By Unini Chioma Notices have been sent to lawyers seeking to be conferred with the rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the year 2021, ahead of the oral interview slated to hold between October 18 and 20. In […]
By Unini Chioma Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, in Lagos, will on November 3, 2021, decide whether or not to vacate a freezing order placed in about 20 bank accounts belonging to the Bauchi State government in a […]
Mr Ojerinde was seeking an adjournment of his trial for the third time. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Friday, fined former JAMB registrar, Dibu Ojerinde, N100,000 over his plea for an adjournment, […]
By Unini Chioma The Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba has thrown out a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to sack all 25 local government councils’ chairmen and councilors in Delta State. The APC had challenged the […]
By Unini Chioma *Prof Paul Ananaba– SPIDEL has made progress.*SPIDEL Will becomes a section every lawyer will crave to join– Dr. Ubani The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law(SPIDEL), on Friday, commissioned its new office in Abuja. […]
by Jonathan Ledger A US magistrate has recommended that a civil lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United star, for alleged rape should be outrightly dismissed. According to BBC Sports, Daniel Albregts, a magistrate judge in the United States district court for […]
by Bolanle Olabimtan A federal high court in Abuja has fixed November 8 to deliver judgment in the alleged N2.1 billion fraud case filed against Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT). In 2019, Maina was […]
by Malik Abdulganiy The federal government has filed criminal charges against Olanrewaju Suraju, chairman of HEDA Resource Centre, at a federal high court, Abuja, over allegations of circulating the audio of a stage-managed phone interview with Mohammed Bello Adoke, a […]
by Bolanle Olabimtan A federal high court in Abuja has granted permission to Mohammed Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation (AGF), to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for medical examination. Adoke, through his counsel, Kanu Agabi, had filed the […]
By Azimazi Momoh Jimoh and Anietie Akpan The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade to court seeking an order directing him and his deputy to vacate office being members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]