July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
July 3, 2025
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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, ...
July 3, 2025
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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 ...
June 13, 2025
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The Judiciary Headquarters of Akwa Ibom State has issued a directive mandating all Registrars of Court and Commissioners for Oaths to strictly comply with the 2023 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Remuneration Order ...
June 12, 2025
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned the bail application filed by three detained promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) in the alleged over one billion dollars fraud until June 30 for ruling. ...
June 12, 2025
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Eko Electricity Distribution Plc to immediately reconnect electricity supply to Protea Hotel by Marriott, Kuramo Waters, Victoria Island, Lagos. The court heard it was ...
June 12, 2025
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An Ekiti State Magistrate Court, Ilawe Ekiti District has ordered the suspended priest of Ororin in Irorin Quarter in Ilawe Ekiti, Sunday Adetolaju, to vacate the Owa Orin, the traditional residence of the Ororin ...
June 12, 2025
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Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered parties in the ongoing legal dispute over the sale of Lafarge Africa Plc to Chinese firm Huaxin Cement Ltd to maintain the status quo pending the ...
June 12, 2025
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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Emir of Gwandu, Major-General Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar, following his victory at the Supreme Court in a legal battle that spanned two decades. The ...
June 12, 2025
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over its “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of ...
June 12, 2025
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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 ...
June 12, 2025
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SaharaReporters learned that despite being directed by an Abuja court in July 2023 to take over the case, the AGF never pursued further legal action or allowed the EFCC’s case to progress. The Minister of Justice ...