The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, sitting at Gwarimpa, has granted bail to Dr. Chris Ngige, a former Minister of Labour and Employment during ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, in the ongoing trial over alleged contract fraud and receiving gratification. Justice Maryam Hassan, in admitting Ngige to bail, adopted the administrative bail earlier granted by...
A senior lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Edward Omaga has urged the National Assembly to “immediately” suspend the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Kamorudeen Ogunlana, for dereliction of duty. In a complaint addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and made available to CITY LAWYER, the activist proposed...
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed claims that it is restrained by a court order from enforcing the tinted glass permit policy, insisting that enforcement remains lawful and necessary for public safety. This comes against the backdrop of threat by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to commence an action to commit the Inspector General of...
The Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP) has asked the Nigerian Bar Association to steer clear of its planned conferment of the rank of “Blue Silks” on some senior lawyers. In a “Cease and Desist” letter made available to CITY LAWYER, the association hinged its demand on a pending lawsuit on the new...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has issued an ex parte interim injunction restraining the Editor-in-Chief of Law and Society Magazine as well as Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja from making further alleged derogatory publications against prominent Nigerian lawyer, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN. The order, granted on Tuesday, December 9, 2025,...
“A BANNER WITHOUT STAIN”: A CONTRIBUTION BY SABASTINE ANYIA ESQ., NBA VP & CHAIRMAN HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE AT NBA SPIDEL, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE Distinguished colleagues, leaders of our noble profession, gentlemen of the press, friends of justice and guardians of humanity good morning. I am exceedingly excited to be at this very important summit...
Anxiety has gripped the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, following the confirmation of Prof. Bernard Odoh’s professorship by the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja. Odoh, who was appointed Vice Chancellor of UNIZIK, was sacked by the Federal Government over the status of his professorship. Since his departure, Prof. Joseph Ikechebelu and Carol Arinze-Umobi have acted...
A dispute over who is authorised to represent General Hydrocarbons Limited has stalled proceedings in the suit filed by the company against the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and others before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos. The issue arose when two senior lawyers — Dr. Abiodun Layonu (SAN) and Mr....
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed disappointment over the life imprisonment sentence by Justice James Omotosho on the leader of proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, even as it insisted on political solution. Spokesman of Ohanaeze, Dr. Ezechi Chukwu, in a statement on Friday, disclosed that the President-General of Ohanaeze...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police has been accused of defying a Federal High Court order directing the vacation of Nestoil premises. Court officials allegedly reported that police officers resisted the court sheriff from enforcing the ruling and used tear gas to disrupt the enforcement proceedings. The dispute stems from ex-parte orders obtained by First...