The British government has said Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu was not arrested in the UK. On Tuesday night, the British high commission in Nigeria, through its spokesman Dean Hurlock stated that Mr Kanu was not caught in the UK…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted Omoyele Sowore’s application to file a notice of appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which confined the pro-democracy activist to Abuja. A three-member panel of the court headed…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to make an order dismissing the seizure and sealing of his property by Governor Hope Uzodimma’s government. Mr Okorocha also asked Justice Ahmed Mohammed to restrain the defendants…
The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) has inducted 73 new members into the professional advertising practice while conducting the graduation ceremony for 172 students from its professional diploma in an advertising program. According to […]
The Africa Hub of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association was honoured to host the First Lady of Namibia, Her Excellency Mrs Monica Geingos, who gave the second presentation in the Hub’s continuing public lecture series. A clarion call for change, with…
The Tax Appeal Tribunal, Abuja has ordered a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Joseph Daudu, to pay N.248.5 million to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), being his tax assessments. The fund comprised N176,565,016.74 as value-added tax (VAT)…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has granted bail in the sum of two million naira and two sureties to Nollywood actor Olarenwaju James (alias Baba Ijesha). The judge ordered that one of the sureties must be…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference (AGC) 2021 will hold in October 2021 in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. The conference’s theme will be “Taking The Lead.” Mr. Omubo Frank Briggs, the Chairman of the Technical Committee on Conference Planning…
An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York on Thursday because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race. An attorney disciplinary committee had asked the…
The World Bank on Thursday reiterated its call for both state and the federal governments in Nigeria to adopt policies that would increase non-oil revenue. In a presentation Thursday during a webinar titled: “Options to Raise Revenue in Time of…