Sunday, 24 November, 2024

Category: Judiciary


The Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, lauded the judiciary on Tuesday for upholding justice and nullifying the purported sale of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines. The operators said this in a statement signed by its president, Dr Abdulmunaf Sarina, in Read more…


The joint caucus of the South East members of the National Assembly,  has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and have called on him to arrest and prosecute those instigating anti-Igbo action in the South West In the petition Read more…


Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted bail in the sum of N50 million to two alleged hackers, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, who were accused by the police of allegedly hacking into MTN Nigeria Communication Read more…


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…