A judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $US25 billion ($35.6 billion) after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, marking the biggest fine ever against the tech giant. Facebook’s deception was intentional and executives consistently misled users about how the platform worked, state District Court Judge Francis...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has through its legal team led by its Lead Counsel, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, yesterday, 21st October, 2026, argued its preliminary objection to an application by the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The application brought before the Federal High Court, Abuja, is seeking leave...
Lawyer Iris Ng usually represents clients in shipping, commodities and commercial disputes, and was part of the team handling claims for a major oil spill at Pasir Panjang Terminal in 2024. In December 2025, a different kind of brief landed in her e-mail inbox. The 30-year-old counsel at law firm Helmsman was assigned by the...
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos has appointed a receiver/manager to take possession and control of a disputed property at No. 68 Molade Okoya Thomas Street, off Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. In an interim order issued on September 29, 2026, the judge restrained Levitikal Realties, its directors, agents, representatives, servants...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the reliefs sought by Chief J-K Gadzama, SAN, against the three-year suspension imposed on him by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC). The court, while delivering a landmark judgment in the matter that has dominated legal discourse recently, held that the enforcement of the disciplinary direction...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has approached the High Court of Imo State seeking to halt the September 26, 2026 local government elections, alleging that the process initiated by the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC) contains statutory defects relating to the Notice of Election, electoral timetable and Register of Voters. The suit, filed...
By Raphael Christopher The Supreme Court’s decision in Ben Mene-Ejegi v Nigerian Bar Association & Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, SC/481/2018, delivered on 26 June 2026, has fundamentally altered the architecture of appeals arising from disciplinary proceedings against Nigerian legal practitioners. By a 5–2 majority, the Court held that it lacks jurisdiction to entertain a direct...
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...
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...
Civil society organisations have said that the June 2026 acquittal of former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke by a jury at Southwark Crown Court does not automatically determine or terminate separate asset-recovery litigation pending before Nigerian courts. The organisations include the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ; Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre,...