The family of the late Nigerian Head of State, Sani Abacha, has appealed a judgement that dismissed their lawsuit to reclaim a revoked piece of highly valued land belonging to the military leader in the Maitama ...

In his acceptance speech in the early hours of Sunday, when he was declared as the President-elect of the over 200,000 (two hundred thousand) members of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Josiah Osigwe, struck ...

Legal research is a basic function of the legal sector. It is the act of researching and obtaining the evidence required to support legal conclusions. This approach has traditionally involved lawyers to comb through ...

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Uyo Judicial Division has dismissed the suit filed by Professor Yahaya Abubakar Muhammad of the Department of Law, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) between the Vice ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, has pledged to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and enhance the capacity of justices and judges. The CJN said despite significant progress made in ...

Former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos branch, Chukwuka Nwabueze Ikwuazom (SAN), has advocated the enactment of the Administration of Civil Justice Bill into law. The Bill, which has innovative ...

A former Commissioner in Ekiti State, Kayode Otitoju, has said he didn’t trespass on the disputed Lekki setback. He described as untrue, claims by Punuka Investment Limited that he did so.Otitoju maintained that ...

Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Kuje has ordered a firm, M. Saleh & Co. Ltd to refund N3.95 million and pay an additional N10 million in damages ...

The case is pending before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja. The anti-graft agency had on April 16, 2024, arraigned the two on an amended two-count charge bordering on alleged ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that the court lacks the power to try the offence of criminal defamation. The court stated this while dismissing two of the three counts of cybercrime charges brought against ...

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, dismissed a case brought by Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo challenging the inclusion of Arabic inscriptions on Nigerian currency – ...

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has stated that a lacuna has been created between the Supreme Court judgement granting autonomy to local government councils and the constitution of the Federal Republic of ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former Minister of Information and Culture and the information ministry to disclose the details of the agreement between the Nigerian Government and X, ...

A High Court sitting in Rivers State has barred the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Someone Amadi, from giving effect to any resolution by the 27 defected lawmakers in the state.  The issue of the alleged ...

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Catherine Udeh and two others. The ...

A High Court sitting in Rivers State has barred the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Someone Amadi, from giving effect to any resolution by the 27 defected lawmakers in the state.  The issue of the alleged ...

Justice John Tsoho, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, has rejected a request by former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to transfer his N80.2 billion fraud case from Abuja to the Kogi division of the court.  ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development to account for the payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor ...

The battle at the Rivers State House of Assembly between lawmakers loyal to the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and those loyal to his estranged godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has ...

Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore (SAN), has lamented the inadequate infrastructure that hinders the efficient functioning of the legal system and deter potential ...