Owner of a Chinese Supermarket (Panda Supermarket) in Jabi District, Abuja, Mr. Chen Yong Qin, has been arraigned before an Area Court, Kado District, on the allegation of causing grievous body harm to a married […]
A federal high court in Abuja has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari over his decision to forward the names of 11 candidates nominated as judges to the senate for confirmation. Delivering judgment in a suit filed […]
The ripples caused by the recent action by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) are yet to settle. In fact, it appeared to be deepening the division among […]
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has kicked against the planned concession of the nation’s four major airports. The union argued that Nigerians had toiled day and night to contribute their quota to the […]
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has dismissed the appeal filed by James Bay Resources Limited and others challenging the jurisdiction of the federal high court to hear disputed oil mining license suit. Others listed […]
The recent death sentence passed by an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State on a 22-year-old singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, for singing unpleasant tune against the Prophet of Islam, is extremely worrying. As an involved Muslim […]
I must state from the outset that the title of my present subject is derived from Wole Olanipekun, SAN. The worthy SAN and another equally worthy SAN in the person of our country’s Vice-President, Yemi […]
Last week, the governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, announced that all the 36 governors in Nigeria were in support of judicial autonomy or independence. Fayemi, who is the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ […]
The dust raised in the aftermath of the just-concluded election of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), is yet to settle, with threats by aggrieved members to create a parallel Bar. Vocal lawyer and Senior Advocate […]
Every day, Abdulazeez Lateef goes about the streets of Lagos with a conspicuous gash on his forehead, and a growing worry about how to get rid of the festering sore spreads to other parts of […]
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is currently in the news over the controversial removal of Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the institution’s vice-chancellor. Ogundipe was removed on Wednesday during a meeting of the varsity’s governing council at the […]
“Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of such liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure permitted by law.” – Section 35 […]
First, to Olu Akpata: Congratulations! The seed for this victory was planted in 2015, when the Alegeh, SAN-led administration introduced universal suffrage to the system of voting within the Nigerian Bar Association. With the introduction […]
Kabir Akingbolu, a human rights lawyer, says Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), risks five years in prison for “illegally” approving the auctioning of sea vessels holding crude oil and diesel seized by the […]
Professor Epiphany Azinge (SAN) was the former director-general of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). The law teacher, who is marking 40 years post-call and 20 years as a professor of law shares […]
Mr. Justice Olugboyega Ogunfowora of Ogun State High Court, sitting in Ota has dismissed the application filed by the Registered Trustees of World Mission Agency Incorporated, popularly known as Winners’ Chapel International. The application sought […]
Hushpuppi, an internet celebrity, has been charged with the conspiracy to commit money laundering before a United States court, one for which he could get a maximum jail term of 20 years if convicted. The […]
Oladapo Oyebanjo, a singer better known as D’banj, has sued Seyitan Babatayo, a Nigerian lady, who accused him of rape for N1.5 billion. This was contained in a suit signed on Friday by Mike Ozekhome, […]
Until August 6, 2019, it would have been difficult to imagine that Nigerian soldiers could aim at a moving vehicle, kill three police officers and two civilians guarding a kidnap kingpin, without a scratch on […]
Here is the full statement by U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Virginia on Obiwanne Okeke, chairman of Invictus Group, who was arrested in the U.S. since last August. He has pleaded guilty to $11m […]
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