A leading aspirant in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2026 Presidential Election, Mrs. Oyinkan Badejo-Okusanya SAN has concluded consultations with lawyers across three jurisdictions, namely Owerri, Umuahia, and Orlu. Badejo-Okusanya ended her consultations by attending the child dedication of a Bar Leader and former Imo State Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ndukwe Nnabuchi at Saint Mark’s Church, Owerri....
BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK ENTERS COURTROOM SHOWDOWN WITH OPENAI
Jury selection is to begin on Monday in a high-profile legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk and artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, which he accuses of betraying its non-profit mission. The clash in a courtroom across the bay from San Francisco pits the world’s richest man against a startup that Musk once backed and now competes against in the booming AI...
TRUMP’S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS BRINGING BACK FIRING SQUADS FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIONS
The United States Justice Department announced Friday it is continuing to clear the way for expediting federal death-penalty cases, including by expanding the manners of execution to include death by firing squad. Under President Joe Biden, the Justice Department reversed much of the work done under President Donald Trump’s first administration related to expanding the death penalty in federal cases,...
NBA PRESIDENT AFAM OSIGWE, OGBOLE, OTHERS SET TO STORM YOLA MAY 17 FOR GABRIEL ADIKWU ANNUAL LECTURE
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 Annual Lecture. Osigwe is also...
BBOLD FEVER GRIPS NBA-YLF SUMMIT IN PORT HARCOURT
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 engaging scenes, the BBOLD...
EFCC ARRESTS EX-SKYE BANK CHAIRMAN OVER ALLEGED N36.54BN, $30M FRAUD
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 to a statement by the...
COUP PLOT: MILITARY SET TO TRY 36 SUSPECTS IN COURT MARSHAL
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. under tight security. Journalists, however,...
COURT SLAMS LASTMA FOR TOWING LAWYER’S VEHICLE
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 the sum of N750, 000...
DORIS OGALA TO BE ARRAIGNED JUNE 9 FOR ALLEGEDLY CYBERSTALKING PASTOR CHRIS OKAFOR
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 by the office of Directorate...
MONEY LAUNDERING: COURT ADJOURNS ARRAIGNMENT OF SUNIL VASWANI, OTHERS TO JULY 21
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 Economic and Financial Crimes...