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COVID-19 OUTBREAK AND THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY; EFFECTS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS  It is indeed common knowledge that there is a contagious virus spreading fast across the world today and until recently our dearly beloved country, Nigeria. The Corona virus also known as COVID-19 began in China towards the end of 2019 and quickly spread across the world affecting various countries and people irrespective of race, age, gender, ethnicity or social status. On March 11, the World Health Organization (W.H.O) officially declared COVID-19 a global Pandemic. In a bid to curtail the sporadic spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries of the world are constrained to enforce a general lock down to the effect that its citizens must now remain at home or in isolation. This has no doubt had a ripple effect on commercial activities as a number of businesses and industries were forced to shut down operations.  In these essay, I hope to consider and highlight, the effects of the deadl...

Acting chief judge: Controversy trails extension of Eneji’s tenure in C/River The Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Maurice Eneji, has been given a tenure extension for another three months to continue in acting capacity amidst controversy. The letter conveying the tenure extension was written by the Chief Judge of Nigeria, Justice Dr. I.T. Muhammed to the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade, dated May 29, 2020. The first tenure of Justice Eneji as the Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State had ended on June 2, 2020, following which the NJC wrote to the state governor to reaffirm their earlier position that Justice Akon Ikpeme, who was denied confirmation by the state’s legislature, be represented to the House of Assembly for confirmation as the substantive Chief Judge of Cross River State. Governor Ayade, in a letter dated May 29, 2020, obeyed the directives of the NJC and wrote to the state legislature demanding the confirmation of Justice Ikpeme as ...