LEGAL

A civil advocacy group has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad; Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami and the National President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata, over…

The lawyers to the family of Timothy Adegoke have kicked against the prosecution of the suspects arrested in connection to his death at the high court in Abuja. Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), was said to have…

The Nigerian Bar Association has instituted an action in the Federal High Court against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) – Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, over the purported amendment of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2007 (RPC). The…

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) will tomorrow attempt to convince the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division, to upturn an N800 billion judgement against the oil giant by a Federal High Court in the state in 2020. No official of the oil company…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over “secrecy in the spending of loans so far obtained, the unsustainable level of borrowing by the government and the 36 states, debt crisis, and…

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has slammed a N10 billion lawsuit against two FCT Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) leaders for alleged defamation of character. The governor also demanded that the reporters tender a written apology and publish same in eight…

Dr Sherifat Hassan, a Consultant Otolaryngologist at the State House Clinic in Aso Rock, Abuja, and one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgeons, has sued British Airways, the country’s flag carrier airline, for breach of contract of air transport.…

The Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice of Ekiti State, Olawale Fapohunda, SAN has written and submitted an application for prerogative of mercy to be exercised by the advisory council on prerogative mercy on behalf of a 21year old armed robbery convict. In a…

The International Bar Association (IBA) has released a statement in defence of lawyer-client confidentiality, following a number of recent attacks on the principle from high-profile international organisations. The statement, with forewords by Lord Neuberger, former president of the UK Supreme Court, and…

The suspended chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, has filed an application before the judicial division of National Industrial Court Abuja to challenge his suspension. In a court document sighted by this newspaper, Kano State…