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The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, had, in 2015, rejected a petition brought against Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, by Ochai P. Ulegede over the Zaki Biam matter, TheNigeriaLawyer can reveal. The letter, dated July 16, 2015, was provided to our correspondent by Gadzama’s media team upon enquiry. Osigwe was […]

Sir Ejike Ezenwa, SAN, has toured the Lawyers In Business Institute Mass-Housing and Land-Banking Scheme Estate, where he commended the promoters for creating what was described as a credible platform for investment, affordable housing and wealth-building opportunities. The visit formed part of ongoing engagements by L.I.B.I to deepen participation in its mass-housing and land-banking initiative, […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights advocate, Dr. Monday Ubani, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s restriction on an Osun State government account raises unsettled legal questions about how far the anti-graft agency’s powers stretch, particularly its authority to freeze the statutory account of a federating unit without a prior court […]

The Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ayodele Fayose, has linked inadequate electricity supply in rural communities to population growth, arguing that the absence of power leaves residents with limited recreational options after nightfall and encourages them to retire indoors early. Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti State, made the remarks after his inauguration as […]

Bank of America spends more than $250 million annually covering GLP-1 weight-loss medications for its employees, a benefit the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Brian Moynihan, says is delivering positive results despite rising healthcare costs. The bank now spends more than $2 billion every year on healthcare for its roughly 211,000 employees, with GLP-1 medications such […]

Fuller details of the account freeze imposed on the Osun State Government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have emerged, showing that the Commission targeted three accounts rather than the single account previously known to the public. The disclosure, reported by Sahara Reporters on the strength of newly obtained court documents, widens the scope […]

The Nigeria Police Force has detailed how the self-styled Director-General of a fictitious Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) and Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, allegedly spent ₦400 million on vehicles, relatives and luxury items, while also obtaining a ₦100 million loan from a microfinance bank to sustain his lifestyle. The […]

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council has raised fresh concerns over documents allegedly used to present the disputed organisation as a federal government agency, including a purported governing board that listed President Bola Tinubu and several senior government officials as members. Chairman of the committee, Yusuf […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced four persons for offences bordering on illegal foreign exchange transactions and unlawful trading in naira notes. Justice F.N. Ogazi delivered the judgment on Friday, August 7, 2026, following the guilty pleas of Ahmad Umar Baros, Aminu Umar Injay, Yusuf Suleimon and Olasunbo Sholanke. […]

The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting at the High Court of Awka, Anambra State, has convicted and sentenced a 27-year-old final-year Mass Communication student, Wisdom Edem, to 25 years, five years and five years imprisonment, respectively for rape, sexual abuse and inflicting injury on a 10-year-old girl. In the Charge No. A/3C/2024, obtained […]

A Circuit Court in Tema, Ghana, has sentenced two Nigerian nationals, Kingsley Ndifon and Emmanuel Akong, to 20 years’ imprisonment each after convicting them of human trafficking involving 11 fellow Nigerians who were brought into Ghana with promises of employment. Ndifon, 29, and Akong, 25, were also convicted of causing harm to the victims, who […]

The National Industrial Court has alerted the public to an alleged fraudulent attempt by an unknown person or group to impersonate the President of the Court, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip, PhD, OFR, for the purpose of soliciting contracts and obtaining money from unsuspecting members of the public. In a public notice, the Court said the […]