Alleged Privacy Invasion: Court Rules In Falana’s Favour, Awards $25,000 As Damages Against Meta

  The Lagos High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square area of Lagos has awarded the sum of $25, 000 as damages in favour of Femi Falana (SAN), in the…

Nnamdi Kanu taking risky gamble — Lawyer

  Inibehe Effiong, a human rights lawyer, has stated that Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is taking risky steps in his ongoing legal…

BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Declines To Enter Defence, Insists No Case Against Him

The leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has shelved his earlier plan to call witnesses in his defence in his ongoing trial for alleged terrorism offences

What is next for Nnamdi Kanu after his lawyers’ withdrawal from terrorism case?

Following the sudden sacking of his legal team on Thursday, the planned commencement of the defence by detained self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),…

Looming collapse of third arm of govt: Imo NBA kick as more lawyers raise concerns

By Chidi Okafor  Legal practitioners in Imo state have continued to raise serious concerns over the ugly state of the judiciary in the state, noting that if nothing urgent is…

Seven Months after, Uzodimma yet to appoint new Imo Chief Judge

Hope Uzodimma, the governor of Imo State is yet to appoint a new Chief Judge for the State, seven months after the previous Chief Judge was sacked and five weeks after the National Judicial Council nullified his earlier appointment.

Judiciary workers suspend strike after CJN’s intervention

  The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria on Tuesday suspended its strike which started on Monday. JUSUN announced the suspension in a communique issued after its meetings with the representatives…

BREAKING: Uzodimma bows to pressure, agrees to appoint most senior official As Imo Acting Chief Judge

  The Imo State Government has accepted the decisions reached by the National Judicial Council (NJC) at its 108th meeting, particularly the Council’s position on the appointment of an Acting…

NJC voids Uzodimma’s appointment of acting Imo Chief Judge, suspends three others

  The National Judicial Council has declared the appointment of Justice Theophilus Nzeukwu as acting Chief Judge of Imo State void, directing the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma,…

BREAKING: Court Sentences Gospel Singer Osinachi’s Husband To Death

  Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death…

Rivers’ N300m was a gift, not hosting fee – NBA

  The Nigerian Bar Association has clarified that the N300 million it received from the Rivers State Government was a non-refundable gift, not a payment for hosting rights to its…

Chief Magistrate In Rivers Resigns Over ‘Quasi-Military’ Leadership In State

    A Chief Magistrate in the Rivers judiciary, Ejike King George, has voluntarily resigned from service, citing unease with the recent appointment of what he described as a “quasi-military…

Rivers asks NBA to refund N300m confab hosting rights

  The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has replied to the Nigerian Bar Association regarding the reason for relocating its Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt…

Abuse of Process: Imo Chief Judge, Nzeukwu Risks Suspension by NJC

The newly sworn-in acting Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Theophilus Nzeukwu, may be suspended by the National Judicial Council (NJC), if the mounting tension between the Imo state government…