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A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order freezing the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies allegedly linked to the #EndBadGovernance protests that took place across Nigeria. The court’s ...

Lagos CJ calls for synergy in judiciary

To enhance the judiciary’s credibility, address the growing issue of frivolous applications and aid quick dispensation of justice, the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has advocated greater ...

Digital literacy critical for enhanced legal system, experts say

Members of the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) have said that digital literacy will enhance operations within the legal system. They also said that it would amplify advocacy for women and children, given ...

Court strikes out traders’ right infringement suit

The fundamental right enforcement suit filed by two traders at the popular International Trade Fair, Lagos, against Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, has been struck out by a ...

Court hears debt, equity stake cases October 14

A Lagos High Court will on October 14 hear two cases involving former Group Executive Director of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) and former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, ...

Sowore, others seek to overturn order restricting protesters to Stadium

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to vacate the ex-parte order it made restricting national protest to Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Justice Sylvanus Oriji had on July 31, confined the protesters to the National ...

Company ordered to pay customer N10 million

Justice Olufunke Sule-Amzat of the Lagos High Court has ordered Industrial and General Insurance (IGI) Plc., to pay N10,123,873 damages to its customer, John Ifeanyi Nweke, for breach of insurance contract. The ...

Solanke urges lawyers to maintain high standards

The first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs Folake Solanke has urged legal professionals to maintain high standards in the profession. The SAN gave the charge at the 64th yearly general conference of the ...

Firm to sue British Airways over alleged inhuman treatment of Nigerians

A law firm, Sovereignty Legal Practitioners, has threatened to file a class action against British Airways over the systematic inhuman treatment of Nigerian passengers using the airline. In a pre-action letter to ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has obtained judgments on two public interest litigations in Nigeria. In the first judgment, the Federal High Court, Abuja ordered the Independent ...