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Senate moves to amend procurement law to support local contractors

The Senate on Wednesday directed its Committees on Public Procurement and Local Content to partner with the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) to amend Nigeria’s procurement and local content laws so that newly ...

Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Bitumen Development Commission, marking a significant legislative step towards harnessing the country’s vast bitumen resources. Its passage followed the ...

Abuse of right: Court orders Delta CP, others to pay N30m damages

A High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State capital, on Wednesday ordered the State Commissioner of Police Olufemi Abaniwonda, judicial official, Mrs. Mordi Juliana and four others to pay a film decorator N30 million ...

Reps advance bill for free access to internet in public places

A bill for an act to provide a legal framework for a free internet access programme in selected public places in Nigeria and for related matters has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, ...

President Bola Tinubu has declined to sign the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Bill, 2025 into law. The President’s decision not to sign the bill passed by both chambers of the National Assembly was contained ...

Reps advance bill for South East vocational, entrepreneurial institute

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish the South East Institute for Vocational and Entrepreneurial Studies in Umuobom, Ideato Federal Constituency, Imo State. ...

How N3.4b romance fraud syndicate operated, by EFCC witness

A Bureau De Change (BDC) operator, Al-Hassan Garba, has told the Federal High Court in Lagos how he converted cryptocurrency (USDT) into naira and paid the equivalent amounts into the bank account of Genting ...

Borno state launches e-Justice project, partners LawPavilion

The Borno State Ministry of Justice, through its digital transformation initiatives, has launched the e-Justice project in collaboration with LawPavilion, marking a decisive shift in how justice is administered in ...

Land grabbers flout court orders, attempt takeover of Lekki property

Despite multiple subsisting court orders restraining interference with a disputed parcel of land in Lekki, Lagos, land grabbers armed with knives and machetes have reportedly demolished the boundary wall to enter ...

NBA-SBL pledges support for businesses amid digital shift

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) has pledged to ensure that businesses in Nigeria and across the continent thrive in the era of digital transformation. The body said issues surrounding ...

As the leadership crisis in the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) lingers, a member of the Abia state chapter of the association, Mr David Onyebuchi Amalaha has approached the Umuahia division of the Abia state High ...

FCT judiciary backs mediation to decongest courts

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Judiciary has endorsed mediation as a viable alternative to litigation to improve access to justice and reduce the burden on conventional courts. The initiative, designed to ...

Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb) has partnered with China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) to enhance the use of arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution ...

NJC sacks 10 judges for age falsification

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has compulsorily retired 10 judges in Imo State for age falsification and other unethical practices. In a statement issued on Thursday after its 109th meeting and presided over by ...

Court discharges, acquits businessman of drug offences

A Federal High Court, Lagos has discharged and acquitted a Nigerian businessman, Nnadi Kingsley Ikenna of drug-related offences made against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Deinde ...

NUC boss, four others risk jail over contempt of court

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abdullahi Ribadu, alongside four other senior officials of the Commission, are facing imminent committal following their failure to ...

The 15 domestic workers who have been languishing in detention since 2019 over allegations of stealing jewellery belonging to former Nigerian First Lady, Patience Jonathan, will return to the Bayelsa State High ...

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has awarded the sum of N500,000 against Mr. Olalekan Fatodu and his company, Leeman Communications Limited, for initiating a defamation case against Nigerian activist and ...

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has dismissed a long-standing defamation lawsuit instituted by Mr. Olalekan Fatodu and his company, Leeman Communications Limited, against Nigerian activist and publisher, ...

The Chairman of the Gombe State chapter of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Mr. Ahmed Gombe Shuaibu Gara, has filed a lawsuit against the National Sports Commission, AFN, its President, Chief Tonobok Ojuru ...