Awaiting trial kept over 500 inmates languishing in Zamfara Correctional Centers – NHRC
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has lamented that no fewer than 500 inmates are currently languishing in Zamfara State Correctional Centres without trial, demanding judicial authorities expedite action to ensure…
Housing delivery: Group advocates stakeholder partnerships
A Group Cooperative Housing Summit Africa, has advocated the adoption of Public-Private-People Partnerships (4Ps) in the built environment to guarantee large-scale and effective delivery of affordable housing across the country.…
Firm calls for stronger regulation of Nigeria’s off-plan property market
A law firm has called for stronger regulatory safeguards in Nigeria’s off-plan real estate sector, warning that weak oversight continues to expose property buyers to fraud, project abandonment, and financial…
Arrest warrant against Sadiya Farouq over alleged $1.3m fraud still effective
Hon. Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja, on Monday sustained the arrest warrant earlier issued against former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq.…
Onwubiko petitions NBA-BoT over alleged irregularities in 2026 ECNBA candidate qualification process
Alleges candidate who did not submit expression of interest was smuggled into qualified list A Nigerian legal practitioner, Tosan Barbara Onwubiko, Esq., Lead Partner of toSAN Legals, has filed a…
How passport was allegedly forged in Ozekhome, Useni London property trial —EFCC Forensic Examiner tells court
A forensic examiner told the FCT High Court in Abuja on Monday that a passport bearing the name Tali Shani, presented in a London property ownership case involving senior lawyer…
Anambra Assembly denies passing New Burial Law
Says reports on midweek burials ban misleading The Anambra State House of Assembly has denied reports that it passed a new law regulating funeral rites and banning the presentation of…
EFCC boss orders apology to doctors over Uyo Hospital invasion
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has directed that an apology be extended to Professor Eyo Ekpe and members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)…
ALDRAP challenges court order on Blue Silks, vow to proceed blue Silks rank activities
Says Justice Omotosho’s elevation to Appeal Court nullified judgment Despite an Abuja Federal High Court judgment that stopped it from conferring the Blue Silks rank on Nigeria lawyers, the Association…
Jonathan, AGF ask court to dismiss suit on eligibility for 2027 polll
Lawyer seeks judge’s recusal Former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice have asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a…