision in d constitution that makes it a criteria for d appointment of a substantive chief judge not even appointment of chief justice of Nigeria..Its only when appointing an acting that d issue of seniority comes in.Also, d NJC only recommends,but d appointment is done by d governor subject to confirmation by d house. |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 5:45pm On Aug 22, 2013 |
4llerbuntu:I took d pain of quoting d relevant section of d 1999 constitution in order to save people from reading incoherent and misleading arguments like yours ,with due respect. And to even think that u went to d extent of throwing insult around is surprising. First of all of all,there is nothing like 2004 constitution as erroneously cited.We only ve d 1999 constitution,and d various amendment. Also,d section u cited,section 281,deals with appointment of customary court of appeal president, which is not applicable here since we are talking of appointment of a chief judge of a state.Thirdly,d issue of recommendation by d NJC does not come in here since its an acting chief judge that is being appointed and no:t a substantive chief judge, in which case it would be on d recommendation of d NJC. Let me refer u to section 271(1) of d 1999 constitution FRN.Also its not abt appointment of customary court judge but d chief judge of a state(in dis case acting).I will advise you to go through d article again,pick up a d 1999 constitution(not 2004 dis time around) and take ur time to read nd understand before coming out to expose ur ignorance and insult people. 4 Likes |
Politics / Re: Amaechi Swears-In New Acting Chief Judge For Rivers by practitioner(m): 2:50pm On Aug 22, 2013 |
Section 271(4) of d 1999 constitution,which is applicable here provides as follows" if d office of d chief judge of a state is vacant or if d person holding d office is for any reason unable to perform d functions of d office, then until a person has been appointed to and has assumed the function of that office or until the person holdings d office has resumed those functions,the Governor of d state shall appoint the most senior judge of d High court to perform those functions".Going by d report, d Governor appointed d president of d customary court of appeal as d most senior judge, but d constitution provides that d appointee shall be d most senior judge of the HIGH COURT.Justice Agumagu not being a judge of d high court, is not qualified constitutionally for d appointment. To that extent,Governor Amechi got it wrong. 7 Likes |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:47pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
make Dzeko try na,haba! |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:44pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
now we re talking |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:27pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
f rain c: city boys don miss 2 chances na naDzeko too miss goal abeg |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:24pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
f rain c: newcastle no no wetin dey happene to dem dis nitewere they expecting to win d match before? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:22pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
make dem knack dem up to 7-0 abeg |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:20pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
f rain update joor, am nt watching d match |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:17pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
which time yaya begin score freekick? New season resolution ? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:15pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
wetin dzeko dey wait for na? E no go collect at least one goal? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:14pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
with d red card,city should beat them like 5-0 |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:12pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
I dey follow u bro |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester City Vs Newcastle 4-0(Full Time) by practitioner(m): 9:10pm On Aug 19, 2013 |
so man city no get fans? |
Politics / Re: Barr Festus Keyamo Declares For APC !!! by practitioner(m): 6:02pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
MaximusDMeridux:With all due respect sir,I think u come across as a racist yourself by what you have written. I mean, how can you make a conclusion about a whole ethnic group just on the basis of a comment made by just one person or a few persons? I think you ought to be more intelligent than that,with all due respect. |
Politics / Re: Lagos Drags Al-mustapha To Supreme Court Over Kudirat's Murder by practitioner(m): 5:32pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
akpomeme: APC just shut itself on the foot. The north sees that guy like a hero, APC just lost the north to stupidity.Must everything be seen through the eyes of politics? 2 Likes |
Nairaland / General / Re: Annoying Things Nigerians Do by practitioner(m): 10:46pm On Aug 09, 2013 |
DheBuck:Really? What makes it to be wrong? Jst being curious! |
Nairaland / General / Re: Annoying Things Nigerians Do by practitioner(m): 10:41pm On Aug 09, 2013 |
onyxo76: you are in a vehicle traveling and someone keeps playing loud music on his phone.D first one dey vex me die.I wil be like"this is not ur house for christ sake, its a public place and u jst ve 2 respect that" So annoying! |
Politics / Re: Chidi Lloyd Granted N10M Bail by practitioner(m): 6:22pm On Aug 08, 2013 |
victorv12: A corrupt system. A man that can carry the ceremonial mace of his state without any regard to attack is fellow lawmaker can still be set free by his state. Nigeria politics is not meant for the civil minded, it's for the dogs!!!He was not set free bro,he was only granted bail,which he is entitled to constitutionally. |
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