By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN
We are in very interesting times indeed, within the legal profession and the general body polity. Last week, social media was awash with the brewing controversy on the alleged pact by one of the many interest groups within the…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The mantra of candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the campaign that eventually took him to Nigeria’s presidency in 2015 was one word: “Change”. For a fact, it was not original. 32 years before 2015, in the 1983 presidential election, Dr.…
By Dr.Muiz Banire SAN
The recurrent industrial actions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria are not too dissimilar to several other strikes that we have been witnessing in the country. Strikes have become so pervasive in the country that…
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN
At its Annual General Conference held in Lagos last week, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) perfected the change of guards, between its former President, Mr. Olumide Akpata and Mr. Yakubu Mikyau, SAN. Without any doubt, the emergence of Mr.…
Six months after the Court of Appeal voided the compulsory retirement of Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court, the National Judicial Council (NJC)’s failure to file its Notice of Appeal due to bureaucracy among others, until recently, has delayed a…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
“There was a time when the church was very powerful… Things are different now. The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status…
By Femi Falana (SAN)
Those who are berating ASUU for alleged recalcitrance should advise the Federal Government to accord priorities to the funding of tertiary education.
Under the British colonial regime, trade unions were prohibited while strikes were criminalised. But Nigerian workers defied…
By Dr. Muiz Banire, SAN
This prompted another action in Abuja filed by Vigeo Power Limited before the Honourable Justice Emeka Nwite in which the court granted orders restraining the defendants in the suit from taking over the management of the BEDC.…
By Ahmed Abdullahi
The legal opinion purportedly issued by the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami on the alleged refusal of the Managing Director of Benin Electricity Distribution Company Plc to vacate office is unfortunate and inconsistent with position of the…
By Sylvester Udemezue
Gentlemen, I have got a copy of the originating processes from TheNigeriaLawyer. I can confirm that the Registered Trustee of the NBA is sued as the first Defendant in suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1426/2022, challenging the 15 August 2022 suspension of Joyce…