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The Kwadaso Circuit Court in Kumasi has sentenced a 26-year-old unemployed man to one month in prison for attempting to steal a police armoured vehicle at…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has emerged as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association after defeating two other senior lawyers in the…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Katsina has ordered the remand of a lecturer and public affair commentator, Dr. Bashir Kurfi, who accused the Katsina State Government…
Supreme Court orders immediate hand over of FPSO Tamara Tokoni crude oil to General Hydrocarbons, sets aside Appeal Court judgment
ABUJA, NIGERIA – The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered the immediate handover of the crude oil aboard the FPSO Tamara Tokoni to General Hydrocarbons…
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has suspended prominent constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, from using the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), pending the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in any congress organised by a disputed…
An Area Court at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the Islamic marriage between a couple, Toyin Ajibola and Bashirat Mohammed on grounds of lack of…
When INEC stays away: The legal consequences of non-observation of party activites under the Electoral Act 2026 by Monday Ubani
My interest in this subject has grown steadily as a result of recent developments in Nigeria’s political horizon. As 2027 approaches, the emergence of nominees for…
A 70-year-old man, Ahmed Babalola, has told the Grade A Customary Court, sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, that he was fed up with the relationship…
About 500 lawyers, under the aegis of Concerned Lawyers for Probity and Justice, demonstrated at the Federal Ministry of Finance on Thursday in solidarity with indigenous…