CLE Opens portal for 2026 Bar Final Resit, releases rimetable and Fees
The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has thrown open registration for the 2026 Bar Final Resit Examinations, alongside the mandatory revision programme for candidates seeking another attempt at the Bar…
Senate suspension row: Akpabio drags Natasha to Supreme Court
The legal battle over the suspension of the senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has escalated as the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has again approached the Supreme Court. Court documents…
Rivers chief judge refuses setting up impeachment panel to probe Fubara
The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined to constitute a judicial panel to investigate Governor Siminalayi Fubara, citing a court order. The Rivers State House of…
Water board lands: Edo govt threatens sanctions against illegal squatters
Edo state government yesterday threatened to take appropriate legal action against government officials who allocated lands belonging to the State Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation across its facilities in…
EFCC recovered N1.28bn from Sujimoto, returned money to Enugu Govt
EFCC hands over N1.2billion recovered from Sujimoto to Enugu State Government. Credit: EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday handed over N1.28bn recovered from Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited…
DPP clears lawyer of N20m stealing allegation
The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions has cleared a legal practitioner, Olabiyi Ademola, of an allegation of stealing levelled against him by a former client, Ademola Louis. Louis had…
NBA Akwa Branch demands probe after lawyer’s assault
The Awka Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has condemned the alleged assault on a lawyer, Charles Ifeanyi, by operatives of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra Brigade, otherwise known…
Idimu: 13 kidnapping suspects arrested after police uncover shrine in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a den disguised as a shrine and operated by suspected kidnappers in the Idimu area of the state. Operatives of the command also…
Clarifying VAT on Banking Services
In recent days, Nigerians have been inundated with reports suggesting that the Federal Government has introduced Value Added Tax on banking services such as electronic transfers, fees and commissions. Understandably,…
Medical Negligence is not God’s will
By Greg Odogwu In the space of a few short weeks, two deeply painful stories have exposed with brutal clarity what many Nigerians have known in their bones for years:…