The legal team of suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has received a formal summons in the case filed against her by the Federal Government at the Federal Capital Territory High Court last week. On Friday, 16 May 2025, the Federal Government filed the suit, marked CR/297/25, over alleged defamatory remarks made during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics …

A group of eminent legal practitioners, the Public Interest Lawyers League, has called on the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Afam Osigwe and the Chairman, NBA Annual General Conference Organising Committee, Emeka Obegolu to resign over the controversy trailing the N300 million paid by the Rivers State Government to the association to host the event. There have been …

Nigerian lawyers have reacted to a controversial incident involving the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Nnamdi Kanu, and his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, explaining how they will respond if a client shouted at them as Kanu did to his counsel. In a viral video recorded in the courtroom where Kanu was standing trial for terrorism charges, the …

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC)has launched an investigation into a large-scale land scam valued at N20 billion across various parts of the state. At least 15 suspects have been apprehended, including the Registrar of the Kano State High Court, three lawyers, and four officials from the Ministry of Lands. The commission’s chairman, Muhuyi RiminGado, disclosed this …

Barely 10 months after a court overturned $11 billion damages against Nigeria in the controversial Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) deal, the federal government is facing another legal battle involving a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, which is seeking to enforce a $70 million arbitration award against Nigeria. Does the federal government stand a chance of emerging …

Entertainment lawyers have said that actors have the creative liberty to express themselves and tell stories as they deem fit. They noted that the actors could function independently of any religious bearing and should not be sanctioned by any religion. They made this known on the heels of the outrage that followed a movie poster shared by Nancy Isime on …

The Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA) has condemned the recent agreement to allow United Kingdom Attorneys to practice in Nigeria. The NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), in an email to lawyers of the Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday by 11:34 pm, titled “The Purported ETIP Agreement on Legal Services between the Government of Nigeria and the United Kingdom”, asserted that …

Some lawyers, yesterday, faulted the warning by the Nigeria Police that the use of ‘No Gree For Anybody’, adopted by some Nigerians as the 2024 slogan was capable of instigating crisis in the country. The slogan, which simply means ‘do not tolerate any form of nonsense from anybody’ or ‘do not allow yourself to be bullied by anyone’, recently gained …

Human rights lawyers, Tolu Babaleye and Inibehe Effiong have cautioned the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against activities similar to the disbanded special anti-robbery squad of the Nigeria Police. They stated this following the arrest of over 60 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Wednesday by officials of the commission in a midnight raid on off-campus hostels. The incident …

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau has said that the Bar would not hesitate to punish any lawyer who is found wanting while discharging their official functions if proper evidence is found against them. Maikyau, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, spoke at a news conference to herald the 2023 annual general conference with the theme …