Legal Nigeria

AN Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday sentenced a herdsman, Ali Haruna, to two years imprisonment for grazing his cows on a farmland.The 18-year-old Haruna was sentenced by Chief Magistrate Idowu Ayenimo after he was found guilty of two-count charge of […]

On assumption of office on August 26, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN) argued that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) be stripped of its powers to prosecute, setting off a chain of reactions. He suggested the […]

More lawyers have weighed in on the revelation by the Nigerian Law School (NLS) Director-General,  Prof Olanrewaju Onadeko (SAN) that some lawyers were caught writing examination for law students. Onadeko spoke on August 25 when he presented the school‘s report […]

A man, Jude Atuanya, who allegedly defrauded a Lagos microfinance bank of N21million with others still at large, has been released on bail on the order of a court. An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Mrs O. A. […]

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu has emerged the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the governorship election scheduled for November 26, 2016 in Ondo State. The declaration making Akeredolu the flag bearer of the […]