Law
5 Mar
A commercial law firm in Lagos, Gbenga Biobaku & Co. and an accounting firm, Phillips Akindele & Co. have emphasised the imperative of continental alliance in legal practice and service delivery.
5 Mar
A Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Michael Agbamuche, who is the son of the former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the late Michael Ashikodi Agbamuche (SAN), has asked Our Saviour Anglican Church, Surulere, to quit from his property for being on it illegally.
5 Mar
A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Chief Aloysius E. Ezenduka, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun to cause an investigation into the alleged sale of his client’s company assets worth N20 billion by a receiver/manager.
5 Mar
For negligence in account opening of their customers and failure to exercise the requisite duty of care, Justice Oluwatoyin Odusanya of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja has ordered four banks to pay N23, 050,237.54 to a customer.
5 Mar
The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, has been urged to modify guidelines on eligibility of participating in the current judicial recruitment in the FCT high court by a non-governmental organization, Access2Justice (A2J).
5 Mar
To make the justice system easy and accessible, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Citizens’ Gavel has unveiled an Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled product, ‘Podus’ that has the potential to make everyone have access to justice.
27 Feb
President of the International Law Association (ILA), Nigerian Branch and the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic, Research and International Partnerships) at Afe Babalola University, Professor Damilola Sunday Olawuyi (SAN)...
27 Feb
A Chief Magistrate Court, Ogba has discharged and acquitted a man, Alhaji Balogun Sulaimon of allegation of forgery, stealing and fraudulently obtaining money filed against him by the Commissioner of Police.
27 Feb
A solution-oriented transactional legal adviser and the Managing Partner at The New Practice (TNP), Baba Alokolaro has hosted 500 counsels across industries in Nigeria for their achievement in the corporate world.
27 Feb
The Federal High Court, Lagos will on May 8, 2024, listen to the closing arguments in a case seeking to declare as illegal, the ongoing dredging and land reclamation operations of Dredging Environmental Marine and Engineer N.V. employed by Gilbert and Ronald Chagoury in the Kuramo Waters of Victoria Island.
27 Feb
To learn about the emerging trends in electronic evidence, the Edo State Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the Forum Against Counterfeiting, organised a workshop on the relevance and admissibility of electronically generated evidence for legal officers in the ministry.
27 Feb
African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) has urged the Federal Government to review the fuel subsidy removal and declare a state of emergency on insecurity as key measures to tackle the crippling economic hardship in the country.
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