Halogen Security, estate association negligent over burglary, court awards ₦3m damages
High Court of Lagos State, sitting at the Commercial Court House on Tapa Street, has held that the Registered Trustees of Osborne Estate Property Owners & Residents Association and Halogen…
Lokogoma land dispute: Court voids FCDA lease to Basic Properties, awards ₦2.5m damages
Hon Justice Angela Otaluka of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has nullified a lease agreement granted to Basic Properties Limited by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA)…
NBA Kano accuses police of detaining lawyer for 7 days, demands immediate release
“Court order ignored” The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kano Branch, has condemned the Kano State Police Command for allegedly failing to comply with a court order directing the release of…
CJN demands stronger judicial response to terrorism
Says courts must balance national security with human rights. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has called for a stronger and more effective judicial response to terrorism-related…
‘Copyright Act, policy reforms insufficient without IP overhaul’
Prof Adebambo Adewopo is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and one of the country’s foremost authorities on Intellectual Property (IP) law. He has spent nearly four decades shaping the…
Ebola: At least 100 deaths reported in DRC, six Americans exposed
At least 100 deaths have been reported in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 390 cases suspected, the head of the Africa Centres for…
U.S. announces $1.8b UN humanitarian funding amid reform push
The United States has announced an additional $1.8 billion in humanitarian funding for the United Nations, saying the support would be tied to reforms aimed at improving accountability, efficiency and…
SAN demands release of detained forest guard leaders
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the Federal Government to immediately release detained leaders of the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS), describing their continued detention without…
Potato seller bag life imprisonment over sexual assault
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 30-year-old potato seller, James Adejo Samuel, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl…
U.S. bans foreign travellers from Ebola-impacted nations
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has invoked Title 42 and announced a series of travel restrictions following the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…