LMDC to Hold 1st Annual Mult-Door Courthouses & ADR Stakeholders Summit

Lagos Multidoor Court House Announces 1st Annual Multi-Door Courthouses and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Stakeholders Summit. See below: Looking to reshape the landscape of dispute resolution business ...

NFIU boss seeks review of anti-money laundering law

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Hafsat Bakari, has called for the adjustment of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation framework to ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Robert Clarke, has said that state governors cannot challenge the Federal Government for implementing an existing law. Clarke spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja in a suit brought before Justice Emeka Nwite has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Julius Abure as the substantive Chairman of the Labour ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Anthony Idigbe, has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to enhance the capacity of judicial officers. He also urged her to evolve measures to ...

The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Abiodun Adebara has re-affirmed the commitment of the judiciary to fight crimes and other forms of lawlessness capable of threatening the peace and stability of the state. He ...

The Council of Legal Education has released the results of the June 2024 Resit Bar Final Examinations, where a total of 1,287 students participated. Breakdown of the results revealed that 19 students were absent, ...

Fire Guts Section Of Kwara High Court

A devastating fire broke out at the Ilorin High Court on Saturday, engulfing parts of the building, including courtroom No. 10. It was gathered that the fire, triggered by a power surge, affected a standing air ...

October 1st: EU, IIDEA support NBA to provide free legal services to Ikorodu residents

To ensure that Nigerians have access to legal services regardless of their financial or social status, the European Union (EU), in partnership with the International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance ...

At the centre of the aspirations to reform the justice sector in Nigeria, are the scepticisms over the latest assembly of men and women in the judiciary, who now claim to set the stage for the much-expected reforms ...

Kwara State Governor Swears In Six New Judges

Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq, last Friday inaugurated six new judges for the Kwara High Court, urging them to discharge their duties with diligence, impartiality, and a focus on the community ...

Rivers State Governor to Swear In Eight New Judges

Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara will on September 20, 2024, Swear-in eight judges recently recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC). Chief Registrar of Rivers State High Court, David ...

Lagos CJ calls for synergy in judiciary

To enhance the judiciary’s credibility, address the growing issue of frivolous applications and aid quick dispensation of justice, the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has advocated greater ...

NBA President Commends Enactment of Judicial Salaries Act, Urges NASS to Consider Magistrates, Other Judiciary StaffNBA President Commends Enactment of Judicial Salaries Act

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 ...

Nigeria Law Society To Sue CAC N5bn Over ‘Defamatory’ Publication

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 ...

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 ...

Enugu Govt to Boost Infrastructure at Nigerian Law School

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 ...

Public analyst sues National Human Rights Commission

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 ...

Court dismisses rights abuse suit against IGP, others

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 ...