I congratulate the Branch Chairman, Executive Committee, Law Week Planning Committee and entire members of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ota Branch (The Utter Bar), on the occasion of the Branch’s 2021 Law Week. The Theme of the Law Week: “Technology […]
By Obinna Nwaoku A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced five oil thieves to various jail terms in separate judgment for illegal dealings in petroleum products. While Justice Phoebe Ayuba convicted and sentenced Peter […]
A group, Youth Advocate for Peace, Justice and Empowerment Network (YAPJEN), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to end insecurity in the Southeast by granting presidential pardon to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. It […]
By Unini Chioma The Attorneys-General of the 36 states of the federation have filed a suit at the Supreme Court to challenge the legality of the Presidential Executive Order 10 issued last year to shore up the financial independence of state […]
By Unini Chioma Amid heated litigation over its trademark infringement on the name “eNiara,” a Federal High Court in Abuja has given the nod for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) rollout of its digital currency. This was disclosed in the […]
By Unini Chioma A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the application filed by Senator Ali Ndume, seeking an order to discharge him as Abdulrasheed Maina’s surety, after he jumped bail. Justice Okon Abang, in a ruling, held that the […]
By Agency Report Grace Mugabe, the widow of Zimbabwe’s longtime former ruler Robert Mugabe, has challenged a court order to exhume her husband’s remains for reburial at a national shrine, court papers showed Monday. Mugabe was buried in his rural home […]
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday fixed Jan. 24, 2022 for a suit filed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), seeking a stay of execution of orders it granted the businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, over alleged N69 billion […]
By Chukwujekwu Ilozue The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned the authorities of Federal Medical Centre Owerri and Aladimma hospital that it will not accept a mass burial of innocent Easterners brutally murdered by security agents. It said that relations […]
By Agency Report A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, dismissed the application filed by Sen. Ali Ndume, seeking an order to discharge him as Abdulrasheed Maina’s surety, after he jumped bail.Justice Okon Abang, in a ruling, held that the application […]