Gbagyo declares for NBA Makurdi Branch Chairmanship, pledges unity
A legal practitioner, Joseph Mtemdoo Gbagyo, has formally declared his intention to contest for the office of Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Makurdi Branch. In a statement addressed to…
Forceful restriction of movement for environmental sanitation is illegal – Adegboruwa
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, Lagosians were forced to stay in their homes by the Lagos State Government under the guise of enforcement of monthly environmental sanitation. In forceful enforcement…
NBA tackles Makinde over poor funding of judiciary
The Nigerian Bar Association, Ibadan branch, has decried inadequate funding of the judiciary and non-functionality of Rent Tribunals as well as Customary Courts in the state. Chairman of the branch,…
Victor Giwa: CSO seeks AGF, DPP review of civil matter turned to criminal case
The Africa Center for Good Governance and Corruption Free Communities, a civic organization, has expressed concern that a civil matter against a human rights lawyer, Barrister Victor Giwa, and two…
E-filing: Federal High Court, Lagos begins April 27
FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA, LAGOS DIVISION NOTICE TO LEGAL PRACTITIONERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC The Federal High Court of Nigeria hereby formally notifies all Legal Practitioners and the general…
NBA petitions police over assault, detention of Magistrate, lawyer by Area C Officers
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Badagry Branch, Lagos State, has petitioned the authorities over what it described as a shocking and unlawful arrest, assault, and detention of a serving magistrate…
Police arraigns customary ruler, accomplice over alleged defamation in Lagos
Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactical, SWAT, unit of the Nigeria Police Force have arraigned a traditional ruler from Ikorodu and an alleged accomplice before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court…
Abia govt moves to recover acres of forest reserves from encroachers
Abia State government says some parts of its forest reserve in Ajata Ibeku have been sold by individuals. The State government also lamented that another government forest reserve Ubibia, Bende…
Biblical womanhood
By Emeritus Prof. Mercy Olumide The Benefits Of Adoration (Cont) “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners,…
Tears From De Skies (1)
By Segun Durowaiye Pray never to experience the kind of poverty and lack Shola Lawson went through in his life, brethren! He was so poor he had no wife, no…