LPDC disclosed 70 names disciplinary directions
Issues Caveat that Appeals operate as Stay of Execution pending Supreme Court decision The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has published the Directions of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) on…
AMVCA: Who owns the legal rights to the Fashion Designs
By Pius Owhoavwodua INTRODUCTION Every year, the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) transforms into Nigeria’s most watched fashion theatre. Before the nominations are announced, before any award is lifted,…
Federal High Court begins weekend Registry for Election cases filing nationwide
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) wishes to notify all members of a Circular issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar (Litigation) of the Federal High Court of Nigeria regarding the filing of…
“Unauthorised suit filing may amount to misconduct” — Osaze-Uzzi questions YP’s denial
Backs court on candidate submission but faults ruling on primaries Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, a prominent legal practitioner and former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) executive who served both as the Director…
Terrorism in Oyo and Tinubu’s Yoruba test
By Farooq A. Kperogi For more than a year, a conscientious, cosmopolitan retired senior military officer from the North has told me that his worst fear for Nigeria is the…
Three arraigned in court over alleged N42m contract fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned three persons before the Federal High Court in Maiduguri over an alleged N42 million contract fraud.…
Alleged SCID Torture: Courts hears defendant on how he lost both eyes in custody
A Minna High Court was moved to tears on Friday, after a defendant in a long-running homicide trial narrated how he allegedly lost both eyes following torture by operatives of…
BOSCON, NLS take over conferment of Blue Silks rank, gives criteria for awards
Amid the ongoing legal battle over the Blue Silks rank introduced by the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, as an alternative to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
Abuja Court orders eNaira Ltd to change name, awards N10m fine against firm
Justice James Omotosho of the The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday issued an order of perpetual injunction stopping the eNaira Payment Solutions Ltd from parading itself as the…
FCCPC shuts down Abuja real estate companies over consumer exploitation
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has sealed the offices of real estate firms, Ochacho Real Estate and TI’Bilon Construction and Facility Management Company in Abuja over alleged…