Buhari Swears In Justice Ariwoola As CJN
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Justice Ariwoola Olukayode as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Justice Ariwoola took the judicial oath of office on Wednesday in a brief…
Edo PDP Tussle: Supreme Court Delivers Judgement
Court, on Friday, ended the leadership tussle in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter, with the dismissal of an appeal instituted at the Apex Court by Dan…
9 Law Professors, 3 EFCC Lawyers, 50 Others Emerge Senior Advocates of Nigeria
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), has elevated nine Professors of law, three lawyers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and 50 others to the prestigious rank…
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Lagos govt fined N750,000 for towing lawyer’s vehicle
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has awarded N750,000 damages against the state government for violating a legal practitioner, Lawal Aliyu’s fundamental rights, following the towing of his…
My husband uses ‘Aboniki’ as lubricant to have séx with me – Nigerian woman tells court
A woman in Ibadan has shocked the court of law with her narration of the tortuous séxual experience she undergoes in her matrimonial home. A 43-year-old woman, Omolara Acchoyame,…
SANs kick as Malami moves to appoint new Supreme Court justices
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, said yesterday the Federal Government would collaborate with the Judiciary to…
BREAKING: Court orders INEC to accept Akpabio as APC senatorial candidate
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All…
No fund for 2023 election petition tribunals, A’Court President laments
President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday, bewailed the unavailability of funds to prosecute the 2023 General Election Petition Tribunals. Justice Dongban-Mensem, who spoke at…
Judges’ Welfare Uppermost On Buhari’s Agenda –Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the improvement of the remuneration and conditions of service of judicial officers remains uppermost on the agenda…
Number of supreme court justices drops to 13 as Abdu Aboki retires
The number of justices of the supreme court has further depleted following the retirement of Abdu Aboki. Aboki clocked 70 years on August 5, 2022, being the statutory retirement…
Court dissolves 2-year marriage for lack of love
A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja on Monday dissolved a two-year-old marriage between a civil servant, Aisha Ari and her estranged husband, Ibrahim Hassan, for lack of…
Lawyers Must Speak Against Terror, Hardship In Nigeria – New NBA President
Newly inaugurated President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, has said Nigerians have been terrorised, traumaties and their psyche pauperised. Speaking during his inaugural address as President…
Inibehe Effiong challenges judge to release CCTV footage of court proceedings
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has challenged the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, to release CCTV footage of what transpired in court on the day he…
Court, Police Seize Andy Uba’s Cars Over N50m Debt
Andy Uba’s vehicles have been sized by officials of the Execution Unit of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, working with officers of the Nigeria Police Force,…
Inibehe Effiong: NBA To Drag Akwa Ibom CJ Before NJC
The National Executive Council of the Nigerian Bar Association has resolved to drag the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Fabian Obot before the National Judicial Council…
