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CCT can't account for funds spent on 52 contracts - Audit report

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) cannot account for 52 contracts awarded as far back as 2023, according to the latest report of the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation... Read More


Court grants reprieve to 214 students ejected from UNICAL's Law faculty

Nigeria, Oct. 6 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the University of Calabar (UNICAL) to grant 214 students ejected from the institution's Law faculty access to lectures, academic portals ... Read More


Court remands man over alleged impersonation of JAMB registrar

Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded Arinze Nwogba in prison over alleged impersonation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Segun Aina. ... Read More


Appeal court affirms nullification of CAMA provisions on CAC powers over religious, others

Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld a Federal High Court judgement that nullified several provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, which gave the Corpora... Read More


Ex-governor Suswam's 11-year-long corruption trial suffers fresh delay, prosecution raises concerns over incessant adjournments

Nigeria, Oct. 2 -- The 11-year-long corruption trial of former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam suffered another delay on Friday as the trial court in Abuja adjourned the scheduled final addresses.... Read More


Nigeria @66: NHRC, RULAAC, CISLAC insist reforms must translate into better lives, rights

Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have maintained t... Read More


Court declares LPDC's decision suspending senior lawyer Gadzama from legal practice unconstitutional

Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has declared the enforcement of a three-year suspension imposed on Joe-Kyari Gadzama, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), by the Legal Practitioner... Read More


SSS backtracks on plan to suspend Sowore's cyberstalking trial

Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- The lawyer prosecuting Omoyele Sowore, activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, for describing President Bola Tinubu as "a criminal" has denied knowledge of a reported plan by ... Read More


Sowore's AAC sues Tinubu, others over failure to transfer power to Shettima

Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- The African Action Congress (AAC) has sued President Bola Tinubu and others over the president's failure to transfer power to Vice President Kashim Shettima during his prolonged v... Read More


Former Kogi governor, APC, INEC ask court to dismiss suit challenging Kogi Central senatorial ticket

Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- Former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismi... Read More