Life Member of the African Bar Association (AfBA) and member of its Governing Council, Afam O. Okeke, Esq., has extended his goodwill message to the AfBA community as it convenes the 2025 Annual Conference in Accra, Ghana. In his message, […]
Law
By Ramatu Garba Two men identified as Aliyu Hussaini, and Amir Zakariyya were on Monday sentenced to death by hanging for stabbing Buhari Imam, a lecturer with the Northwest University Kano to death. Hussaini of Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters, and […]
Officials of the Lagos State Lands Bureau and representatives of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, have agreed to work together to enhance transparency, efficiency, and service delivery within the Bureau. The meeting, which held at the Bureau’s headquarters […]
The suspects, Aliyu Abbas (35), Sani Iliyasu (47), Ashiru Sule (41), Abubakar Yahaya (45), and Adamu Kalilu (45), were apprehended on Thursday by operatives of the command’s Special Intervention Squad. This was contained in a statement issued by the command’s […]
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 […]
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 […]