Law
12 Mar
A Port Harcourt based lawyer, Dr. Promise Wobo Iwezor has debunked the rumour that the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has been disbanded. Recall that NBA National Executive Council...
12 Mar
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has approved the printing and distribution of 2,000 copies of a legislative drafting textbook to all Nigerian Universities.
5 Mar
The woes of the slow justice delivery system in Nigeria have continued to take toll on Nigeria’s socio-economic existence with over 198,432 cases pending at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistracy, Federal and Appeal Courts.
5 Mar
The death of Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad, a rapper, singer and songwriter, was arguably one of the most painful incidents in the entertainment industry in 2023 that got all Nigerians talking and expressing sympathy.
5 Mar
Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP) wants the Federal High Court, Abuja to determine whether the 1999 Nigerian Constitution permits the 26 Rivers State legislators to veto the Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
5 Mar
A retired Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Buba, has said that Nigeria’s political class and not the judiciary is responsible for the prevailing state of impunity in virtually all the sectors of the country.
5 Mar
Suru Group Boss, Edward Akinlade has applauded the Supreme Court of Nigeria for its decisive judgement in the lawsuit between his company, Suru Worldwide and Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) over seizure of some of his company’s property by AMCON.
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).
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