Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has appealed to the National and State Houses of Assemblies, to consider the inclusion of Magistrates within the definition of judicial officers in the constitution, in the process of ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Bolaji Ayorinde has threatened to sue Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN, the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) due to an alleged defamatory publication ...

The Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) will discuss the theme of restructuring and insolvency at its yearly international conference billed to hold in Lagos from September ...

Lagos-based lawyer Evans Ufeli has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Lagos against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Attorneys General of Lagos and Ogun states, seeking a judicial review and ...

The Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, says the state government will soon commence the construction of an ultramodern auditorium for the Augustine Nnamani campus of the Nigerian Law School at Agbani in Enugu ...

Amytorix Company Limited, owners of properties in Alma Beach, Ikate area of Lagos has filed contempt proceedings against the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) ...

In celebration of two decades of excellence, a prominent Nigerian law firm, AELEX, has honoured its employees for their unwavering commitment to advancing the legal profession. The firm recognised employees’ ...

Public policy analyst, Sesugh Akume, has sued the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over its failure to address a matter reported to the commission since March 31, 2023. Two others were also sued: the national ...

The National Judicial Council at its 106th Meeting presided over by the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, held on 14 & 15 August 2024, recommended Hon. Justice Kudirat ...

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has sactioned four legal practitioners; Abikoye Opeyemi Timothy, Jonathan Chinedu Nwagwu, Edward Osaghale and Cyprian Obiora Ifeanyi Agwuna who were found guilty ...

here are challenges faced by rape victims in accessing justice, due to cultural attitudes and prosecution practices. These challenges inhibit justice for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) victims in many ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has expressed the judiciary’s commitment to embrace information technology to advance justice delivery in the country. This declaration was made at a ...

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed against the decision of a Federal High Court (FHC), in Abuja dismissing his objection to his trial continuation. In Kanu’s ...

A Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and two others for lacking in merit. The suit, marked ...

WEMABOD Limited has asked a Lagos High Court for an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the purported buyers of Casino Heights, who acquired their interest from GTL Properties Limited from leasing the ...

A Federal High Court, Lagos has granted leave to Brightwaters Energy to advertise the winding up of Eroton Exploration & Production Company, which owes it a consent judgment debt of $20 million. Justice Akintayo ...

Court orders restricting #EndBadGovernance protests ignite legal debate on citizens’ rights and government power, writes ONOZURE DANIA the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance and hunger protests, which began on ...

Justice Rabiu Gwandu of the National Industrial Court, Lagos Division, has rejected an application praying the court to stay execution of N1, 086,611,589.11 judgement awarded in favour of former employees of the ...

The  Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), President elect. Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has set up a Transition Implementation Committee to work with the Transition Committee (TC) established by the outgoing NBA ...

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has charged law students to harness their potential to drive sustainable development and shape the future of the oil region. Ogbuku ...