By Henry Ojelu By all indications, the N100 million defamation judgment secured against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) may become one of the most consequential civic rights cases in Nigeria’s recent democratic history. What began as a dispute […]
“Law as the Engine of Change” – Goodwill Message to NBA Eket Branch on its 2026 Law Week Congratulations to the Chairman, Executives, and all members of NBA Eket Branch on your 2026 Law Week, holding from the 14th–19th June. […]
Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Chiadi Afam Anumba – the In-coming Chairman of NBA Umuahia Branch on your election. Your emergence is a clear vote of confidence by members in your vision, integrity, and commitment to service. It marks both an […]
Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a 36-year-old man, Akputa Ejike, to five years imprisonment for trafficking 5.80 kilograms of cocaine concealed in imported dry stock fish, popularly known as “Okporoko.” The conviction […]
A bill seeking to establish state police and transfer policing powers to subnational governments in order to strengthen internal security architecture across the federation on Thursday scaled through the second reading at the Senate. The bill, which enjoys broad support […]
By Innocent Anaba A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Ken Nwanna, has petitioned the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State, Mr. Lawal Pedro, SAN, protesting the turn of events in his client’s case pending before Justice Adesanya of a […]
Military-run Niger has enacted a new penal code criminalising for the first time same-sex relations, with heavy sentences of up to 20 years in prison, a legal source said Thursday quoting the official gazette. Although a taboo subject, same-sex relations […]
Counsel to Abuja-based lawyer Victor Giwa, Mr. Farooq Akanbi, on Wednesday formally withdrew from representing the defendant in his ongoing trial over alleged forgery and impersonation before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Apo, paving the way for […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri As concerns mount over the country’s rising prison population, judges and prosecuting agencies have been identified as part of the problem. The imposition of excessive, impractical, and hard-to-meet bail conditions not only undermines the constitutional presumption of […]
AUDREY CHINELO OFOEGBUNAM FOR NBA WELFARE SECRETARY Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Family. I hope this message finds you well. Recall, I have been cleared to contest for the position of Welfare Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (National). Over the […]