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NBA Owerri Chairman Removal Sparks ₦100m Due Process Row
A move to remove the Chairman of NBA Owerri Branch over questions surrounding ₦100 million received from the Imo State…
NBA Jalingo Moves to Build Financial Independence
The NBA Jalingo Branch is looking beyond conventional fundraising, proposing an investment structure that could give the branch a more…
NBA PRESIDENT TASKS SPIDEL ON DETENTION, DISABILITY RIGHTS REFORMS
The Nigerian Bar Association is pushing its public-interest arm beyond statements of condemnation toward measurable legal intervention. NBA President Oyinkansola…
LAW SCHOOL DG SEEKS NBA ACTION OVER ADMISSION QUOTA CRISIS
Thousands of aspiring lawyers may be paying the price for universities admitting law students beyond approved limits. Nigerian Law School…
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Man Remanded Over Alleged Defilement of 8-Year-Old
A Lagos Magistrates’ Court has ordered a 51-year-old man into custody over an allegation involving an eight-year-old girl, with the…
Two Inmates Die in Kano Custodial Centre Cholera Outbreak
Two inmates have died after a laboratory-confirmed cholera outbreak inside Kano’s Kurmawa Custodial Centre, bringing inmate health and conditions in…
Igala Community Head Arraigned Over Defilement
A sexual-offence allegation dating back to 2023 has moved into formal court proceedings in Lagos following the arraignment of the…
EFCC Confirms Arrest of Suspended City Boy Women Leader
Months after declaring her wanted, the EFCC has confirmed that Halimat Adenike Tejuosho is in custody over allegations connected with…
POLICE LINK INTERSTATE MOTORCYCLE SYNDICATE TO NINE KILLINGS
What began with the snatching of a single motorcycle in Jigawa has reportedly exposed a wider interstate network spanning Jigawa,…
COURT CONVICTS LAGOS TRADER OVER FAKE, UNREGISTERED DRUGS
A Federal High Court conviction has brought the dangers of Nigeria’s counterfeit-drug market back into sharp focus. A Lagos trader…
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EL-RUFAI’S ₦1BN RIGHTS SUIT MOVES TO OCTOBER 27
The Federal High Court has fixed October 27 for definite hearing of Nasir El-Rufai’s ₦1 billion fundamental-rights suit challenging the…
Court Dismisses Suit Seeking Fresh Mohbad Probe
A Federal High Court has rejected an attempt to compel the police to reopen the investigation into Mohbad’s death, ruling…
Supreme Court Restores Electoral Act Rules on Primaries
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has restored key Electoral Act provisions governing party membership registers and candidate selection, putting statutory compliance back…
Lawyer Petitions IGP Over Detention Despite Court Order
A fresh petition to the Inspector-General of Police has raised questions over obedience to judicial orders after a lawyer alleged…
Appeal Court Clarifies Objections Before Arraignment
A Court of Appeal decision attracting fresh attention has strengthened an important criminal-procedure principle: a genuine jurisdictional challenge cannot simply…
APPEAL COURT CLEARS FIDELITY BANK IN ₦10M RIGHTS CASE
The Court of Appeal has drawn an important line between reporting suspected wrongdoing to law-enforcement authorities and becoming legally responsible…
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Dino Melaye Calls Youths to Faith, Purpose and Service
Drawing lessons from Esther, Daniel, Jeremiah and the life of Christ, Senator Dino Melaye has challenged Nigerian youths to embrace…
SERAP Gives CBN 7 Days Over $6.23m Election Funds
Fresh questions over public funds have reached the Central Bank of Nigeria as SERAP demands explanations over $6.23 million linked…
NDLEA, UAE Sign New Anti-Drug Cooperation Pact
Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates have moved to tighten enforcement against cross-border drug trafficking through a new agreement focused…
AWLA International Issues Seven-Day Ultimatum
The leadership dispute within the African Women Lawyers Association has entered a new phase after AWLA International issued a seven-day…
Fuel Stations Risk Licence Loss Over Under-Dispensing
Filling stations that give motorists less fuel than they pay for are facing a much harder regulatory consequence than a…
NEPZA Targets Illegal Container Imports in Free Zones
Nigeria's Free Trade Zones are entering a stricter compliance phase as NEPZA intensifies inspections and documentation checks against containers moved…
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US Appeal Court Upholds Pentagon’s Anthropic Exclusion
A major United States appellate ruling has placed artificial-intelligence safeguards, government procurement powers and national security in the same legal…
Nigeria, EU Push New Legal Migration Deal
Nigeria and the European Union are trying to turn years of migration negotiations into a broader legal framework covering lawful…
Gambia Orders Banks to Localise Expatriate Jobs
Nigerian banks operating in The Gambia face a significant employment-law deadline. The country's central bank has ordered lenders to progressively…
Google Hit With €403m Location-Data Fine
One of Europe's biggest privacy regulators has imposed a €403 million penalty on Google over historic location-data practices, reinforcing a…
US News Outlets Fight White House Ban in Court
A dispute over who may enter the White House has become a constitutional test of whether government officials can restrict…
ECOWAS COURT TARGETS JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT GAPS
The ECOWAS Court of Justice is bringing judges, governments, lawyers and regional institutions together in Dakar for high-level talks on…
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ATOYEBI SAN EXAMINES CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS UNDER NIGERIA DATA PROTECTION ACT 2023
As Nigerian businesses increasingly rely on global cloud platforms, foreign processors and cross-border digital services, the legal obligations surrounding the…
ICAP, ATLAPA Unveiled as Paul Harris Ogbole Charges Fellows
Nigeria’s competition-law landscape has entered a new professional era with the unveiling of the Institute of Competition and Antitrust Practitioners…
ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE: WHAT NIGERIAN LAWYERS MUST PROVE BEFORE ADMISSIBILITY
From WhatsApp messages and emails to bank statements, CCTV recordings and downloaded documents, digital evidence now dominates modern litigation —…
Atoyebi SAN Calls for Stronger Legal Framework to Boost Foreign Investment in Nigeria
Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi, SAN, says Nigeria’s challenge in attracting sustainable foreign investment goes beyond having adequate laws, stressing that regulatory…
AFTER THE ROBE: WHO LOOKS AFTER NIGERIA’S RETIRED MAGISTRATES?
After decades handling thousands of criminal and civil cases, the welfare of retired magistrates is coming under renewed scrutiny, with…
ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE: WHAT NIGERIAN LAWYERS MUST PROVE BEFORE ADMISSIBILITY
From WhatsApp messages and emails to bank statements, CCTV recordings and downloaded documents, digital evidence now dominates modern litigation —…
