The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has released a new practice direction for the trial of terrorism cases before the Court.
The cases of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, bureau de…
The National Assembly has begun moves to thwart the actions of some members of the federal executive who are bent on removing Section 84(12) from the Electoral Act 2022, Punch report.
Our correspondent on Thursday gathered that the nation’s apex legislature had started…
A group of lawyers have vowed to challenge the recent acquisition of 89.39 % stake in Union Bank Plc by Titan Trust Bank Limited, before a federal high court.
Union Bank Plc and Titan Trust Bank had on December 23, 2021, announced that…
Some consultants to the Nigerian Governors Forum on the Paris/London Club Refund; Dr. George Uboh and Panic Alert Security System [PASS] have dragged Five Senior Advocates of Nigeria before the Federal High Court seeking for their imprisonment and disciplinary sanctions from both Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee…
Lawyers hoping to be conferred with the rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria have called on the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee to extend the duration of the application.
They complained about the difficulties experienced while attempting to submit their applications on March…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “enforce the judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice compelling your government to delete the offence of ‘insulting or stalking public officials online’ from the Cybercrime Act.
SERAP urged him…
Stakeholders in the nation’s judiciary have raised concern over the state of affairs in the legal profession in Nigeria with a suggestion that the entire system needed serious radical reforms.
According to them, such reforms would curb unethical conduct among practitioners.
The stakeholders included…
Governors of the 36 States of the Federation have appealed the court judgment which dismissed their suit challenging the federal government’s planned deduction of $418 million from the federation account to settle debts owed consultants engaged by the states and local governments…
A Niger Delta group, Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy (VATLAD), has advised the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to immediately comply with the judgement of the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, ordering him to constitute the Governing board of…
The Leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has dragged one Dr. Adebimpe M. O. before the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria for alleged professional misconduct and abuse of confidentiality.
In the petition written by his Lawyer, Maxwell Opara and…
