Human rights activist and former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Anselm Odinkalu has berated Kaduna State High Court judge, Justice Darius Khobo for denying bail to former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai. El-Rufai is standing trial on an amended nine-count charge bordering on alleged fraud, abuse of office and corruption brought by...
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ikoyi, Lagos have commenced an investigation of a suspected fake lawyer, John Anoruo, for possession of a forged stamp of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Anoruo, who operates a legal and educational consultancy in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, was...
BVAS AND THE EXCLUSIVITY OF DIGITAL ACCREDITATION UNDER THE ELECTORAL ACT, 2026 BY HON. JUSTICE [PROFESSOR] ALABA OMOLAYE-AJILEYE (RTD) Digital accreditation refers to the electronic verification of a voter’s identity and eligibility before being allowed to vote. Under the Electoral Act, 2026, accreditation is unambiguously required to be digitally conducted through the Bimodal Voter Accreditation...
BY MONDAY UBANI When INEC Stays Away: The Legal Consequences of Non-Observation of Party Congresses and Conventions Under the Electoral Act 2026 My interest in this subject has grown steadily as a result of recent developments in Nigeria’s political horizon. As 2027 approaches, the emergence of nominees for elective offices has become a matter of...
The pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has warned that until the judiciary makes a definitive pronouncement on zoning as contained in the NBA Constitution, “every candidate and every constituency will remain uncertain.” In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER against...
The Federal High Court has set Friday as the deadline for manual filing by litigants. In a press statement seen by CITY LAWYER and signed by the court’s Acting Chief Registrar, Yahaya Yakubu Shafa, the court stated that “the electronic filing (e-filing) platform shall become operational in the Lagos Judicial Division with effect from 27th...
No less than 212 students have bagged First Class grade as the Nigerian Law School released its Bar Final results for the 2025 mainstream set. The examination was held last December. This represents 2.8% of the 7,602 candidates that registered for the examination. The result is however marginally lower that the 260 students or 3.6%...
Amnesty International has stated that it is “deeply alarmed” by “credible reports” of alleged inhuman treatment and concealment of detention conditions in Imo State, Nigeria, involving individuals detained at the Tiger Base Police Unit. In an online post seen by CITY LAWYER, the human rights group urged the Federal Government “to urgently investigate these reports,...
Tier one lender, Fidelity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to health and social welfare with the donation of food and essential items to inmates at the Enugu Maximum Security Custodial Centre. The outreach was carried out by the newly inducted Legacy Class of 2026 and executed under the bank’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility CSR,...
First part – Political Right from the time of Association for Better Nigeria (ABN), led by Senator Arthur Nzeribe and Abimbola Davis, any discerning person in 1993 knew that these were the people the Babangida junta was using to truncate the June 12 election. They used Justices Bassey Ikpeme and Dahiru Saleh. Then, there were...