UN human rights, EU, ICC objects to fresh US sanctions
The United Nations Human Rights Office has denounced the United States decision to impose fresh sanctions on officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC). High Commissioner Volker Turk said the…
Man docked for allegedly diverting N5.2m Ogun rice money
A 36-year-old man, named Waliu Idowu, has been arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N5.2 million belonging to a businesswoman, Ademola Bilikisu. Bilikisu was said to have…
Ogun Court jails two men for belonging to cult
A Special Anti-Cultism Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, has sentenced two men to seven years’ imprisonment each for conspiracy and membership of unlawful societies. The convicts, Moruf Okusanya, 40, and…
Your Law Firm got the knowledge—but can your lawyers actually find it?
Think about everything your firm has built over the years. Past work. Internal precedents. Templates. Research. Partner insights. Drafting approaches. Institutional knowledge. Now ask yourself: How much of that knowledge…
ADR as a means of reducing congestion in Nigerian Courts: A study of landlord–tenant cases
By SIR, S. I Adeshina, ACArb, MIAR, GradICSA ABSTRACT The Nigerian judicial system has for decades faced the problem of delay, backlog of cases, and overcrowded court dockets. Landlord–tenant disputes…
CLE releases May 2026 Bar Resit Results, 983 Candidates fail examination
The Council of Legal Education has disclosed that 983 candidates failed the May 2026 Bar Final (Resit) Examination, representing 54.7 per cent of the total number of candidates who sat…
Kanu writes CJN, CA president, demands urgent hearing of cases, decries delay
The family of the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has disclosed that he has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the President…
US designates ICC president, lawyer for probing govt officials
The United States has designated two ICC officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) – the President, Tomoko Akane of Japan, and Senior Trial Lawyer, Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal. The…
Ekiti Court Remands Disqualified APC Guber Aspirant Over Alleged Defamation
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has remanded the disqualified APC governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Abimbola Olajumoke, in prison custody for one month over allegations of defamation, cyberbullying and…
Owuru petition CJN, demands probe of alleged withdrawal of Appeal over mandate usurpation case
High Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), seeking the constitution of a panel to investigate and hear what he described as an outstanding…