The Federal Government has commenced a six-week review of Nigeria’s tax laws to address implementation gaps, ambiguities and unintended consequences identified since the reforms took effect in January.The review will examine Value Added Tax thresholds, withholding tax, capital gains treatment, multiple taxation and other aspects of the tax regime. Its recommendations are expected to inform the Finance Bill 2027. The...
TINUBU HAILS AGF FAGBEMI, OBASANJO, OTHERS OVER $2.7 BN ICC ARBITRAL AWARD
President Bola Tinubu has hailed an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal judgment rejecting a $680 million claim by Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Ltd. against Nigeria. The President disclosed this in a statement personally signed by him on Thursday in Abuja. Sunrise had demanded $680 million as settlement and interest in an arbitration relating to its claim for over...
JRF UNVEILS BAR LEADER JONATHAN TAIDI AS KEYNOTER FOR TODAY’S ADR CONFAB
NEWS RELEASE 🎓THE JRF HYBRID CONFERENCE IX 2026 is brought to you by Jurisprudence & Research Frames Ltd. Theme: The Gains of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): Effective Strategies & Emerging Pedestals ⚖️Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Gunu Taidi, SAN Distinguished Speakers: • Hon. Ehusani Abel Simpa, LLM, BL FIPI (N), Judge FCT Customary Court Abuja • Lydia Azumi Izan Esq., Immediate past...
‘STATE POLICE: A TROPHY FOR TINUBU’S COURAGE?’ BY FRANK TIETIE
In this article, senior lawyer and prominent political analyst FRANK TIETIE urges President Bola Tinubu to pursue establishment of State Police, adding that he should resist being intimidated and blackmailed by the mixed reactions trailing his decision to remove petroleum subsidies The only way President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be different from former President Goodluck Jonathan, who served one term,...
‘RETIRED LAGOS MAGISTRATES STRUGGLE TO PAY RENT, OTHER BILLS,’ SAYS ACTIVIST-LAWYER
Retired Lagos Magistrates Struggle With N23,000 Monthly Pension After Decades Of Service, Lawyer Says A lawyer and National Convener of Citizens Support for Lower Courts, Bayo Akinlade, has raised concerns over the welfare of retired magistrates in Lagos State, saying some receive as little as N23,000 monthly pension after decades of service. Akinlade, in a statement, said about 23 magistrates...
$100M DEFAMATION LAWSUIT: LAWYERS, SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS BICKER OVER FEES, PART WAYS
Attorneys in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ $100M defamation lawsuit seek to withdraw over months of unpaid fees. The attorneys said in the filing that Combs is more than six months behind on fees and that there has been “a total breakdown in cooperation and communication between Mr. Combs and the Firm.” Sean “Diddy” Combs has “declined to make himself available for...
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Training Programs continue this October 2026. Be part of this interactive and practical knowledge sharing session. Virtual options are available. Upon successful completion of training and assessment, you will be inducted as an all-round ADR Practitioner and use the 2 DESIGNATED ACRONYMS FOR YOUR CADRE. AiADRN, AiCMN; MiADRN, MiCMN; FiADRN, FiCMN. Gain practical expertise in: • Arbitration• Mediation• Negotiation• Conciliation•...
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‘PROTECT CHILD RIGHTS, DON’T CRIMINALIZE POVERTY,’ NBA LAGOS TELLS LAGOS LAWMAKERS
NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch, recently joined legislators at the Lagos State House of Assembly to review the proposed Street Begging and Street Urchins (Prohibition, Prevention and Rehabilitation) Bill 2026 at the public hearing. Presenting the Memorandum of the Branch’s Law Reform Committee, the Chairman of NBA Lagos Branch, Mrs. Uchenna Ogunedo Akingbade, emphasised the need for...
ANXIETY, AS EX NBA PRESIDENT NWOKOYE TAKES CONTROVERSIAL ‘BLUE SILK’ RANK
Chief Ebele Nwokoye, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has been conferred with the controversial ‘blue silk’ rank as a Senior Counsel of Nigeria (SCN). The rank is reportedly designed as an alternative to the coveted rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) conferred by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC). Nwokoye, who served as NBA President...