The President of the Nigerian Bar Association has said his relationship with the leadership of the Court of Appeal ceased to be cordial since last year due to his expression of discontent with the quality of the screening process for the Court’s…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it is illegal for electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to disconnect customers from the power supply without a 10-day prior notice from the date of bill delivery.
According to NAN, Babatunde Irukera, executive vice-chairman…
A HIGH Court in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced Uduak Akpan, the first accused person in the murder of Iniubong Umoren, to death by hanging.
Uduak allegedly killed Iniobong, a Philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo, while she was on a…
Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has pledged to support the NBA-AGC Female Football Competition with the sum of N500,000.
Tobenna Erojikwe, Chairman, NBA Technical Committee on Conference Planning (TCCP), announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday.…
Adekunbi Ogunde, a Partner at the law firm of Wole Olanipekun & Co., who has been at the centre of controversies arising from a letter of solicitation written by her to one Saipem Ltd on 20th June in her statement lamented that…
Femi Falana; lawyer, activist, senior advocate ,has accused the government of President Muhammadu Buhari of “failing to satisfactorily address the crisis of insecurity in the country, and doing nothing to end the mismanagement of the economy under his watch.”
Falana stated this in…
The Nigerian Bar Association on Wednesday noted that it had been unable to secure the release of human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, due to “the Chief Judge indicating that she was unwilling or unable to further entertain the matter.”
The national president of…
The Nigeria Railway Corporation has suspended the Lagos-Kano and Ajaokuta train services due to fear of terrorist attacks.
Multiple sources in the Ministry of Transportation and the NRC confided in one of our correspondents that the train services would not resume until the…
Abuja based Legal Practitioner and Activist, Lady (Barr) Chidinma Udebuani, a.k.a, Lady Agams, has dragged the Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, to court over his refusal to honour the request of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to…
The Chairman of the NBA Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Dr. Monday Ubani, has urged fast-rising human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, to remain strong and determined as he journeys in life, noting that a fair dose of strength and…
