Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN; Chairman of the 2025 NBA Section on Legal Practice (NBA-SLP) Annual Conference Planning Committee, Chief Paul Harris Ogbole SAN, and Mr. M. A. Attah SAN are among many jurists and Bar Leaders billed to descend on Yola, the Adamawa State capital, for this year’s Gabriel Adikwu...
A leading aspirant in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2026 Presidential Election, Mrs. Oyinkan Badejo-Okusanya SAN was in Port Harcourt to participate in the just-ended NBA Young Lawyers Forum (YLF) Summit. In a video clip seen by CITY LAWYER, Badejo-Okusanya was seen being warmly welcomed by prominent Bar Leaders and young lawyers alike. Reviewing...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former chairman of defunct Skye Bank Plc, Tunde Ayeni, over alleged money laundering, misappropriation and diversion of N36,540, 058,400,00 and $30m funds. It was gathered that Ayeni was arrested in Abuja on Thursday, April 23, 2026 and was kept at the EFCC’s holding facility. According...
The Nigerian military has inaugurated a General Court-Martial to try officers accused of plotting a coup to remove the President Bola Tinubu government from office unconstitutionally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused officers were brought to the venue of the sitting, the Guards Brigade Scorpion Mess, Asokoro, at about 8:53 a.m....
The Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) has drawn the wrath of the Lagos State High Court for illegally towing away a car belonging to a lawyer, Lawal Aliyu and imposing a fine on the lawyer without any valid court order Consequently, the court has descended heavily on the agency by ordering it to pay...
Justice Akintayo Aluko of Federal High Court, Lagos, has fixed June 9, 2026, for the arraignment of actress Doris Ogala on allegations of cyberstalking and bullying of Pastor Chris Okafor. Justice Aluko fixed the date following Ogala’s failure to appear before the court yesterday to take her plea of a four count-charge slammed on her...
The scheduled arrraignment of arraignment of an India-born Nigeria businessman, Sunil Vaswani and his company, Stallion MG Automobiles Limited, before a Federal High Court, Lagos for allegedly laundering the sum of N2 billion has suffered a set back due to the absence of the defendants. Vaswani – who is said to be at large by...
The use of plea bargain agreements by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is drawing renewed scrutiny, with court records highlighting disparities in how the mechanism is applied to high-profile suspects and low-level offenders. A review of proceedings from the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, the Federal High Courts in Lagos and Abuja, and...
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Yola, the Adamawa State capital, is wearing a new look as it prepares to host the increasingly popular Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture. The Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture 2026, reputed to be the largest single gathering of Lawyers in North East Nigeria, will this year honour a retired Justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Justice Ali...