Rivers State: NBA Emergency NEC Meeting ratifies President’s Statement, Exco to Conduct Further Consultations on 2025 AGC Venue 

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at its virtual Emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday, March 27, 2025 has resolved to allow the National Executive Committee to Conduct further ...

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lugbe Judicial Division, has dismissed the suit filed by Mr. Tobenna Erojikwe challenging the outcome of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Presidential ...

UTME 2025: JAMB suspends admissions into law programmes at 8 Nigerian universities

Education in Nigeria UTME 2025: JAMB suspends admissions into law programmes at 8 Nigerian universities Published1 day ago onJanuary 30, 2025 ByAdebayo Obajemu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) ...

Court remands man over alleged defilement of minor

Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence has remanded one Chidi Gabriel at the medium custodial center over alleged defilement of a minor, aged 14 years. Gabriel was arraigned by the ...

NBA Payment Guidelines For the Branch dues and Bar Practicing Fees

Distinguished seniors and colleagues, Payment of the Branch dues and Bar Practicing Fees will commence on January 1, 2025 and will close on 31st March 2025. 1.Link for Branch dues payment 👇: nbalagos.gigo360.com ...

The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill for an act to ensure that Nigerian students acquire necessary technical skills before they graduate from any secondary or tertiary institutions. Tagged, ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to ensure that international passports are issued to applicants who meet all ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to always ensure that applicants who meet all the requirements to get international passports ...

Police hunt for Kano gov’s spokesperson Dawakin-Tofa affront to rule of law – NNPP

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has condemned the continued harassment and attempts to arrest the Director-General, Media and Publicity to the Kano State Government, Mallam Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, as an ...

The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, on Thursday signed into law the 2025 Appropriation Bill of over ₦1.558 trillion, tagged the “Budget of Hope for Food Security and Sustainability.” The governor carried ...

Lagos State Government has signed the Human Organ and Tissue Transplantation Bill into law to prohibit illegal organ harvesting. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), announced on ...

Insurance CEOs, others welcome new capital base

Following the passage of the New Insurance Consolidated Bill by the Senate to amend the laws and refocus the sub-sector in line with current realities, experts and insurance chief executives have described the bill ...

Senate moves to prohibit use of foreign currencies in Nigeria

In a move to restore confidence in the Naira and reinforce its dominance, a Bill to prohibit the use of foreign currencies for payments and transactions within Nigeria passed First Reading on the floor of the Red ...

Niger: Gov Umaru signs 2025 Budget into law

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has signed into law the 2025 Appropriation Bill, amounting to over N1.558 trillion. Governor Umaru Bago performed this statutory duty just hours after the State House of ...

Why Navy, NASS members, CSOs are against Nigerian Coast Guard Bill

Some members of the National Assembly the Nigerian Navy and Civil Society Organizations have cited duplication of functions, security threats, incoherent crafting of the bill, resource constraints, and economic ...

ECOWAS court orders Nigeria to pay N5m to torture victim

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to compensate Oluwatimilehin Adebayo with ₦5 million for the violation of his right to freedom from torture. The court also ordered Nigeria ...

The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant against the former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, Ahmed Kuru, over alleged N76bn and $31.5m of ...

A bill for an act to prohibit gas flaring, encourage gas utilisation and provide for penalties and remedies for gas flaring violations and related matters has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. ...

Court orders EFCC to probe funds allocated to 17 LGAs in Abia from 2019 to 2023

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo has ordered probe into the deployment of funds allocated to 17 Local Government Areas in Abia State from 2019 to 2023. Justice Bello Kawu issued the order ...

Edo State Governor, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, has sworn in three State High Court judges who were previously excluded from the swearing-in ceremony with eight of their colleagues cleared by the National Judicial ...