LAW

Private airline XEJet Limited has opened two legal fronts at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc and the Aviation Ground Handlers Association of Nigeria, accusing them of breaches arising from a dispute over ground handling charges and information relating to the airline’s account. In the first suit, […]

A frightening mid-air struggle aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv has triggered investigations across the Middle East after an Omani co-pilot allegedly stabbed the aircraft’s captain and attempted to take control of the plane, sending it into a rapid descent before passengers and crew intervened. Flight FZ1073, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 […]

Africa’s push to refine more of its own crude oil received a major boost on Wednesday as Kenyan President William Ruto, Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote and other African leaders broke ground on the $16 billion Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals complex in Lamu County, Kenya. The huge industrial project, designed to process 700,000 […]

*”The Only Basis Upon Which An Act Made For The Conduct Of Party Primaries Can Be Impugned Is That It Would Not Ensure Internal Democracy” — Supreme Court On Section 228 The Supreme Court has held that section 77 of the Electoral Act 2026 does not disqualify any individual member of a political party from […]

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has granted absolute pardon to 130 inmates and commuted the death sentences of four others to life imprisonment as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary. The decision was announced on Thursday, October 1, as the governor joined Nigerians at home and abroad in commemorating 66 years of the […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Gombe has nullified the May 16, 2026 primary election conducted by the All Progressives Congress for the Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency of Gombe State, holding that the exercise failed to comply with the mandatory requirements of the Electoral Act 2026. The court also ordered the APC to conduct a fresh […]

Covenant University, the University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos have jointly emerged as Nigeria’s highest-ranked universities in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, all three placed in the 801 to 1000 band globally. The rankings were published on Wednesday. Nigeria recorded 29 ranked universities in the 2027 edition, up from 24 […]

The Benin Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has commended the handling of a major kidnapping and violent-crime case by the Edo State Special Court, saying the proceedings demonstrated that serious criminal matters can be concluded expeditiously without sacrificing the constitutional right of defendants to a fair hearing. The branch spoke following Tuesday’s judgment of […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed December 7, 2026, to deliver a ruling in the trial-within-trial being conducted to determine whether statements and video recordings obtained from six defendants standing trial over an alleged plot to overthrow the Federal Government should be admitted in evidence. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik fixed the date on […]