Death row inmate goes live on TikTok from custody, NCoS knocks prison officials
Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has removed the Officer-in-Charge of the Ibara Medium Custodial Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside two other senior officers, following a security breach involving a death…
Peller’s ₦400m wedding mansion: Do keys, Power of Attorney, and allocation papers equal legal ownership?
By Bolaji Oluwatosin, Esq. At the wedding of content creators Peller and Jarvis, real estate entrepreneur King Ochacho (Mohamed Adah) publicly presented an Abuja mansion named Palace 7 within Life…
Dressing, addressing, and redressing Nigeria’s lawyers, and judges
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The division between the two professions was well recognised by the end of the 16th century and by the end of the 17th was quite firm….While…
Job Alert: Ajah Lagos Law Firm Opens Vacancy for Litigation Lawyer
A law firm based in Ajah, Lagos, has announced a vacancy for a qualified and experienced Litigation Lawyer to join its team. According to the recruitment notice, the firm is…
“Esquire ” not “Barrister”: The Latin roots, noble origins, and Nigerian practice of proper legal appellation for lawyers
By PCI Nwosu, Esq., LP.. The law is a profession of precision. In language, as in argument, imprecision erodes authority. Nowhere is this more evident in Nigeria today than in…
‘EFCC can’t freeze state govt account’ – Sam Amadi
The Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, cannot freeze a state government account on the mere…
Osun account freeze: EFCC doesn’t need to consult anyone before freezing suspicious account – Tietie
A legal practitioner and public affairs analyst, Frank Tietie, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, does not need to consult anyone before freezing an account suspicious…
EFCC returns N125m recovered from alleged land fraud suspect to Lagos bizman
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has returned N125 million recovered from a suspect in an alleged land fraud case to a Lagos businessman, Akinsewa Akiode. The anti-graft agency disclosed…
Why Nigeria needs clear Surrogacy Laws
By Abayomi Ajayi In Nigeria’s rapidly expanding fertility sector, Assisted Reproductive Technology has advanced at remarkable speed, but the law hasn’t kept pace. Across the country, fertility clinics now offer…
Stop forging NBA seal, Fake lawyer jailed
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a 55-year-old man, John Nwawuto Anoruo, for impersonating a legal practitioner and using a forged Nigerian Bar Association…