Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered 54 banks to immediately return a total of N9,329,322,870 fraudulently transferred by hackers from an unnamed old generation bank. The judgment, delivered on April 15, 2025, follows an exparte motion filed in suit number FHC/L/CS/629/2025. The court directed the financial institutions to place...
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SENIOR LAWYER, DORN CKLAIMZ ENAMHE HONOURED WITH OBANLIKU CHIEFTAINCY TITLE
In a colorful and historic ceremony held in the heart of Basang, Obanliku Local Government Area, Cross River State, rights activist and senior lawyer, Dr. Dorn cklaimz Enamhe was conferred with the revered chieftaincy title of “Papa Wey U Keh Balare Ukpere 1 of Basang Obanliku.” The award celebrates Enamhe’s outstanding contributions to community development,...
JUDGE REJECTS APPLICATION SEEKING TO BAR JOURNALISTS FROM COVERING LAND TUSSLE
Justice Akinkunmi Idowu of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has refused an application seeking to prevent journalists from covering and reporting an ongoing case involving an alleged attempt to forcefully take over a parcel of land belonging to a renowned medical doctor and international consultant, Dr. Ojo Ademola Oluwatosin, in Lagos. The judge...
2 DAYS TO PRICE INCREMENT: SIR. MARK OKORIE OGBONNA [NLS CLASS ’89] AMONG LATEST ALLOTTEES IN THE LAWYERS IN BUSINESS MASS-HOUSING & LAND-BANKING SCHEME
Issuance of Certificate of Occupancy to Mass-Housing Allottees in Abuja by the FCT Minister soon. For inspection/Allocation, we are on site daily any time of your convenience, from 10 am to 7 pm till April 30, 2025. Call Mr. Ken for Direction. 08165557744, 08060266163 Meeting Point/Temporary entrance is through VON/Trademore Estate Junction, Airport Road, Abuja....
EXCLUSIVE: RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR QUERIES NBA CHIEFTAIN, VOWS DISMISSAL IF …..
The Rivers State Government has queried the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, Mrs. Cordelia Eke over her role in the joint statement by NBA Rivers Chairmen which indicted the controversial Rivers State Sole Administrator, retired Vice-Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas. CITY LAWYER recalls that the eight chairmen of NBA branches in Rivers...
‘ARREST OF JUDGE BY FBI AIMED TO INTIMIDATE JUDICIARY,’ SAYS JURIST
A peer of the Wisconsin judge who the FBI arrested for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid federal immigration enforcement said her arrest is a design by the Trump administration to intimidate the judiciary. “I think they’re trying to send a message to chill the judiciary,” Wisconsin Appellate Judge Pedro Colón said in a Saturday...
‘WHY I DRAGGED SOLUDO TO CCB,’ BY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
Rights activist and convener of Movement for the Voice of Democracy (MOVERS), Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo, has said that his petition against Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) was to challenge ‘clear breaches’ of the country’s laws. He stated that state governors should not take the immunity clause in the...
NBA PRESIDENT AFAM OSIGWE, OGBOLE, OTHERS SET TO STORM YOLA MAY 17 FOR GABRIEL ADIKWU LECTURE
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN and Chairman of the 2025 NBA Section on Legal Practice (NBA-SLP) Annual Conference Planning Committee, Chief Paul Harris Ogbole SAN are among many senior lawyers billed to descend on Yola, the Adamawa State capital, for this year’s Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture. Osigwe is also the as...
CHIEF M. N. DURU SAN AMONG ALLOTTEES WHOSE PLOTS ARE UNDERGOING MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION IN THE LAWYERS IN BUSINESS MASS-HOUSING & LAND-BANKING SCHEME; 3 DAYS TO PRICE INCREMENT
Issuance of Certificate of Occupancy to Mass-Housing Allottees in Abuja by the FCT Minister soon. For inspection/Allocation, we are on site daily any time of your convenience, from 10 am to 7 pm till April 30, 2025. Call Mr. Ken for Direction. 08165557744, 08060266163 Meeting Point/Temporary entrance is through VON/Trademore Estate Junction, Airport Road, Abuja....
Prof. Yemi Oke SAN among Latest Allottees in the Lawyers In Business Mass-Housing & Land-Banking Scheme; 6 Days to Price increment
For inspection/Allocation, we are on site daily any time of your convinience; from 10:am to 7:pm till April 30th, 2025. Call Mr. Ken for Direction. Meeting Point/Temporary entrance is through VON/Trademore Estate Junction,Airport RoadAbuja. 08165557744, 08060266163 Our Estate is located beneath Galadimawa Hills Abuja is livable; with FCDA ALLOCATION, FCDA APPROVED BUILDING PLAN and a...