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A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused an application for a stay of further proceedings in a suit challenging the decision of the River state government to conduct a local government election in October. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling on Thursday, August 15, dismissed the oral application for a stay of proceedings made […]

Former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (HMRC), Prof Chidi Odinkalu has been asked to desist from his continuous attacks on judges following the recent orders restricting participants in the #End Bad Government protests to particular venues. A rights advocacy group, Global Network for Justice and Equity (GNJE) said this in a statement issued […]

The Presidency has addressed the claims made by Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited regarding attempts to take over offshore assets of the federal government of Nigeria. In a statement released on Thursday, August 15, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, confirmed that the federal government was aware of the […]

Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Professor Mike Ozekhome SAN, has stated that under the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other government organs, including ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), lack the power to donate public funds under their […]

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has demanded a probe of the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, alleging that the state chief executive made inciting comments ahead of the protests. Ganduje said contrary to claims by the Kano state government suggesting that the APC sponsored the violent protests […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has denied a motion by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) seeking an order to compel approximately twelve banks and financial institutions to reverse billions of naira that were allegedly fraudulently withdrawn from a Flutterwave account at Wema Bank due to a system glitch between October 12 and 13, […]

*Claims ‘Sovereign Immunity’ in Fight to Reclaim Attached Aircraft” Ogun State government, on Thursday, faulted the judicial process that led to the provisional attachment of three presidential aircraft in France by the Judicial Court of Paris on 7th March and 2nd August 2024. The seized presidential aircraft are a Dassault Falcon 7X, a Boeing 737, […]

By Ataguba S. Aboje, Esq A recent incident at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport has thrust the delicate intersection of personal relationships and immigration law into the national spotlight. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched an investigation into a viral video that captures a dramatic scene: a female passenger tearing her husband’s passport in […]

Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), appears to have fallen victim to a cyberattack, with its domain address (gtbank.com) inaccessible as of Wednesday night. The incident occurred just a day after the domain name was renewed for another five years, from August 13, 2024, through March 21, 2029, according to multiple domain analysis […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of N190,277,634.2 million and $70,811.48, allegedly stolen from First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) by one of its staff, Muiz Tijani Adeyinka. Justice Akintayo Aluko, who granted the order following an ex-parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]Read More

A Nigerian man whose passport was allegedly torn by his wife at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos has clarified that the incident captured on camera was a skit. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) had earlier initiated a formal probe into the incident. The immigration service in a press statement issued on Sunday said […]

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has demanded that Access Bank reverse an unauthorized withdrawal of N10 million from the organization’s bank account. In a letter dated July 19, 2024 and addressed to the Managing Director of Access Bank, NBA-SPIDEL Chairman John Aikpokpo-Martins stated that the bank allowed the […]