Lagos Court Acquits Two Men of Land Theft, Forgery Charges
A long-running property-related criminal prosecution has ended in acquittal after a Lagos High Court held that the evidence presented against…
Lawyers Demand Tougher Sanctions for Delays as New Legal Year Begins
Nigerian lawyers are pressing the judiciary to move beyond repeated promises of speedy justice and introduce practical consequences for unnecessary…
Nigeria at 66: Judiciary’s Gains Confront Delay, Funding and Independence Questions
Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary offers more than an opportunity to examine constitutional history; it also provides a measure of how…
NBA Owerri Human Rights Committee Handles 30 Petitions, Secures Release of 11 Detainees
The Human Rights Committee of NBA Owerri Branch says it handled 30 petitions within three months and helped secure the…
Supreme Court’s Electoral Act Ruling Does Not Automatically Disqualify Candidates — Ubani, SAN
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and legal practitioner, Dr. M. O. Ubani, SAN, has cautioned against interpretations suggesting that the Supreme…
US Appeals Court Upholds Thomson Reuters Victory in Landmark AI Copyright Case
A United States federal appeals court has upheld Thomson Reuters’ copyright victory against ROSS Intelligence in a closely watched dispute…
Court Fixes November 19 for Judgment in Yahaya Bello’s Kogi Central APC Ticket Dispute
The Federal High Court in Abuja will on November 19 determine a pre-election dispute over the APC ticket for Kogi…
Supreme Court Restores Electoral Act Primary Rules as Questions Shift to 2027 Nominations
With Sections 77(5)–(7) and 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026 restored by the Supreme Court, attention has shifted from whether…
Court-Ordered Fresh Gombe PDP Governorship Primary Holds After Pantami Ticket Nullification
The PDP is conducting a fresh Gombe governorship primary after the Federal High Court nullified the process that produced former…
Federal High Court Orders NMDPRA to Continue Issuing Fuel Import Licences
A Federal High Court judgment has directed Nigeria’s downstream petroleum regulator to continue granting and renewing fuel-import licences to qualified…