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UK Supreme Court Rules Legal Definition of ‘Woman’ Refers to ‘Biological Sex’

The United Kingdom’s highest court has ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” refer to a “biological woman and biological sex” under British equality laws, a landmark decision greeted with concern by supporters of transgender rights but welcomed by the government as…

2 hours ago

NBA Criticises Rivers Administrator Over Alleged Disregard For Rule Of Law

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, has come out strongly against the conduct of the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), accusing him of constitutional violations and undermining democratic governance. In a strongly worded press statement by…

2 hours ago

Court Nullifies Obasa’s Removal As Lagos Speaker, Voids Assembly Proceedings

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has declared the removal of the re-instated Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, as illegal, unconstitutional, null and void. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, the court also nullified the proceedings and resolutions…

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₦300m Was A Gift, NBA Replies Rivers Administrator

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has clarified that the ₦300m it received from the Rivers State Government was a gift and was not tied to any purported hosting right for its Annual General Conference. A statement by the Chairman of the 2025 NBA Conference Planning…

2 days ago

Nigerian PhD Student Pleads Guilty To Multiple Fraud In US

A 24-year-old Nigerian man, Mercy Ojedeji, has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and unlawful use of fraudulent immigration documents to gain admission into a university in the United States. On Wednesday, April 9, Ojedeji admitted to fraudulently securing a student visa…

3 days ago

NBA Moves 2025 Annual General Conference To Enugu

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced the relocation of its 2025 Annual General Conference (AGC) from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to Enugu, citing what it described as an unconstitutional governance structure in Rivers. In a joint statement issued on Thursday and signed…

11/04/2025

Agbakoba Asks FG To Reverse All Oil Bloc Allocation

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has asked President Bola Tinubu to break up the over-centralization of power at the centre and execute strategic interventions across multiple sectors to unlock over ₦500 trillion in economic value. Agbakoba…

10/04/2025

Ibas Appoints Rivers LG Administrators, Reconstitutes Boards

The Rivers State Government has announced the appointment of Administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. The decision, approved by the Administrator of Rivers State, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, also includes the reconstitution of some Boards of Agencies,…

09/04/2025

Natasha Sues Nwaebonyi for N5bn Over Defamatory Remarks

The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has filed a N5 billion suit against her colleague, Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, who represents the Ebonyi North Central Senatorial District, over alleged defamation. The suit, filed by Akpoti-Uduaghan through her lawyer, Michael Numa, at the Federal…

08/04/2025

Man Jailed 21 Years for Attacking Ekiti Civil Servant

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division on Friday sentenced 33-year-old man Bidemi Oluwatuyi, to 21 years imprisonment for robbing, raping, kidnapping and attempting to murder a civil servant at Omuo Ekiti. The defendant was arraigned on 21 July 2021 on a…

07/04/2025