CELEBRATING A LIVING LEGEND: CHIEF (DR) WOLE OLANIPEKUN, CFR, OFR, SAN RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS UNILAG PLATINUM ALUMNI AWARD. Today, Friday, the 17th of October 2025, another prestigious laurel was bestowed on a man of great accomplishment, honour and valor, the inimitable […]
Law
Malabu Oil & Gas Limited has sought the leave of the Supreme Court to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, delivered in favour of Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd. The company, in a motion on notice […]
A judge on Friday ordered the release on bail of Hannibal Kadhafi, son of longtime Libyan ruler Moamer Kadhafi, after nearly a decade of pre-trial detention in Lebanon, a judicial official said. After questioning Kadhafi, the judge ordered his release […]
By Ramatu Garba A 78-year -old Kano farmer identified as Dan’azumi Muhammad has been sentenced to five years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to one-count charge bordering on attempt to sexually abuse a seven-year-old girl. Muhammad, who lives in Kumurya […]
Legal Nigeria There was drama at Ogba Magistrate Court in Lagos on Thursday, 16th October, 2025 when a lawyer, Mr. Nwosu, counsel for the claimant, openly disagreed with the presiding magistrate over the validity of a writ of summons. The […]
LOCUS STANDI AND THE RIVERS STATE EMERGENCY RULE CASE: A REVIEW OF JUSTICE OMOTOSHO’S DECISION IN BRIGGS & ORS v. PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA & ORS Recently, I was present at the Federal High Court, Abuja, when Hon. Justice James Omotosho […]
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Emeka Ozoani, has called on Nigerian lawyers to redefine success in legal practice and prioritize mental and physical wellbeing, warning that burnout has become a “silent epidemic” in the profession. Delivering the keynote address at […]
Past National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Rapulu Nduka, has joined voices across the world to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, calling for equal access to education, healthcare, and leadership opportunities for girls. […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, has thrown its weight behind the ongoing public interest litigation instituted by the National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association and its Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) against what […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, has raised alarm over what it described as crippling delays, sabotage, and entrenched corruption at the Lagos State Lands Registry, Alausa. In a strongly worded letter addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State […]