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Burkina, Mali, Niger Quit ECOWAS

The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS. The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the Economic Community of West…

28/01/2024

CJ of Akwa Ibom Requests NBA Input Before Appointing Five New Judges

Justice Ekaete F. Fabian-Obot, the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, has asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Uyo Branch, to propose eight competent lawyers for appointment as High Court Judges. Justice Fabian-Obot stated in a letter dated January 22nd that the National…

28/01/2024

Court Sentences Bishop Feyi Daniel To Life Imprisonment For Raping Church Member

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced the founder of “I Reign Christian Ministry”, in the Lekki area of Lagos, Bishop Feyiropo Daniels to Life Imprisonment for the rape of one of his church members. Justice Rahman Oshodi also…

27/01/2024

NBA-SPIDEL Sues NYSC Over High Profile Youth Service Violations

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has filed a lawsuit against the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa and Music producer, television presenter and music executiveKenny Ogungbe…

26/01/2024

Fmr NBA-President Akpata Loses NJC Seat Amid Governorship Bid

Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, has been relieved of his membership in the National Judicial Council (NJC), authoritative sources have confirmed. The decision was communicated via a letter to the incumbent NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN, signed…

25/01/2024

Lawyers Protest Online Court Sitting

Lawyers in Enugu North Senatorial District, on Tuesday, protested the continuing online sitting by High Court judges in the district for the past two years. The lawyers had gathered at Nsukka and Obollo-Afor High Courts as early as 7:30am in their numbers, blocked…

24/01/2024

Blinken Arrives In Nigeria, Meets With Tinubu

The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has arrived at the Presidential Villa for an official visit to President Bola Tinubu. The Secretary of State is in Nigeria as part of his tour to the West African sub-region. He had stopped over at…

23/01/2024

Court Orders CAC To Register ‘Nigerian Law Society’

On Friday, 15th December, 2023, the Federal High Court sitting at Abuja coram Hon. Justice G. K. Olotu delivered its judgment in favour of the Plaintiffs in Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN & 5 ORS V. Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) (FHC/ABJ/CS/482/2023). The Plaintiffs viz Chief Bolaji Ayorinde…

23/01/2024

Court Nullifies N800bn Rivers Budget Passed By Pro-Fubara Lawmakers

Justice James of the Federal High Court Abuja has nullified the N800 billion budget passed by the Edison Ehie-led group of the Rivers State House of Assembly and signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The court also upheld the…

22/01/2024

Falana Demands End To ‘Scandalous Pension’ For Ex-Governors

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called for an end to what he described as scandalous pension for some ex-governors in Nigeria. Falana in a statement, lamented that while many state governors voted themselves humongous pension payments and allowances, some of them…