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One of the Justices at the Nigerian Supreme Court, Justice Muhammad Dattijo, retired from active service on Friday October 27, having attained the statutory retirement age of 70 years. At his valedictory speech, the Niger State-born jurist, who said he spent 43 years in the judiciary, spoke on arrays of issues including the power of […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court of Nigeria has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, seeking to dismiss and set aside the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) ruling. The court similarly reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter […]
Continue ReadingNigerian politician, activist and constitutional lawyer, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo; wife of Major General Olumuyiwa Badewole (rtd), Olayemi, and wife of Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, Funmi Falana, are among the 58 lawyers selected for elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). These 58 lawyers were elevated to the rank of SAN by […]
Continue ReadingUnited States District Judge, Nancy Maldonado has ruled in favor of Atiku Abubakar. She has ordered the Chicago State University (CSU) to release Bola A. Tinubu’s Academic Records. She gave tomorrow (Monday 2nd October) as the deadline. Judge Maldonado said that any request for a stay of this judgement from Tinubu’s lawyers, will be denied. […]
Continue ReadingPresident of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensen, has said that the appellate court has 39,526 pending cases. Justice Dongben-Mensen made this known during a ceremony to usher in the 2023/2024 new legal year. She said the appeal court received a total of 7,295 appeals and 3,665 motions in the 2022/2023 legal year. “During […]
Continue ReadingAt the swearing-in of nine new justices of the court of appeal in Abuja on Wednesday, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has lamented the rising number of litigations in the country. He said apart from several new crimes being committed which had contributed to the steady rise of court cases in […]
Continue ReadingUnited States District Court sitting in the Northern District of Illinois has granted the request made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, for the release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records by Chicago State University (CSU). In a ruling delivered by US Magistrate-Judge Jeffrey Gilbert on Tuesday, the court […]
Continue ReadingThe current National Treasurer of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Caroline Ladidi Anze-Bishop, has come out to tell the Nigerian lawyers at the 2023 annual general conference that she was not the one who prepared the association’s 2023 financial report that the NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau SAN wanted her to sign and present to Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, sacked Julius Abure, and recognised Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee […]
Continue ReadingChairperson of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Rivers State branch, Barrister Adata Bio-Briggs, has said that adultery is not a criminal offence. She however, said that a spouse can sue for adultery but must come with reliable evidence. “Adultery is not a criminal offence. Only a spouse can sue for adultery. If the […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court Judge in Nigeria, Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, has passed away. Mallong died on Sunday, July 30, in Abuja, Nigeria. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mallong died on Sunday after a brief illness. Also, Chief Registar of Nigeria’s Federal High Court (FHC), Hassan Amida Sulaiman, in a statement, announced […]
Continue ReadingA London court is now set to rule on the confiscation of over 100 million pounds ($129 million) linked to James Ibori, Nigerian politician and former Governor of Delta state, Nigeria. He said his hopes are rapidly fading in getting justice as a London court gets set to confiscate more than £100 million ($129 million) […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has warned the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), that misinterpreting the law as provided for in the constitution on the 25% of lawful votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, could “lead to absurdity, chaos, anarchy and alteration of the very intention of the legislature.” Tinubu also told the PEPC […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC), on Friday, recommended 23 nominees for appointment as judges of the Federal High Court (FHC) of Nigeria. Those who made the list include Kayode Ariwoola Jnr, son of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, according to a statement from council spokesman Soyi Oje on Friday night. The recommendation for the appointments […]
Continue ReadingIn a landmark judgment, Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot recovered by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.” The court ordered the government of President Bola Tinubu to “disclose the […]
Continue ReadingSupreme Court of Nigeria intends to appoint eight new justices to bring the number of the juries to the required twenty one, and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked its members to indicate interest. Supreme Court currently has 13 justices with eight vacant slots, and the long tradition (except on few occasions in the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended some names for appointments to the Court of Appeal bench and other judicial posts. A statement shared on its Twitter handle and signed by the council’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, on Friday, shows its recommendations for the appointments of nine candidates to the Court of Appeal bench […]
Continue ReadingA libel and defamation lawsuit filed by former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai against former Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has been struck out by a Kaduna High Court. El-Rufai had initially filed a N2 billion suit against Shehu Sani in 2018, seeking relief for alleged injuries suffered as a result […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) constituted by Appeal Court Justices, has fixed Monday for the hearing of the petitions challenging the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, Bola Tinubu as the president-elect. With this development, the expected legal battle by candidates disputing the outcome of the 2023 presidential election will commence […]
Continue ReadingMay 4, 2023 has been fixed as the date for a report of settlement in a dispute between veteran film maker, Zeb Ejiro, and actress Anne Njemanze, over the rightful ownership of the brand, “Domitilla”, by the Federal Trademark Registry. Ejiro had filed a petition, seeking revocation of a purported registration of “Domitilla and Device” […]
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