The Editor of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Americas Hub newsletter invites submission of articles. The articles must be on recent legal issues and events in Commonwealth countries within the Hub and this includes Canada. • All submissions should indicate the…
Dear Colleagues, As many of you may be aware, yesterday, the 10th of August 2022, we lost one of our members – Mr. Ogaga Emoghwanre – to the cold hands of death. Until his demise, Ogaga was a member of…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has revoked the bail it earlier granted to Mohammed Usman who is the third defendant in the 14-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, preferred against the former Accountant-General of the…
A Lagos State Coroner Inquest set up to reveal why a 21-storey building collapsed in Gerard Road, Ikoyi, revealed that the building collapsed due to negligence by agencies responsible for approval and supervision of the building project. The Coroner, Chief…
The President of National Sports for Judiciary, Mr Emeka Ndili, announced on Wednesday in a statement that Kogi State will host the National Sports for Judiciary starting from August 21. “More than 400 athletes are being expected to converge at…
Reports coming in confirm that in the matter between Incorporated Trustees of The Nigerian Bar Association Vs Attorney General of Federation [AGF] – Re: FHC/ABJ/CS/77/22, in which the AGF had attempted to amend the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC), the…
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has made series of very important recommendations at the conclusion of its 2022 Annual Conference which was recently held in Abuja. Amongst the recommendation were that disobedient to…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure has sacked Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye as the Alawo of Awo community in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State. According to records from the Court of Appeal, in case number: CA/AK/58/2021, the court…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, has approved the release of N19.3m for the immediate payment of scholarship allowances to 59 indigent students that gained admission into law schools. The Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Mallam Bala…
The Body of Benchers (BoB) has set up a three-member committee to investigate the payment of about N800 million to a contractor by the Secretary of the National Judicial Council (NJC), Mr. Ahmed Gambo Saleh. According to a reliable source,…