IMO STATE LAWYERS AVOID COURT SESSIONS
Due to the murder of a legal practitioner Darlington Odume, Imo State Lawyers has embarked on a three-day shun of court sessions. Owerri state high court and Owerri Magistrate’s court…
Lagos Supports Financial Autonomy For Judiciary —Sanwo-Olu
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state supports the financial autonomy of the judiciary and has been implementing it. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Twitter after a…
JUSUN’s Strike: NBA Vows To Protest
The ongoing strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over demand for financial autonomy may assume another dimension as the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja branch on Tuesday…
ICC: Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Knows Faith On Wednesday
The International Criminal Court will rule on Wednesday whether to uphold the acquittal of Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, the first head of state to stand trial at the…
Los Angeles, Fans Remember Bryant One Year After Deadly Crash
Basketball fans gathered across Los Angeles on Tuesday to remember Kobe Bryant, one year to the day after the former NBA superstar perished in a helicopter crash with daughter Gianna…
COVID-19: 48 NBA Players Test Positive
The NBA announced Wednesday that 48 players have tested positive for the coronavirus, a dramatic increase over the zero positive tests reported during last season’s quarantine bubble in Florida. The…
Lagos Chief Magistrate Abimbola Aoko-Komolafe Is Dead
A senior Chief Magistrate in the Lagos State Judiciary Abimbola Aoko-Komolafe has died at the age of 51. Details of her death are still unclear at the moment, but Mrs…
INEC Legally Empowered To Postpone Elections – Lawyers
Eniola Olayemi Aside having the legal powers to postpone elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have taken the recent action in the interest of integrity and fairness of…
NBA President’s N1.4bn Case Suffers Setback As Another Judge Withdraws
The trial of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Paul Usoro (SAN), charged with N1.4billion fraud suffered another setback on Thursday as Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court in…
Kano Lawyers Defy NBA Boycott Order
Eniola Olayemi A statement by Mujtaba Adamu Ameen, the Secretary of the NBA Kano branch, directed the lawyers to go about their legal activities. Kano State chapter of the Nigerian…
