The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, has slated June 19 to 25, 2026, for its annual Law Week. Themed “Altering the Status Quo: Going Against the Norm,” the event is poised to drive conversations on reform and innovation within […]
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The West African Bar Association (WABA) has condemned what it described as the unlawful and degrading treatment of a legal practitioner allegedly ordered to kneel in open court by a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja. In a […]
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama has discharged former Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah and her ex-aide, Gloria Odita, from the alleged N2.5billion fraud case brought against them by the Office of the Attorney General of […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed serious concern over reports of judges allegedly bullying and unlawfully detaining lawyers, describing such acts as an abuse of judicial power and a threat to the dignity of the legal profession. In a […]
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, (SAN). Justice Peter Kekemeke issued […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted an accelerated hearing in the ongoing trial of three terror suspects accused of spying on American and Israeli embassies in Nigeria for certain individuals in Iran. Justice Emeka Nwite made the […]
A new book on crime journalism by Editor-in-Chief of Atlanticnewsonline, Mr. Frank Oshanugor, will be publicly presented in Lagos, today. The book, Crime Beat Reporting in Nigeria, will be unveiled at 10 am, at Osun Hall, Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja. Dignitaries […]
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos has held that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) exceeded its statutory authority in dissolving the board and management of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, declaring the January 2024 intervention […]
By Akin Kuponiyi A plastic manufacturing company, Sunrise Products Limited, has instituted a suit against Nova Commercial Bank Limited before a Federal High Court in Lagos, alleging inflation of its indebtedness through illegal charges and enforcement of non-existent liabilities running […]
The Police on Wednesday dragged a 42-year-old man, Isiaka Adesiyan, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over alleged N37.5 million fraud. Adesiyan whose address was not stated is standing trial on charges bordering on forgery, fraud and stealing. […]