A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, the PDP had challenged the propriety of the substitution of…
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA- SPIDEL) observes with dismay some infractions that are perpetrated by the security agencies against legal practitioners in the conduct of their professional duties to their clients. The maltreatment ranges from brutalization of lawyers to denial of the use of their communication gadgets as…
The late Queen Elizabeth II was a monarch for all seasons who brought people together from all over the world, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Sunday in a short tribute at the Lancaster House. The Vice President also joined other world leaders to pay their last respect to…
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN), on Thursday, took a swipe at the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), and the National Judicial Council over the appointment of Justices of the Supreme court and the appellate court. Chairman of BOSAN, Onomigbo Okpoko decried the method of selection and appointment of Justices…
The 2023 presidential election is a three-horse race between the candidates of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi; All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Tinubu; and Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, a new poll concluded in early September has shown. According to the result of the poll which was commissioned by the Anap Foundation and conducted…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja approved National Honours and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. Speaking at a presidential reception in honour of the athletes, the President said his Government is committed to rewarding excellence, no less for members of Team…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district in 2023. In a judgment on Thursday, Justice Emeka Nwite held that INEC acted illegally by refusing to accept…
The European Union’s (EU) second-highest court on Wednesday overwhelmingly upheld the EU’s record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, reducing it only slightly for technical reasons. In a statement, the EU’s General court said it “largely confirms the commission’s decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile…
The International Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria has called on members of the public not to shield perpetrators of gender-based violence. The Country Vice-President of the association, Mrs Amina Agbaje, made the call at the inauguration of Ikeja Branch of the association on Wednesday. Agbaje said that shielding perpetrators of gender-based violence was criminal….
Speaking with one accord on Wednesday in Ibadan, South-west leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented a “corporate demand” to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, insisting that the PDP national chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, must resign in the collective interest of the party. The leaders made their demand at the South-west PDP Stakeholders’…