ARCON, NBA-LIM partner to deepen knowledge of advertising law

In furtherance of its bid to strengthen stakeholder engagement and deepen understanding of Nigeria’s advertising regulatory framework, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), in collaboration with ...

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, and former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), have been scheduled to attend the Nigerian Weekly Law Report (NWLR) 40th anniversary, ...

A former staff of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr Kunle Rotimi, has petitioned the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation ...

NITP unveils panel on planning law execution 18th August 2025 By  Josephine Ogundeji The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners has intensified its push for sustainable and orderly urban growth by inaugurating a ...

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, on Monday signed into law the Local Council Development Areas (Creation & Administration) Bill, 2025, establishing 13 new Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to ...

Court orders National Assembly to release documents on N37bn renovation project

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Assembly to release all documents relating to the controversial ₦37 billion renovation of the National Assembly complex. In a ruling delivered in Suit No. ...

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Kafilat Ogbara, has called on all well-meaning Nigerians to support a bill seeking to create 182 additional legislative ...

“In a claim for a declaration of title to land, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff and that burden is not discharged where the scales are evenly weighted between him and the defendant.” Case ...

The Nigerian Bar Association – Young Lawyers Forum (NBA-YLF) continues to deliver on its commitment to professional development as it successfully hosted its July 2025 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) monthly ...

Lagos announces commencement date for new laws

The Lagos State Government has officially announced the commencement dates for seven bills newly signed into law by Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, aimed at strengthening public safety, governance, and ...

Court Orders Bank to Pay over N162m in Retirement Benefits to Former Staff

The National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a deposit money bank in Lagos to pay over N162 million in outstanding retirement benefits to a group of its former employees. The court held that the bank ...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the proposed bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting compulsory for all eligible Nigerians. The NBA described the bill as draconian and ...

The Nigerian government has filed criminal charges against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over statements she made on national television alleging a plot to assassinate her. The details of all the charges are still ...

The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Hon. Justice Josiah Majebi, has inaugurated a committee for the review of the state’s High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, just as judges of the court proceed on a one-week break to ...

Oil firms in court  over alleged $10m debt

Halkin Exploration and Production Limited has been sued before a High Court of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, by Eunisell Limited for $10,240,679.98 million over alleged unpaid debt. The amount being alleged ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and others to file their defence in a suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. ...

The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed for a second reading a bill to amend the 2004 Landlord and Tenant Law. The bill scaled the second reading on Tuesday in Enugu during the plenary at the assembly complex. ...

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered that “the status quo be maintained” in a case seeking an interim injunction restraining parent company, PZ Cussons (Holding) Limited, and PZ Cussons NPZPm ...

Justice S. H. Danjidda of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to reinstate Mrs. Nneka Anastasia Anukwa, who ...

As the political crisis ravaging Rivers State rages on, Gov Sim Fubara has reminded the Nyesom Wike-backed 27 lawmakers that they too were duty bound to obey the Supreme Court orders. Gov Fubara who was locked out ...