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Apex court hears appeal in $560m Zapata Workers’ Trust Fund Dispute

The Supreme Court will on February 5, 2029, hear an appeal filed by former employees of Zapata Marine Services Nigeria (ZMSN) Limited against Tidex Nigeria Limited over an alleged $56 million workers’ trust fund. ...

The ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards 2025 will once again celebrate excellence, innovation, and leadership within the country’s legal profession. Now in its 12th edition, the prestigious event, regarded as the gold ...

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Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has formally commissioned the ultra-modern Umuene Court Complex in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area, stating that it is one of those slated to be across the state’s 17 ...

Court dismisses ASPMDA Trustees’ suit against Lagos govt, IGP

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has dismissed a suit filed by the Registered Trustees of the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPMDA) against the Attorney-General ...

Reopen Bello’s student portal, court orders UI

Justice Maha Evelyn of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, has ordered the University of Ibadan (UI) and its agents to reopen the master’s degree student portal of Mr Kayode Bello and include his name in the ...

A lawyer, Victor Azubike Awah, has been arraigned before a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, over an alleged N27 million fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) The anti-graft commission ...

Justice Sunmonu Tunde Bashiru of the Lagos State High Court has fixed November 10, 2025, for hearing in a suit filed against DNJ Properties and Investment Limited over an alleged breach of contract. The claimant, Mr ...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has pledged his “full support” for the eagerly awaited 2025 Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) yearly conference. He ...

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a new motion before the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the court to strike out all charges against him and order his ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has granted an interim injunction restraining the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police from harassing, intimidating, threatening with arrest, ...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to making Lagos the model of swift and business-friendly justice delivery in Nigeria through the expansion of the ...

ARCON, NBA-LIM partner to deepen knowledge of advertising law

In furtherance of its bid to strengthen stakeholder engagement and deepen understanding of Nigeria’s advertising regulatory framework, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), in collaboration with ...

Justice E. Gakko of the Federal High Court sitting in Birnin-Kebbi has convicted Mr Abubakar Bawa Makuku, Sole Administrator and Caretaker Chairman of Sakaba Local Government Area in Kebbi State, and Mr Ahmed ...

Court upturns forfeiture order against businessman

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has set aside an interim order of forfeiture made on August 27, 2024, against some properties linked to Alhaji Abubakar Ismaila Isa Funtua. The trial judge, Emeka Nwite, in the suit ...

Justice (Dr.) I.J. Essien of the National Industrial Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has adjourned the N14.091 billion claim by 36 former employees of Chevron Nigeria Limited regarding denied retirement benefits and ...

CAC directs firm to change name due to trademark conflict with KPMG

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has instructed a company operating under the name KPMG Advisory Services to change its name within six weeks owing to similarities with KPMG Nigeria, a professional services ...

NBA Branches Begin Compliance With 2023 Remuneration Order

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Remuneration Committee has confirmed that sixteen branches have so far complied with the directive to submit their resolutions on the enforcement of the Legal Practitioners’ ...

Commencement of Online Application for Appointment of Notaries Public

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA wishes to inform members that the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice K.M.O. Kekere-Ekun, GCON, has approved the commencement of online applications for the appointment of ...

In line with this year’s suicide prevention month theme of ‘Changing The Narrative’, Nigerian Mental Health (NMH) in collaboration with the Nigeria Suicide Prevention Working Group, has translated the ...