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STENOGRAPHY, A JUDGE's DEPENDABLE ALLY IN SPEEDY JUSTICE DISPENSATION: A CALL FOR REFORMS AS AKWA IBOM HIGH COURT COMMENCES NEW LEGAL YEAR By ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  INTRODUCTION  The High Court of Akwa Ibom state, a fast-growing state in economy and legal jurisprudence, has just ended its two months vacation and crowned the opening of a new legal year with a two day ceremony which ended on the 13/10/22. There is no doubt that most courts in Nigeria are still religiously tied to using the conventional long hand in recording proceedings in courts. This practice is not pragmatic and susceptible to the mordern digital realities; hence becoming lagging, boring, time-consuming and avoidably, a clog on the wheel of justice. Below will navigate the remedial route, hope and succour that trail the deployment of stenography in our courts.  WHAT IS A STENOGRAPHY?  Loosely put, this is the practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), u...

NBA's NOTICE OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR COURT OF APPEAL BENCH: One (1) Slot for South South, Uneven. Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq., Human Rights Lawyer queries It is no longer news that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)  days ago published a notice, calling for expression of interest by its members for appointment into the Court of Appeal Bench.  The statement, in parts, reads: "Dear Colleagues,  RE: APPOINTMENT OF SIXTEEN (16) JUSTICES FOR THE COURT OF APPEAL   BENCH: CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST  By a letter dated 28th September 2022 and received on 30th September 2022, the Honourable,   the President of the Court of Appeal has requested the Nigerian Bar Association to recommend   suitably qualified persons, for consideration for appointment to the Court of Appeal Bench, to   fill the present and imminent vacancies.  The slots available for nomination are:  (a)  Two (2) slots for the North-Central geo-political zone  (b)  Three (3) slots for the North-East geo-political zo...