Law
4 days ago
Like the other arms of government in the country, the judiciary that administers the nation’s laws is beset with peculiar challenges, which have clogged the wheel of justice administration for so many years.
4 days ago
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ruled that Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited should pay N11.7 billion as rent/compensation for the 32 years it owed Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Gas Well-head to the landlord’s family represented by Ongelga Oil and Gas.
4 days ago
Over the past few years, Nigeria has grappled with a significant rise in communal land disputes leading to the tragic loss of lives and property, which have further tasked the capacity of the National Boundary Commission...
4 days ago
An appellant, Dr. Oluwole Adeoye Daini has declared that President Bola Tinubu has disencumbered several government establishments from any criminality in the appeals he won.
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The Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP) has called for the inclusion of the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGoF) in the constitution amendment.
9 Apr
The Supreme Court has again thrown out Lagos State’s application for the interpretation of its 12-year-old judgment, which compelled it to allocate 549 Plots of Land to the Shangisha Landlords Association within Magodo Estate as a matter of priority.
9 Apr
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an appeal against the decision of a Federal High Court (FHC), in Abuja, which dismissed his objections to continued trial.
9 Apr
A businessman, Raqeeb Quadri Adeshile has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) seeking for withdrawal of multiple ‘malicious’ criminal charges filed against him by the Police.
9 Apr
African Human Rights Mechanisms Nomination and Selection Initiative, also known as the Arusha Initiative, has launched a campaign in search of experts to fill vacant positions in the upcoming elections into the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
9 Apr
Civil Society Organisations (CSO) have criticised the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola over the state of Nigeria’s Judiciary under his leadership.
9 Apr
The first area I think we should pay attention to is the idea of the source of the Constitution. It continues to be a source of dissatisfaction to people that this constitution didn’t arise from the ethnic nationalities that make up Nigerians. The opening chapter of the Constitution says, ‘We, the people of Nigeria’.
9 Apr
Ahead of its 18th yearly law conference, the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) said it would boost lawyers’ skills and careers in its Lawyers Got Talent (LGT) 2.0.
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