An Enugu State High Court has delivered a landmark judgment ordering the United Kingdom government to pay £420 million in compensation to the descendants of the coal miners slain during the 1949 Iva Valley massacre. The ruling, delivered on February 6, 2026, concludes a decades-long legal battle for restitution following the extrajudicial killing of 21 […]
A High Court in Abuja has declined to admit several exhibits tendered by the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, in the ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by President Bola Tinubu. During the proceedings on February 5, 2026, the presiding judge ruled that the documents—intended to substantiate claims made in previous publications—did not meet the strict […]
Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the validity and enforceability of a N52 billion arbitral award (approximately $32 million) issued in favor of Chams Consortium Limited against the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The judgment, delivered on December 11, 2025, and recently made public through regulatory filings, marks a significant milestone in a […]
The Federal Government has threatened to shut down financial institutions in Nigeria that violate the accessibility law on the movement of persons with disabilities. Mr Ayuba Gufwan, the Executive Secretary of National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Gufwan, while reacting […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA No fewer than 888 candidates failed the latest bar examination held in November 2023, while 4,412 emerged successful out of a total 5,300 candidates. At the prestigious call to bar ceremony on Tuesday in Abuja, Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma, the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, revealed the statistics. Impressively, 251 candidates […]
The rule of law is a legal and political doctrine espousing that the government and the governed in a political state are subject to the law. It means simply that everyone must act within the boundaries of what the law allows and anyone who acts, whether exercising a legal power or asserting a legal right, […]
Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday passed a law imposing jail terms for people whose internet posts stir unrest. According to Lawmaker Abebe Godebo, a move the government says is needed to prevent violence ahead of elections but which the United Nations says will stifle free speech. READ ALSO: Minister inaugurates committee to harmonize Police Academy Bill […]
Ado Ekiti – An Ado Ekiti High Court, has sentenced two ment to death by hanging for conspiracy, murder and unlawful possession of human skull. In the charge sheet, the condemned persons, Tosin Oluwafemi, 21, and Ogunleye Tajudeen, 18, committed the offences on Feb. 14, 2017 at Ifaki Ekiti, where they conspired to murder one […]
Abuja – Following three days of negotiations by and the on the consequential adjustments of the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30000, both parties have finally reached an agreement. This came as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said the new minimum wage was a national law and it […]
Abuja – Sen. Akpan Bassey, representing Akwa Ibom North-East, says Nigeria stands to make $1.5 billion from the just amended Petroleum Sharing Contract Bill. Bassey made this known to journalists at the National Assembly on Tuesday in Abuja, shortly after the Deep offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was read […]
On May 31, 2018, history was purportedly made in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly granted assent to the Constitution (Alteration) Bill 2016 which is now more popularly known as “Not-Too-Young-To-Run”. It has obviously taken months of agitation by young people across the country (and possibly, the globe) to effect this change and it is […]
The Land Use Charge Law of Lagos State, 2018, was passed into law on February 8, 2018. The new law is aimed at unifying an otherwise fragmented legal regime on property taxation within the state and make for more transparency in the calculation of charges levied on the residents of the state. A recent outcry […]
In Africa, where the intellectual prowess of women is yet to be fully acknowledged and accepted as a tool for societal development, only a few members of the male gender openly encourage and support females in the face of hostilities associated with society’s gender imbalance. Paul Usoro, SAN, a distinguished gentleman and one of Nigeria’s […]
In recent times, people all over the world, including Nigerians, have become more cautious with regard to the food they consume. Gone are the days when grocery shopping only consisted of picking up food items from the rack and paying for them at the cash counter. People now pay attention to the food items, the […]
Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido, has signed into law the 2018 budget, with a promise to complete all ongoing projects, in the council, by July this year. Candido , while signing the budget into law yesterday.stated that the exercise was a demonstration of democracy in action, adding that in […]
Prominent lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Paul Usoro, has enjoined lawyers across the country to build competencies in financial management in order to aid their professional performance. Usoro said this in a meeting with a group of lawyers recently who attended an interactive session with him recently at The Colonnades Hotel, Ikoyi. According to […]
It was an evening of fine wining and dining as one of Nigeria’s leading law firms, Paul Usoro and Co., PUC, held her annual New Year Party at the Colonnades Hotel, Ikoyi on January 5. The event was well attended by staff of PUC, who came out to have a good time and celebrate the […]
A law that would give him unfettered ticket to becoming life president of Uganda was signed Tuesday by the country’s president Yuweri Museveni. According to agency report, Uganda’s President Museveni signed into law the controversial age limit Bill that dominated the political space in 2017, paving the way for him to contest for a sixth […]
Niger Delta University Alumni Association NDUAA election held on Saturday at Law faculty in Ovum, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State was disrupted as some of the members alleged that the process had been compromised, leading to hijack of accreditation materials and destruction of ballot boxes and papers. What began as a peaceful process with accreditation that began […]
A Bill for a law to establish the National Electoral Offences Commission has passed second reading at the Senate. The Bill, sponsored by Sen. Abubakar Kyari (APC-Borno), is seeking adequate deterrence and sanctions for undemocratic forces in the electoral environment. In the lead debate, Kyari said that electoral crimes led to low quality, corrupt and […]