IMPEACHMENT: DEPUTY GOVENOR ENUGU

The Enugu state Assembly has successful impeached the state deputy governor, Mr Sunday Onyebuchi, the house adopted the outcome of the 7-man panel set up to investigate the allegation of gross misconduct alleged by 22 out of the 27 members of the state Assembly. The panel was set up by Chief Judge of the state; the panel came up with the conclusion that ‘the allegation levelled against him has been proved’

Let us analyse impeachment process as provided under the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria since impeachment seems to be order of the day in the country.

DIVORCE:: HOUSTON TEXAS AS CASE STUDY

What is Divorce? This is an act or instance of legally dissolving a marriage.

To obtain a divorce one must be able to prove to the court at least one of the grounds allowed for divorce in order for it to stand, the grounds for bringing divorce in Houston Texas are seven in number which falls under two different categories which are Fault based Divorce and No-Fault Divorce.

GOV.OLUSEGUN MIMIKO: CROSS CARPETING

The Ondo State governor Olusegun Mimiko dumped his party, the Labour party for the ruling party Peoples Democratic Party. He came into power as the Ondo State Governor on the platform of the Labour Party. The governor made this known to his cabinet members and close political associates at a meeting held at the government house in Akure, Ondo State.

 The PDP 'spokesperson' Femi Fani Kayode also took to twitter to announce his defection to the ruling party.

 The Peoples Democratic Party embraced him with both hands just the way they have embraced the likes of Nuhu Ribadu the former boss of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and a vibrant member of the All Progressive Congress, the former governor of Borno state and a Senator of the Federal Republic Ali Modu Sheriff. What is our point exactly?

JABBAR COLLINS: WRONGFUL CONVICTION

In criminal law ,Blackstone’s formulation the principle is that it is better that ten guilty escape than that one innocent suffer’

Jabbar Collins was convicted and sentenced to 34years to live in prison for the murder of Rabbi Pollack in 1994 on the evidence of three witnesses, the rule is that evidence of a single witness is sufficient as long as the court considers it credible and admissible.

At trial, a witness Adrian Diaz said he saw the accused put a gun in his waist band as he fled the scene of the crime, the second witness Angel Santos said he saw the accused run past him as he call 911 while the third witness Edwin Olivia claimed that the accused confided in him of his intention to rob the victim. Here the witnesses corroborated themselves which the court relied on for Jabbar Collins conviction in 1995.

After his conviction,

EBOLA: YELLOW CARD

The major challenge facing West African countries and the rest of the world lately is the EBOLA outbreak, which is deadlier than AIDS as it’s contagious and kills fast. Ebola itself is defined as an infectious and generally fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spreading through contact infected body fluid by a filovirus whose normal species is unknown.

This virus has made most countries close its border against those countries affected and where a country cannot close its border it requires from travellers’ certain conditions that must be met before such traveller can gain entry into the country. This has nothing to do with discrimination or Racism because if they don’t protect their citizens who will....lol

One of many requirements is the YELLOW HEALTH CARD,

HALL V. FLORIDA WHEN NOT TO RELY ON A SINGLE SOURCE

JURIST Guest Columnist Susan Schneider, Syracuse University College of Law, Class of 2015, explores criticisms of the DSM-5 after the US Supreme Court used it as the sole national standard to define intellectual disability in Hall v. Florida...

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

In its 2002 decision Atkins v. Virginia, the US Supreme Court declared that executing a person with intellectual disability is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

AN EMPLOYER'S GUILD: 'WHISTLE BLOWER'

Legislation seeks to provide protection against penalisation for employees who report wrongdoing. While this legislation is aimed at protecting employees, encouraging whistleblowers to make disclosures can also be of benefit to employers. Whistleblowers can assist in uncovering wrongdoing within the organisation. This can help prevent accidents, financial scandals, criminal offences and regulatory breaches. Below we summarise the key features of the Act and highlight the steps employers must take to comply with this new legislation.

IMPEACHMENT; AL-MAKURA

The impeachment process against the Nassarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-Makura failed when the panel set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Sule Dikko to investigate the 16 charges of gross misconduct levelled against the governor was dismissed.

The members of the House of Assembly were of the opinion that the panel was not duly constituted; therefore the allegation of gross misconduct by the governor cannot be dismissed just like that.

MURDER ; 19 YEARS OLD RILWAN AHMED

19 year old Rilwan Ahmed (pictured above) did the most unthinkable thing, he killed his own brother. According to a report by Tribune, Rilwan took his 4 year old half-brother Waris Ahmed to an uncompleted building close to their residence at Oloko village in Ibadan, Oyo State, tied a piece of cloth across his face, making it difficult for him to breathe, then tied his legs, and left him there. Life slowly ebbed out of him as he struggled to breathe. His body was discovered there 3 days later.