The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has appointed Mr Olasupo Shasore (SAN) as the chairman of the Federal Government’s Legal Audit Committee for Agreements and MOUs on ...

Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitration (NICArb) has urged the government to prioritise arbitration in dispute resolution. The Institute lamented that lack of government support undermines the value of ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, to December 10 while remanding him in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).  ...

On Saturday, it was reported that MC Oluomo had been elected as the president of NURTW after being the only candidate to run for the position. He had secured unanimous votes from all of the delegates in the ...

The Senate on Thursday passed the four tax bills for second reading through voice votes. President Tinubu Bola transmitted the four tax reform bills to the National Assembly for consideration on October 3. The move ...

Lawyers in Benue State on Thursday boycotted sittings in court over the killing of their colleague, Barrister Mike Ofikwu, in Otukpo area of the state by yet-to-be identified gunmen. Gunmen had shot dead the young ...

The management of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as well as the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), yesterday raised the alarm over increasing judgement ...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is stepping into the digital age with what it claims to be digital move: a social media policy for lawyers. According to NBA President Afam Osigwe, the policy is being developed in ...

The Lagos State High Court has announced the date for its 2024 Christmas vacation, stating that it will commence on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, and conclude on Thursday, January 2, 2025. This announcement was ...

A Nigerian doctor convicted of rape and sexual assault has been acquitted by the appeal court. Femi Olaleye, a Lagos-based doctor, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the high court on a ...

The immediate past acting vice-chancellor of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Prof Asomwan Sonnie Adagbonyin, has threatened legal action against an online media platform. He said the online platform has ...

The stage is getting set for aggrieved contestants in the November 2, 2024, Abia State Local Government Election to seek redress and justice in court. In this regard, the state Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Lilian Abai ...

The Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse (LMDC) was conceived and established in 2002 to free the embarrassingly congested court dockets, which were replete with needless cases that could otherwise have been amicably ...

An author, Mr. Babajide Oyewusi has called on Indiana University, U.S., to pay the sum of $250m in damages and compensation for infringing on his intellectual property. In a letter to the president of the ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the treasonous charges brought against 119 Nigerians including those detained since August for participating in the #EndBadGovernance protest. This was pronounced ...

Bayelsa State High Court has issued an interim injunction preventing the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) from holding its state council election, initially slated for October 31, 2024. The court’s ruling, ...

Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives from Abia State, was granted bail of N500,000 by the Chief Magistrate Court in Kuje, Abuja, after he was caught on camera assaulting a Bolt driver Stephen ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has just made a significant ruling, restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from releasing financial allocations to the Rivers State Government until a lawful appropriation act ...

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Honourable John Tsoho, has asked for a formal submission by a Motion on Notice of the application by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, to reassign a contentious case ...

he judgement in a suit filed by 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others has been reserved by the Supreme ...