I have watched three significant incidents unfold in Nigeria within the space of weeks. Remita – the infrastructure behind the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account, processing transactions for millions of Nigerians – allegedly had roughly 3 terabytes of data exfiltrated, […]
THE VERDICT IS OUT: CONGRATULATIONS, NEW WIGS! The Nigerian Law School results are out, and to every student who saw “Pass” today— take a bow. You survived the pressure, the red books, the endless group discussions, and the cold nights […]
The legal profession in Nigeria is anchored on a non-negotiable foundation — the supremacy of the rule of law. This principle imposes a binding obligation on all persons and institutions, but most especially on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which […]
A legal practitioner, Mike Chigozie Egbo, has dragged the Nigerian Bar Association, its President Afam Osigwe, the NBA Keffi Branch, and two of its officials before the High Court of Nasarawa State sitting in Akwanga, alleging breach of his fundamental […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced that 974 offenders were convicted and sentenced to various jail terms during the first quarter of 2026, including 11 drug kingpins who received a combined 254 years of imprisonment. This occurred as […]
By Moronke Boboye A 22-year-old delivery agent, Samuel Uchenna, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing nine iPhones valued at nine million naira. The defendant, who resides at 58, Jamiu Crescent, Baruwa, in Ipaja, […]
Celebrity Nigerian cryptocurrency entrepreneur Linus Williams Ifejirika, popularly known as Blord, has been granted bail after spending weeks in Kuje prison over alleged impersonation of social media commentator Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan. The development was disclosed by […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has faulted the authenticity of the Nigerian passport tendered in the London proceedings in the dispute over a property traced to a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the late General Jeremiah Useni. […]
A 63-year-old cleric, Chris Douglas, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja for raping a church member’s daughter. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that Douglas, who is the […]
THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, CALABAR BRANCH (DOYEN BAR) ANNUAL LAW WEEK, 2026. A NOTE OF FELICITATION OKEY LEO OHAGBA I write to extend my warmest felicitation to the Enome Amatey led Executive, Law Week Planning Committee, and the entire leadership […]