The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has refused the application of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), seeking to vacate the interim injunction restraining it from enforcing disputed provisions of the Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations […]
NBA-YLF LAGOS BRANCH SUMMIT 2026 A NOTE OF FELICITATION • OKEY LEO OHAGBA I write to convey my warmest felicitation to the Gideon Edem led Executive, the Summit Planning Committee, and the entire members of the Nigerian Bar Association Young […]
The House of Representatives has amended the 2026 Electoral Act to restrict original jurisdiction on pre-election matters in the presidential elections to the Court of Appeal, terminating at the Supreme Court. It also allows alternative service of an election petition […]
Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said his many appearances before appellate courts as a litigant played a major role in shaping his legal career and strengthening his respect for the judiciary. Wike spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at […]
By Luminous Jannamike The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, has said the party will appeal a Federal High Court ruling barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising its state congresses, insisting it […]
SIR OAIKHENA OSAGIE CONDEMNS EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OF MENA OGIDI; CALLS FOR THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF ALL COMPLICIT OFFICERS. Rights activist and Benin-based legal practitioner, Sir Oaikhena Osagie, has issued a scathing condemnation following the public execution of a young […]
By Gift ChapiOdekina The House of Representatives on Wednesday amended the Electoral Act 2026, introducing a more flexible and technology-driven framework for the service of election petition processes as part of preparations for the 2027 general elections. The amendment followed […]
STATEMENT BY AARE OLUMUYIWA AKINBORO, SAN ON THE EFFURUN INCIDENT. The recent incident in Effurun, Delta State, involving the death of a young man, reportedly identified as Mene Ogidi, is deeply troubling and calls for sober reflection within the framework […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a ruling that bars the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in any state congresses organized by a disputed caretaker leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Delivering the judgment on […]
THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (NBA), ZARIA BRANCH, 2026 LAW WEEK A NOTE OF FELICITATION I write to warmly felicitate the Dr. Muhammad Tukur Jubril led Executive, the Law Week Planning Committee, and the entire members of the Nigerian Bar Association […]