By Taiye Agbaje The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) panel constituted by its president, on Thursday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Nnamdi Kanu’s ailment complained about was not life-threatening. NAN reports that Justice James Omotosho had ordered the NMA to set up a panel to ascertain the actualContinue Reading
By Ebere Agozie/Perpetua Onuegbu A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mohammed Ndarani, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to bar retired civil servants from contesting for any elective position for at least one year after their retirement. Ndarani, who made the call at a news conference in Abuja , saidContinue Reading
By Ugochi Ugo-joy Ndubuisi The FCT High Court, Life Camp, Abuja has adjourned the trial of a Nigerian rapper, Tochukwu Ojogwu, popularly known as “Odumodublvck” in a case of assault and battery, until Nov. 26. The claimant, a Nigerian musician, Levi Ogbogiri, popularly known as “Kraziecent” instituted a suit againstContinue Reading
By Peter Amine Stakeholders in the criminal justice system, with the support of the CLEEN Foundation, have developed a state-specific action plan for effective implementation of Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) in Benue. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the action plan was developed at a two-dayContinue Reading
By Ebere Agozie Nigerian organisations experienced 4,388 cyber-attacks per week in the first quarter of 2025, the Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has said. Fagbemi disclosed this at the Annual Cybercrimes Awareness Campaign and the second National Consultation on the Cybercrimes Legal Framework in Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Ebere Agozie The Federal Government has declared that online criminal activities will no longer be tolerated under any guise. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, made the declaration at the annual Cybercrimes Awareness Campaign and second National Consultations on the Cybercrimes Legal FrameworkContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that no judge of the FCT will live in a rented apartment by the end of President Bola Tinubu’s first tenure. Wike made this known in Abuja on Monday, at the inauguration ofContinue Reading
By Edith Nwapi An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness told an Abuja High Court that former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, did not disobey a presidential directive concerning the Mambilla Power Project. The EFCC had alleged that Agunloye, who served as a Minister between 1999Continue Reading
Divorce By: Mujidat Oyewole A housewife , Mulikat Abdulrasheed ,on Friday prayed for divorce in an Area Court in Ilorin, on grounds that her husband, Abdullahi was jobless and had no source of livelihood. “My uncle arranged the marriage with Abdullahi. I didn’t know that he was jobless, had noContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A Lawyer, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sanction Polaris Bank for allegedly withholding a loan facility of N868 million belonging to his client, Kenchez Nigeria Limited. Ume, a former Attorney-General of Imo, made the appeal in a petition toContinue Reading
