A lawyer, Victor Giwa, has said that the recent judgment by a Canadian court, which tagged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist organisations, was in line with the country’s criminal law. Giwa, who […]
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The court ordered the National Assembly to release: the proposal, assessment, and procedure employed in arriving at the initially reported N37 billion for renovation; the actual amount approved and allocated for the renovation; and the amount already disbursed for the […]
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has sentenced four internet fraudsters nabbed in a dramatic EFCC sting operation at a hotel near the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta. The convicts-Bisiriyu Roqeeb Abiodun, Ibrahim Azeez Olatunji, Akinwale Isaac, and […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun the deportation of some of the foreign nationals recently convicted by the court following their arrest for cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offences. 42 […]
The Adesina Ogunlana Memorial Lecture is scheduled to take place on Friday, 12th September, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at The Bar Centre, High Court Premises, Oba Akinjobi Way, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. Themed “Adesina Ogunlana: The Man, the Law and the […]
The Adesina Ogunlana Memorial Lecture will take place on Friday, 12th September 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at The Bar Centre, High Court Premises, Oba Akinjobi Way, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. With the theme “Adesina Ogunlana: The Man, the Law and the […]
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has shed light on the Federal Government’s decision to drop charges against Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger previously declared unruly and banned by the airline. In a statement […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly has proposed a new tenancy law targeted at reducing the agency fees and commission to 5 percent. Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker of the house, disclosed this while speaking at a public hearing on Wednesday. Represented by Stephen […]
The Clementina Legal Aid Philanthropy Foundation, known as CLAP, is officially set to begin operations, bringing renewed hope to underprivileged Africans in need of justice. In a profound act of service and remembrance, a grassroots family from Remoland, Ogun State, […]
By Adejoke Adeleye The management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) has condemned what it described as an “unlawful and malicious” invasion of its premises by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on August 10, 2025, […]