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 ...

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 ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja approved on Thursday the moves by the federal government and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, to reach an out-of-court settlement in a case that stemmed from the ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order freezing the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies allegedly linked to the #EndBadGovernance protests that took place across Nigeria. The court’s ...

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 ...

The fundamental right enforcement suit filed by two traders at the popular International Trade Fair, Lagos, against Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, has been struck out by a ...

A Lagos High Court will on October 14 hear two cases involving former Group Executive Director of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) and former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, ...

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to vacate the ex-parte order it made restricting national protest to Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Justice Sylvanus Oriji had on July 31, confined the protesters to the National ...

The first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs Folake Solanke has urged legal professionals to maintain high standards in the profession. The SAN gave the charge at the 64th yearly general conference of the ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has obtained judgments on two public interest litigations in Nigeria. In the first judgment, the Federal High Court, Abuja ordered the Independent ...

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Thursday, retired as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), with a call for measures to be put in place to reduce the burden on the Supreme Court. He explained that there are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 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 ...