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2 months ago | 
newtelegraphng.com | Tunde Oyesina |Francis Iwuchukwu
Lawyers and Senior Advocates of Nigeria, were divided over the weekend on the legality or otherwise of the indefinite adjournment of the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu by Justice Binta Nyako. The Federal High Court in Abuja had on Monday adjourned Kanu’s trial indefinitely following Kanu’s insistence that the judge cannot preside over his case, citing her previous recusal.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a legal action against President Bola Tinubu’s administration and the 36 state governors of Nigeria, challenging the ‘repressive use’ of the Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act 2024 to curtail freedom of expression and media rights. The suit, filed before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja, alleged that the law is being weaponized to criminalize legitimate speech and suppress dissent.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja branch, has unveiled a new online platform called “i-Witness” to tackle corruption and inefficiencies in the judiciary. The initiative, spearheaded by the Adeniyi Quadri-led executive of the branch, is part of broader reforms aimed at improving court practices and service delivery to lawyers.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
The Edo State Assets Verification Committee has said that it will be recommending to the State Government the revocation of the road contract awarded to Nosba Nigeria Limited for alleged abandonment. Nosba Construction Company was awarded a 5.52-kilometre road project at the upper Ekenwa road for the sum of N8 billion by the Godwin Obaseki administration and the sum of N2 billion has been paid as mobilization fees. Hon.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over his alleged failure to investigate and address claims that over N57 billion of public funds are missing, diverted, or stolen from the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
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Dec 14, 2024 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
In a contentious legal battle over the estate of the late Janet Abimbola Dada, Justice Latifat Folami of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, has ordered Mr Ronald Lanier, the claimant, to appear in person to resolve issues surrounding his identity. The court made this ruling in the suit marked ID/5526GCM/2022 after refusing Mr Lanier’s application to testify virtually. Consequently, Justice Folami adjourned until December 16, 2024, for a hearing.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
A global panel of sustainability and legal experts has stressed the need for clean energy transition policies that address local realities in developing countries. It warned against exacerbating energy poverty. The call for international solidarity and innovative legal frameworks was the central theme of the 2024 International Conference on Environmental Law and Governance for Sustainable Development in Ado Ekiti.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
The Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Rahman Oshodi, has fixed January 7, 2025, to deliver a ruling on an application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, challenging the court’s jurisdiction over his ongoing trial.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Francis Iwuchukwu
The Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada, yesterday, vacated a bench warrant issued for the arrest of Ahmed Kuru, the former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), over his absence at an earlier arraignment in a ₦76 billion fraud case. Justice Dada set aside the arrest warrant after considering submissions from Kuru’s counsel, Olasupo Shasore (SAN), who tendered an apology on behalf of his client.
