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 […]
NOTICE OF THE FINAL CLOSURE OF THE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION WINDOW– OSUN NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2026, ILE-IFE TAKE NOTICE that the CPC OSUN NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2026 of EGBE AMOFIN OODUA shall close the Earlybird Registration Window on 30TH APRIL 2026. Members […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday adjourned till May 6 a suit seeking to uphold the indefinite suspension of the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, by the Wuse Ward chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). […]