The fathers of two of the teenagers whose kidneys were removed by a hospital have testified that they did not give consent to the operation. Salaudeen...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Umar Damagun as the party’s acting national chairman. Justice Peter Lifu,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Umar Damagun as the party’s acting national chairman. Justice Peter Lifu...
Two different groups from the North Central have filed suits seeking to nullify the position of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the national chairman of the...
A Magistrate’s Court in Abuja has ordered the FCT Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) to seal the premises of a company over non-filing of annual returns. Magistrate...
The chairman of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Paul Usoro, has bemoaned the loss of the services of the late justice of the Court...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has refused the application by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to relist a defamation suit against Punch Newspaper and columnist...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out two separate suits challenging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the...
One of the executors of the estate of late Justice Moses Bello, the Abuja Customary Court of Appeal judge, Reverend Father Ezekiel John Awolumate, has explained...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Rivers State Government from withholding the allocations of the 42 local government areas in the state pending...
The daughter of former Abuja Customary Court of Appeal president, Justice Moses Bello has asked a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Bwari to declare that...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has disclaimed media reports crediting him with calling for the arrest of former governors Abdulaziz Yari and Bello Matawalle of...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday dismissed money laundering charges filed against a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice under...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application by a former governor of Anambra State, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano seeking to quash the N4 billion...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has described the former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, as a pillar of the Nigerian nationhood who fought for democracy in the...
Govt officials fingered It’s symptom of failing system – Lawyers We have strong laws for offenders – Copyright commission The high level of conversion of...
The federal government has arraigned the leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo before a Federal High Court in Abuja on alleged terrorism offences....
A Federal High Court in Abuja has once again declined to halt the impeachment proceedings against the Edo State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, by the State...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit by the Seventh Day Adventist Church seeking to stop the conduct of elections in Nigeria on...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to stop the impeachment move against Edo State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, by the State House of Assembly....
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has condemned the destruction of Okuama community in Delta State due to the killing of solders. There are reports of...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has alerted about alleged attempts by fraudsters to defraud retired judicial officers across the country. In a statement on Sunday, its...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has advised military authorities to prosecute only those involved in the killing of military officers in Delta State. Falana’s statement...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded a businessman, Akintoye Akindele, in the Nigerian Correction Centre in Kuje, FCT over alleged $5.6 million fraud. Justice...
The Supreme Court has upheld the request by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka to inspect materials used for the...
The detained leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, has filed a motion before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking his unconditional release from...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The appellate court in its judgment on...
Legal experts have risen from deliberations on the progress of the Nigerian judiciary with a call for the unbundling of the office of the Chief Justice...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has said the closeness of lower courts to the grassroots is strategic to the country’s justice system. Justice...
The executives of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) have resolved to proceed with the suit challenging the police...
The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA-NEC) has removed the executives of the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) led...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law has sued the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over the issuance of the...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged the judiciary and legislature to reject attempts to frustrate the...
A human rights lawyer, Marshal Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to act according to law which provides for 35 percent female representation in political appointments...
Further findings have revealed details of the controversy that greeted the recent agreement between the UK and Nigeria tagged the Enhanced Trade Investment Partnership (ETIP) among...
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has asked the 11 newly inaugurated justices of the Supreme Court to expect more criticism and verbal assaults over...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed March 19 for ruling in the application by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed March 19 for ruling in the application by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs have commenced a stakeholder dialogue to address women empowerment issues. The meeting tagged,...
The Presidency has said the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is in the final stages of releasing 42,000 metric tonnes (MT) of assorted food commodities...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has warned the members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade...
The Supreme Court has announced the inauguration of the 11 newly appointed justices of the Supreme Court confirmed by the Senate in December last year. The...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the federal government to file charges against the leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo within seven...
Elders of a community in Bayelsa State have written the federal government against the withdrawal of charges against four suspects in a recent crisis. Four persons,...