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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to curtail automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of his hardline immigration crackdown suffered another legal setback on Friday when a second federal appeals court declined to lift one of the court orders blocking the Republican’s executive order. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected […]

(AP) — President Donald Trump shouted at Ukraine’s leader on Friday during an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office, berating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for “gambling with millions of lives” and suggesting his actions could trigger World War III. The last 10 minutes of the nearly 45-minute engagement devolved into a tense back and forth between […]

*Decries Growing Lawlessness In State Houses Of Assembly In a recent interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Afam Osigwe, SAN, expressed deep concern over the growing lawlessness in State Houses of Assembly across the country. He highlighted the recent crisis in the Lagos State House of […]

The controversy surrounding the will of the late billionaire, Herbert Wigwe has deepened, with concerns over the legitimacy and jurisdiction of the document filed in Nigeria. Joyce Wigwe, the elder sister of the late Access Bank Chief Executive Officer, has raised multiple red flags regarding the handling of the will, which was initially lodged in […]

President Bola Tinubu has signed the ₦54.99 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill Tinubu signed the budget in the presence of principal officers of the National Assembly and other top government officials in a small ceremony in his office at the State House, Abuja, on Friday. The bill was passed by the two Chambers of the National […]

A Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday, ruled in favor of the prosecution’s request to remand Mr. Austin Okai over allegations of cyberstalking and criminal defamation against Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo. The Department of State Services (DSS) sought the court’s approval to remand Okai while they conclude investigations into the allegations. The request […]

*Dismisses Bayelsa Oil Company’s Suit, Citing Lack of Jurisdiction The Federal High Court of Nigeria, sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, presided by Hon. Justice Ayo Emmanuel, has delivered a consolidated ruling in Suit No. FHC/YNG/CS/223/2024 on February 24, 2025. The court dismissed Bayelsa Oil Company Limited’s suit against Ebikabowei Charles Dorgu and six others, affirming […]Read More

The Delta State High Court, Warri, presided over by Hon. Justice Anthony O. Akpovi, has delivered a landmark judgment in Suit No. W/311/FHR/2024: John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) & 4 Ors., ruling that the restriction of university admissions to candidates aged 16 and above is unconstitutional. The case, filed by John […]

The impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has insisted that his removal must follow due process, the same way he was appointed. Obasa made this assertion during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday evening, hours after he stormed the Assembly complex, declared himself Speaker, and presided […]

Dr. Cynthia C. Umezulike, Ph.D., a distinguished International Human Rights Lawyer, Associate Professor, and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development, Energy Transitions, and Climate Change at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, has been elected Vice Chair of the United Kingdom Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA). The election took place during the HRLA’s Annual General […]

The Lagos State Police Command has reinstated the security details of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mojisola Meranda, after their earlier withdrawal sparked widespread speculation. Earlier on Thursday morning, security personnel assigned to the Speaker’s office and residence were suddenly withdrawn, fueling concerns, especially as the security details of impeached […]

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, granted bail to a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, in the sum of ₦5 million with two sureties. Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu, while delivering the bail terms, stated that the two sureties must provide proof of means of livelihood as […]