NBA to reprimand members publicly opposing its president

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resolved to start reprimanding the members who publicly oppose its president. This was one of the resolutions reached at the just concluded NBA National Executive Council (NEC) ...

CITN Declares Tax Reform Bill As Key To Nigeria’s Devt

President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Samuel Agbeluyi, has described the tax reform bill currently before the National Assembly as a transformative opportunity for Nigeria’s economy. ...

Court Rules on GOtv, DStv Subscription Price Increase Suit Against FCCPC

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled on the legal battle between MultiChoice Nigeria, the operator of DStv and GOtv, and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) over recent ...

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordered the release of renowned businesswoman and socialite, Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu, on the administrative bail earlier granted her by the Economic and ...

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has adjourned the cyberstalking case against social media influencer Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, popularly known as Ijele Speaks II, to May 23, 2025. Despite the presence of ...

Supreme Court sets aside N22tr judgment against Union Bank

The Supreme Court has set aside the Federal High Court judgment in which over N22 trillion was awarded against Union Bank and other parties since 2014.The judgement arose from a suit filed by a company known as ...

Stakeholders from across the public, private, and development sectors have renewed calls for the review and full implementation of the HIV and AIDS Anti-Discrimination Act 2014. The call was made during a three-day ...

NBAWF seeks actionable reforms to achieve gender parity in legal profession

The Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum (NBAWF) has called for decisive, merit-based reforms and the dismantling of patriarchal barriers to advance gender parity in Nigeria. The call was made at the end of the ...

A group of 17 Tiv individuals, representing indigenous Tiv communities spread across Awe and Obi Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, have filed a suit at the Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia, challenging ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abdullahi Ribadu, and four other top officials have been dragged to court for contempt charges. The officials are accused of disobeying a ...

An Abeokuta High Court presided over by Justice E.O. Osinuga has slammed N500 million damages against Oba Adetoye Alatishe, the Gbengande of Ososa, in Ijebuland, Ogun State, for libel against a foremost ...

Court orders 54 banks to refund N9.3 Billion Fraudulently Moved

In a landmark ruling, Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has mandated 54 banks to promptly return a staggering sum of N9,329,322,870 that was fraudulently siphoned from an unspecified old ...

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered top American law enforcement agencies to release confidential information relating to Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stemming from a ...

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Thursday ordered an interim forfeiture of three properties linked to the Abia House of Assembly member, Erondu Erondu, to the federal government over alleged money ...

Court orders arrest of CBEX promoters

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the arrest and remand of six CBEX promoters over an alleged $1 billion scam targeting Nigerian victims. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the order on Thursday following an ex ...

Court orders interim forfeiture of 73 properties linked to cybercrime, money laundering

Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) an order for the interim forfeiture of 73 properties suspected to be instruments of ...

Court resolves protracted Enugu land dispute

An Enugu State High Court, sitting in Enugu Judicial Division, has settled the protracted litigation over a parcel of land, Plot P/23C, Independence Layout, Enugu, measuring over 6000 square metres in the state ...

Court orders final forfeiture of Livingtrust Mortgage Bank’s N6.6bn Shares, N42.4m, $26.44

Justice F. N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of 2,041,087,747.00 units of Livingtrust Mortgage Bank Plc, formerly known as Omoluabi Mortgage Bank Plc, valued ...

Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said that the new Lagos Commercial Court at Tapa on Lagos Island is engineered to address commercial dispute and eliminate unnecessary delays. The governor gave the ...

The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has refused an application to bar journalists from covering and reporting on a land case. A renowned medical doctor and international consultant, Dr. Ojo Ademola Oluwatosin, filed ...