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 …

Disturbed by the bribery allegations rocking the ongoing Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) sitting in Kano, the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Kano, Sagir Gezawa, on Wednesday, formally wrote a letter to the Secretary of the EPT, demanding the identities of the lawyers attempting to bribe the judges. The Kano NBA Chairman said, “We will want My Lord …

The campaign to remove Abdulrasheed Bawa as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, due to allegations of politicization of the organization, disobedience of court orders, and violation of Nigerians’ human rights, among other things, has been relaunched by no fewer than 130 frontline anti-corruption civil society organizations, or CSOs. Joined by 20 Constitutional lawyers led by …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Imo State held a peaceful protest on Tuesday to address the increasing cases of attacks, killings, and kidnappings in the state. The demonstration was in response to the recent killing of Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman of the Customary Court in Ejemekwuru, in Oguta Local Government Area who was murdered while on duty in his …

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has opened invitations for lawyers to apply for the 2023 award for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) at N1 million per applicant. In a notice issued by its Secretary/Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajo Bello,the committee stated that the purchase of the application forms, which began on 1st January, will …