Peter Obi, former presidential candidate, has demanded a public apology and 5 billion naira in damages from Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Communication and Strategy, over allegedly defamatory statements. Through his legal counsel Alex Ejesieme (SAN), Obi Read more…
With reference to the Suit No: FHC/AWK/CSC/150/2024 We the applicants in the above name suit number standing tall and alive in the Federal High Court Holden in Awka wish to bring to the General public via the media the acute Read more…
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO: Mazi Afam Osuigwe SAN President Elect Bridget Edokwe =Publicity Secretary Elect It gladdens our hearts to witness your emergence as the President and Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Bar Association respectively in the just concluded National Election.Your Read more…
The Governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has expressed his delight at the election of Anambra-born Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mazi Afam Josiah Osigwe, as the 32nd President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In a statement released Read more…
The Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja has declined to shut down all expenditures of Governor Siminalay Fubara of Rivers State pending the hearing and determination of a substantive suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly. Read more…
An Ondo-based legal practitioner, Abayomi Oladire, is currently battling for his life at an undisclosed hospital following an alleged attack on him by his client’s husband, Mr. Kunle Kuteyi. Oladire claimed that he was attacked with a broken bottle for Read more…
The UN’s top court said on Friday in a non-binding opinion that Israel’s nearly 60-year occupation of Palestinian territories violates international law and must be ended as soon as possible. Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is illegal, said Read more…
THIS intervention goes against the flow of current popular opinion in Nigeria. There’s a herd mentality, whereby many prominent people are hailing the recent Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy without thinking about its implications. But as Socrates said, the Read more…
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of five properties linked to a former Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, NAPL, Major-General U.M. Mohammed. The court had, on March 4, 2024, ordered the interim Read more…
Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice James Omotosho, on Wednesday, voided the impeachment of Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. While delivering judgment, Justice Omotosho ordered that Shaibu be reinstated to office of the Deputy Governor of Read more…
Even before her bombshell decision on Monday to dismiss former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, Judge Aileen Cannon had made any number of unorthodox rulings. In fact, since Cannon took control of the case in June 2023, many of Read more…
Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, a prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), met with lawyers at Templars, one of the premier law firms in Lagos. During this interactive session, he assured the Read more…