LEGAL NEWS

Raheem: Court Begins Killer Cop’s Trial Today

A Lagos State High Court will on Monday (today) begin the trial of ASP Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Vandi, attached to Ajiwe Police Station in Ajah,…

16/01/2023

Emefiele: Six Senior Lawyers Write AGF, Warn DSS against Disrespecting Court Orders

A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, and five other Senior Advocates of Nigeria have warned the Department of State Services (DSS) against disrespecting court orders which prevented it from arresting the Governor of the Central Bank of…

16/01/2023

Emefiele: Lawyer Petitions AGF, Seeks Prosecution of DSS’ Operatives

A lawyer, Mr. Peter Abang, has petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, over the failed attempt by the Department of State Services (DSS) to get a court backing for the arrest and…

03/01/2023

Poverty: SERAP Sues Buhari Over Social Intervention Programmes

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order compelling him to investigate spending on all social safety-nets, poverty alleviation programmes and projects executed between 2015 and 2022. In a…

26/12/2022

Money Laundering: Okupe Pays N13m, Escapes Two-Year Jail

Dr Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was on Monday found guilty of receiving over N200m cash from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). He was therefore sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice Ijeoma…

20/12/2022

Kogi: EFCC, CACOL, CACOBAG, Others Differ On Agbakoba’s Submission

Anti-corruption activists have supported the position of a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) against what they described as the politicisation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They said the anti-graft agency’s recent actions, especially…

20/12/2022

Reinstatement of Ofili-Ajumogobia, Agonising Stab on Judiciary – Access to Justice

Access to Justice (A2J) has described the reinstatement of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia as an agonising stab to the soul and body of the judiciary. In a statement by the convener of the civil society organisation, Joseph Otteh, it urged the National Judicial Commission…

12/12/2022

SERAP Gives Wike, Okowa, Others 7 Days to Reveal Spending of N625bn Refunds

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the nine oil-producing states in the country to “provide and widely publish details of spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625billion recently paid to them by the federal government of Nigeria, including…

12/12/2022

AGs Want FG to Cease Deductions on N418bn London/Paris Club

The Body of Attorneys General of the States of the Federation (BOAGS) has asked the Federal Government to cease any deductions from the States regarding the purported N418 Billion London/Paris Club loan consultancy fee pending the final resolution of an appeal filed…

04/12/2022

CJN Swears in 62 New SANs

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday swore in 62 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria in Abuja.Some of the lawyers conferred with the SAN rank were, Mr Mustapha Ibrahim, Mr Ikani Kanu-Agabi and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission lawyers,…

28/11/2022