Law
20 Feb
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has granted a perpetual injunction restraining the Unity Bank PLC., its agents, servants and privies from continuing to trespass on a parcel of land measuring 300ft by 500ft situated in Ohovbe village, Ward 40B, Benin City. The trial judge, Anthony Erhabor in his judgment in suit…
16 Feb
Practitioners have called for the need to formulate practice directions in arbitration to ensure best service delivery.This was at a panel discussion on key provisions of the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023
16 Feb
Justice Y. Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to honour the Freedom of Information (FOI) request lodged by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda
16 Feb
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has faulted an attempt by the bar president, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) to assert control over the activities of the section.
16 Feb
A non-governmental Organisation, the Incorporated Trustees of HEDA Resource Centre (HEDA) has commenced contempt proceedings against the Managing Director of ATC Nigeria, Errol Ambler-Smith over alleged disobedience to court order.
16 Feb
A Professor at the Department of Private and Property Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Babatunde Oni (SAN) has proposed a change to Nigerian inheritance laws.
16 Feb
A lawyer, Yemi Adedoyin Shyllon has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to organise an entrepreneur and vocational seminars for skill development outside the legal profession, particularly for the benefit of fresh law graduates.
6 Feb
The Liberty Semper Fidelis, LP, a law firm based in Lagos and Abuja with correspondent offices in Accra, London and Atalanta, will on Wednesday, February 7th, 2024, commence a three-day workshop and retreat for its lawyers and other members of staff in a bold move aimed at preparing them for pioneering what is known as…
6 Feb
The Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP) has sued the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara and three others at the Federal High Court, Abuja for vetoing a finance bill and suspension of an elected Local Government chairman.
6 Feb
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), members of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) and other eminent jurists have extolled the virtues of the late legal luminary and former Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB)
6 Feb
Lawyers have emphasised the need for citizens to be informed of the provisions of the law with regards to domestic violence and sexual abuse, landlord-tenant law, child and disability law, to curb its violations.
6 Feb
The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos (Unilag), Prof. Adelaja Odutola Odukoya has called on the government and other stakeholders to rise and give legal protection to children and others in internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camps in the North.
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The Kwara Government has said it will target about 1.5 million children between zero and five years of age, for polio vaccination across the 16 Local Government Area of the State.
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Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River says his administration has provided a matching fund of N100 million to scale up food and nutrition interventions in the state.
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Officers from the Ikotun Police Division, Lagos State have rescued three children who had been locked in a room for days by their grandmother. Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Friday, stated that an investigation is ongoing on the matter. Hundeyin disclosed that the children have been kept safe while the grandmother…
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A neighbourhood in the southern Serbian city of Nis will be evacuated on Sunday due to the removal of NATO projectiles found in the area, said the city's emergency situations headquarters on Friday.
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A Volvo truck (unregistered) carrying loads of food items overturned in the Ojota area of Lagos on Friday, leaving its occupants with serious injuries.
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Russian strikes on Ukraine in the early hours of Friday killed at least eight people, including two children, as Kyiv said it shot down a Russian strategic bomber for the first time.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by seven senior advocates of Nigeria against the National Judicial Council (NJC) and others over the alleged unlawful appointment of judges in Kogi.
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Police have arrested one Emmanuel Victor who is the principal suspect behind the Killing of a student of Abia State University (ABSU) Uturu, Emmanuel Uche, during a cult clash. In March, a viral video surfaced on social media, showing a 400-level History and International Relations student, being attacked by members of a rival group within…
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A Burundi journalist has been charged with "endangering internal security", an offence that risks up to life in prison, her lawyers and relatives said, accusing the authorities of beating her during interrogation.