The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure no one is disenfranchised.
Its president, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), said in a statement: “It is quite unfortunate that by this time, reports are getting to us that some…
Nigerians vote on Saturday for a successor to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in a tightly fought race dominated by three political veterans.
Nearly 90 million people are eligible to vote in the poll, which is unfolding as Africa’s most populous…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has received with shock, the report of the gruesome killing of the Labour Party candidate for Enugu East Senatorial district, Chief Oyibo Chukwu which sad event took place yesterday 22 February 2023.
The widely reported news suggests that…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not breach the Supreme Court’s injunction as regards the Naira redesign and currency swap issue.
Malami stated that as far as the rule of…
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered a restriction of all forms of vehicular movements on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation, from 12 midnight tomorrow to 6 pm on Saturday across the country.
The IGP said only those on…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned a case instituted by the state governments against the Federal Government challenging the implementation of the naira redesign.
The apex court adjourned the case to March 3 for judgement.
Earlier, the apex court consolidated the suits instituted by…
A Nigerian street trader, David Ukpo, allegedly trafficked into the United Kingdom for organ harvesting walked into a police station and said he was “looking for someone to save my life”, a court has heard.
The 21-year-old, from Lagos, had been sleeping rough for…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN has constituted the Conference Planning Committee for the 2023 Annual General Conference. The Conference is scheduled to hold from 25 August to 1st of September, 2023.
The Committee comprises the following:
1. Mazi Afam…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Monday, made an appearance at the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja ahead of Wednesday’s hearing on the Naira swap policy of…
Lawyers and litigants in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have expressed frustration over their inability to file court proceedings as a result of the scarcity of new naira notes.
The News Agency of Nigeria interviewed some lawyers on Sunday and gathered that the…