The scheduled arraignment of Halima Buba, Managing Director/CEO of SunTrust Bank Ltd, and Innocent Mbagwu, Executive Director/Chief Compliance Officer, was stalled due to the absence of the defendants. The case, which is before Justice Emeka Nwite at the Federal High Court in Abuja, centers on a $12 million fraud allegation brought by the Economic and...
Dispelling the Myth of Equal Division in Matrimonial Property Settlement: A Reaffirmation of Legal Principles in Aguolu v. Aguolu (2025) LPELR-80269 (CA) By Monday Ubani I consider myself privileged to have completed an advanced course on the Matrimonial Causes Act at Babcock University in 2024, under the esteemed instruction of Prof. Dorcas Odunaike, one of...
By Folarin Aluko The admissibility of electronically generated evidence — particularly audio, photo and video files transferred and played from secondary storage devices —has become increasingly prevalent in Nigerian courts. Following the publication of the initial article on this subject, a colleague sent an email highlighting a real-life scenario that illustrates several issues raised in...
A Prosecution Witness with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Alvan Grumnaan, has narrated how an aide to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, received a total sum of $17.1 million over a three-year period. Grumnaan is the Head of Special Duty 77 (Special Operations Team) who claimed...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has hit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with a fine of N2 million in favour of an applicant, Abubakar Ismaila Isa, for breach of his fundamental rights. This is in addition to other reliefs granted by the court in favour of the applicant who was...
NBA-SPIDEL BOUNCES BACK WITH ANANABA IN SADDLE CORDELIA EKE: NBA VOWS RETALIATION IF … FG TO DRAG ATTORNEYS-GENERAL WHO CIRCUMVENT LG AUTONOMY TO LPDC NBA RAPS JAMB ON UTME FIASCO OSIGWE ASKS NJC TO DISMISS ERRANT JUDGES ‘RECENT KILLINGS IS FAILURE OF INTERNAL SECURITY’ Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN has put...
The Nigerian Bar Association National Executive Council (NBA-NEC) meeting scheduled to hold in Ilorin tomorrow may take a definitive position on the request by Rivers State Sole Administrator for refund of the N300 million fund for aborted hosting of the NBA Annual General Conference (AGC) in Port Harcourt. The conference has since been moved to...
By Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen The name of the person who appends his or her signature on a court process is very necessary to its credibility. It adds weight and merit to the processes brought before the court. Without a name, the court may embark on a journey of discovery to determine the signatory, and this may...
This article by Festus Okoye discusses the process of taking election petitions to the Tribunals and Courts, and laments about the prevalence of the narrative that Courts and Election Tribunals displace voters’ decisions, due to a poor understanding of the adjudicatory role of Courts and Tribunals in electoral dispute resolution, which is ‘sui generis’. He explains the...
CITY LAWYER LAW REPORT In the Supreme Court of Nigeria Holden at Abuja On Friday, the 24th day of May, 2024 Before Their Lordships Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun Mohammed Lawal Garba Helen Moronkeji Ogunwumjiu IbrahimMohammed Musa Saulawa Tijjani Abubakar Justices, Supreme Court SC/CV/709/2020 Between OWIGS AND OBIGS NIG. LTD APPELLANT And ZENTIH BANK PLC...