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Nigeria Wins in UK Court as Judge Quashes $11bn P&ID Award

Nigeria received a great relief Monday as a UK court set the country from its entanglement in an $11bn Judgement debt earlier awarded in favour of Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited. In a judgement delivered by Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial…

23/10/2023

Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Atiku, Peter Obi’s Appeals

The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has reserved till a date to be announced to parties involved, date to deliver judgment on the appeal by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party seeking to dismiss the decision of the Election Court…

23/10/2023

Legal Fireworks as Atiku, Obi Appeal Tribunal Judgement at Supreme Court

Contentions over Nigeria’s February 25 2023 presidential election results will get to its ‘final bus stop’ today as the Supreme Court begins hearing of the appeal filed against the petitions of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, the candidates of the Peoples Democratic…

23/10/2023

Supreme Court Justices Reduced To 10 As Justice Dattijo Bows Out October 27

The number of Justices on the bench of the Supreme Court has been reduced to 10 with the impending retirement from the apex court of Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad on Friday, October 27, 2023. The retirement notice served on the Court’s management by…

22/10/2023

Wike Slams Nigerian Law School DG (VIDEO)

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has strongly criticized the Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma SAN, over the poor state of the school’s facilities. In a scathing speech, Minister Wike accused Prof.…

22/10/2023

THE LIST: Judges That Will Hear Atiku, Obi’s Appeal Against Tinubu

The Supreme Court has constituted a seven-member panel of justices to hear the appeal in the petitions filed by three presidential candidates challenging the outcome of the February 25 election. The notices for the hearing were served on the presidential candidate of the…

21/10/2023

Tinubu Appoints Shaakaa Chira As New Auditor-General

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Shaakaa Chira as the substantive Auditor-General of the Federation, as recommended by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC). This was contained in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,…

20/10/2023

Supreme Court Fixes Date To Hear Atiku’s Appeal

The Supreme Court has fixed Monday, October 23 for hearing in the appeal by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, seeking the nullification of President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the presidential election. The apex court will same day, hear…

20/10/2023

15 Niger Courts Shut Over Banditry – Chief Judge

The Chief Judge of the Niger State, Justice Halima Abdulmalik, has revealed that the activities of bandits have forced four magistrates’ courts and 11 Sharia courts to shut down in the state. Justice Abdulmalik, who recalled the killing of the registrar of the…

19/10/2023

LPDC Suspends Lawyer for Five Years Over Misconduct

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has suspended a lawyer, Olumide Tayo-Lawal from carrying on the trade or business of legal practice for a period of five years over professional misconduct. A five-man panel of the LPDC comprising Justices Dr. Ishaq Bello, Life…

18/10/2023

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