Lawyers divided over proposed two-year apprenticeship for law graduates
A bill proposing a mandatory two-year apprenticeship for law graduates, which has passed its second reading, has sparked mixed reactions among different cadres of the legal profession in Nigeria. The…
Ijebu-Remo collaboration will birth new state, Akpabio says
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has urged the people of Remoland to strengthen unity and cooperation with their Ijebu kinsmen in pursuit of the proposed Ijebu-Remo State, describing…
Minna H’Court adjourns NIPTA suit challenging Niger State Education Reforms to Feb 12
The Minna High Court, under the stewardship of Justice Mikhail Abdullahi, has adjourned until February 12, 2026, a suit filed by the Niger State Parent Teacher Association (NIPTA) challenging the…
Payment of 2026 BPF
The Nigerian Bar Association has released the details of bar practicing fee schedule. Dear Learned Colleagues, As you are aware, legal practitioners are by law mandated to pay their Annual…
‘Tinubu must designate critics of US airstrike as potential terror sympathisers’
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Chief Ben Adaji, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to designate individuals and groups opposing recent United States…
Catholic Lawyers association secures freedom for 150 inmates in Lagos
The Lagos Chapter of the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) announced on Friday that it had facilitated the release of at least 150 inmates in 2025 through pro bono…
On whether an assented law takes effect despite errors in the gazetted copy or must be held in abeyance?
By Dr. Raphael Christopher CIM, PGCE, PGOSDC, FAETC, CELTA. Senior Member NBA Enugu Branch ©️All rights reserved In Nigeria’s constitutional framework, an important legal question arises where a law assented…
Somalia, African nations denounce Israeli recognition of Somaliland
By AFP Somalia and the African Union reacted angrily Friday after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the northern region of Somaliland as an independent state. Somaliland declared…
US used drone-launched missiles in strikes, Nigeria says
By AFP Nigeria’s information minister said Friday that the US strikes in northwest Nigeria conducted on Christmas Day used guided missiles launched from drones. The United States announced its strikes…
Trump’s Christmas gospel: Bombs, blessings and blame
By AFP Christmas under Donald Trump brought air strikes abroad and political threats at home, as the US president used the holiday to project a vision of power rooted less…