NBA IKEJA STARTS ONCE-A-WEEK FITNESS PROGRAMME

The Nigerian Bar Association Ikeja branch has introduced a new dimension to promoting and protecting the welfare interests of her members – setting up a sport cum keep fit club called the TIGER’ SPORTIF.
At the October 2008 monthly meeting of the branch, Dave Ajetomobi Esq, the chairman explained that idea of setting up a sports club was borrowed from a practice of the Warri Branch to have soccer – loving member play football once a week (Saturdays)
The essence of the Sports Club according to the Tiger Chief is to ensure that Tigers have “sound minds in sound bodies”
On Saturday the 18th October 2008, the idea of a Sports Club in the Tiger branch became a reality as seventeen members of the branch to wit, Dave Ajetomobi, Dare Akande, Okey Ogbu (chairman of the Sports Club) Isa Buhari Muhammed, Adesina Ogunlana, Lateef Abdulsalam, Adesina Adegbite, Tayo Aina, Adesina D. Ismail, Lanre Ajanaku, Ahamiojie Ibhafidon, Bimbo Obaseki, Adejare Kembi, Ese Imonighara, Eker Chux-Okonkwo and Mrs. Roli Craig turned up for the maiden outing of the Tiger Sportif.
At about 8.00a.m, on the said day the Tigers stormed the Vining Field, properly of the famous Archbishop Vinning Memorial Church Cathedral Oba Akinjobi Road, G.R.A Ikeja, armed with two soccer balls, one volley-ball and a length of tug-of-war rope.
Led by Adesina Ogunlana, the Welfare Secretary who is also (an uncertified) Moscow trained fitness buff, the Tigers performed several sweat inducing exercises amidst plenty jokes and laughter. After about thirty minutes of the exercises, which saw instant reduction in the size of the mid-riff section of many of the participants, the group divided into equal parts for a tug of war contest.
The side of Captain Okey Ogbu won the first round, almost effortlessly but the second round was won by Captain Dave Ajetomobi’s side, but only after a lot of huffing and puffing coupled with silent supplications for help to the Almighty!
It was time for the Tigers to turn to football, the King of Sports. Team A led by Dave Ajetomobi was the more skillful side, with star players like Adesina Ogunlana and Ese Imonighara, but over-confidence made them lose their 1-0 lead over their opponents at the tail and of the thrilling encounter.
After about forty-five minutes on the football pitch, the Tigers called it a day and moved to their Secretariat where light refreshment was served.
The Tiger Sportif presumably will meet Saturday next (25 October 2008) between 4.00p.m – 7.00p.m, except as otherwise decided by the Sports Committee, the managers of the Tigers Sportif.

LAZY JUDGES IN TROUBLE

LAZY JUDGES IN TROUBLE
Before now only a particular type of Nigerian Judges was having it tough with the National Judicial Council, the employer of judges in Nigeria. This particular type is the corrupt judge, particularly those prone to bribery. Since 1999, the advent of the so called 4th republic quite a number of judges have been shown the door for corrupt and other closely related vices.
Now another type of judges will soon be having sleepless nights, this type is the lazy drones, who love the pomp, perks and pageantry of the judicial office but not the labour.
The National Judicial Council which has approved mouth watering salaries and allowances for judges nationwide (least paid judge to receive #600,000.00 monthly salary and annual 2million naira for medical trip allowance) is poised to weed out non-performing judicial officers by the creation of a new bench-mark of gauging the productivity of judges.
For a Chief Judge of any High Court to come within the minimum approval range of his employers, he has to deliver at least four judgements in three months, while a judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal would have to deliver at least seven judgements in same period.
To be in good standing with the NJC, a Chief Judge of the High Court would need to deliver at least six judgements in three months while a High Court Judge and a Court of Appeal would have to deliver at least twelve judgements in three months. (Please see the table below)
To ensure compliance, the NJC is said to have set up an active monitoring team to enforce the new regulation.