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Human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has condemned the hate speech bill currently under deliberation in the National Assembly. Falana stated that the bill, which proposes the death penalty for offenders, is barbaric in this modern age.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and First Bank Plc, have opted for out of court settlement in an N25 billion damages suit filed against them by an indigenous company, Biatemp Ventures Ltd over alleged account manipulation.

Using the criminal justice system to resolve civil disputes is very common in Nigeria. ​Dr. Babatunde Ajibade (SAN),​ in this interview, maintains that such action is wrong, even when it seems like the easy way out.

An Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, has fixed December 10, 2019, for the trial of an oil marketer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, who was charged over alleged issuance of dud cheques valued $1.6 million.

Experts have decried the flagrant violation of the rule of law by governments, institutions, and lawyers in the country.

Four handicappers, Irene Nakalembe from Uganda is poised to defend the Ikoyi Ladies Open title she won last year, as the event gets underway at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 in Lagos from today and wraps up on Friday with a presentation ceremony.

The pertinent questions are is the President on official or private or medical leave? If say he on a private visit, then it means he is on official leave. Next, was power transmitted to the next in command? To enable the next in command act appropriately..

That the legal system in Lagos State is adjudged the best in Nigeria is not accidental, and historically, it is the oldest in the country.Its existence dates back to the period of the cession of Lagos to the British Colonial Government when it was established and known as Colony Province Judiciary.

Stakeholders in the legal profession have called for the entrenchment of public interest lawyering in Nigeria.They made the call at the 2019 annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest & Development Law (SPIDEL) in Aba, Abia state.

A total of 550 awaiting trial inmates have been trained in different vocations between January 2018 and November 2019 in six Nigerian Correctional Services Centres (NCS), says the Service.

SENATOR AHMAD ABUBAKAR MO-ALLAHYIDI v. BINOS DAUDA YAROE & ORS CITATION: (2019) LPELR-48733 (CA) In the Court of Appeal
 In the Yola Judicial Division
 Holden at Yola ON SATURDAY, 26TH OCTOBER, 2019 Suit No: CA/YL/EPT/AD/SN/168/2019 Before Their Lordships: CHIDI NWAOMA UWA, JCA JAMES SHEHU ABIRIYI, JCA ABDULLAHI MAHMUD BAYERO, JCA Between SENATOR AHMAD ABUBAKAR MO-ALLAHYIDI…

Experts in financial sector have called on relevant regulatory bodies to raise awareness and create strong legal framework that would help to increase (Sukuk) Islamic financial inclusion in Nigeria.