The National Industrial Court Port-Harcourt Division, presided over by Hon. Justice Nelson Ogbuanya has held that a lawyer is entitled to payment of professional fees even if parties settle out of court. Justice Ogbuanya handed down this decision while delivering judgment in…
There was outrage at the sitting of the State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting venue in Lagos for cases from Imo State when the All Progressive Congress (APC) counsel, Echezona Etiaba (SAN) presented two petitions allegedly written by his clients accusing…
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has asked parties and their counsel to move all appeals arising from election petition cases across the country to the Abuja and Lagos divisions of the appellate court.
The order affects Governorship, National…
President Bola Tinubu will today (Monday) swear in three additional ministers into his 48-person cabinet.
A senior official in the Presidency, who did not want his name mentioned because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, confirmed to our correspondent that…
Concerned by the poor remuneration of judges at all levels, the Nigerian Bar Association has met with the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), over the need for the government to, without further delay, review the take-home…
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has been appointed to chair the African Governors’ Forum of the World Bank.
The appointment marks the first time Nigeria has assumed the role of chairman in 60 years.
According to…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, including the Industrial Training Fund, Corporate Affairs Commission and Standards Organisation of Nigeria.
This was disclosed by…
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC, has approved the elevation of 58 legal practitioners to the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN.
The LPPC, which is headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, okayed the conferment of the…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukoyede as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement on Thursday.
Ngelale explained that Olukoyede’s appointment is for a renewable term of four years in the first…
The Chairman, Body of Benchers, Justice Mary Peter Odili has charged the newly called to bar lawyers in Nigeria to uphold the rule of law in the discharge of their duties as members of the Legal profession.
Justice Odili specifically asked the new…