The National Judicial Council (NJC) has faulted some media reports on the ongoing process for the appointment of judges for the Federal High Court (FHC) of Nigeria. The council said all the screening and selection processes referred to in the media reports […]
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The implementation of new tax laws commenced yesterday on a clearer and more transparent footing. The National Assembly directed the release of Certified True Copies (CTCs) of the harmonised bills that were transmitted by lawmakers and assented to by President Bola […]
Nigerian lawyers have raised cogent concerns over the recent annulment of the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) electoral process, warning that the development could cast a shadow over preparations for the 2026 NBA General […]
By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has said that the new tax laws, including those that took effect on June 26, 2025, and the remaining acts scheduled to commence on January 1, 2026, will be implemented […]
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has expressed support for the implementation of new tax legislation scheduled to begin in January. The Director-General of NECA, Mr Wale Smatt-Oyerinde, disclosed this at a media briefing on Tuesday in Lagos. He commended […]
Immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami (SAN), his son Abubakar Abdulaziz and Hajia Bashir Asabe were yesterday remanded in Kuje Prison, Abuja. They are to remain in the facility until Januray 2, 2006 on the order of a Federal High […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has set aside the proceedings conducted on November 21 in a suit between Collins Onyeweama and another against Techno Oil Limited and others, along with all orders made on that date, for constituting a flagrant breach […]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to court over what it described as a troubling failure to account for an […]
The Federal Judicial Service Commission(FJSC) has shortlisted 28 lawyers for appointment as judges of the Federal High Court. The shortlisted lawyers were among the 62 applicants who passed the computer-based test (CBT) conducted by the court for them. The Nation learnt […]
The Abuja Federal High Court has been asked to shut down the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NBA-ICLE). The prayer is one of the reliefs sought by the Incorporated Trustees of the Association of Legislative Drafting […]