FeaturedNews Ex-EFCC chairman, Lamorde, is dead BarandbenchMay 26, 2024May 26, 20240 A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, is dead. According to a reliable media… Read More
FeaturedLaw Icon Chief Christoper Adebayo Ojo, SAN, is our ICON for the week BarandbenchMay 25, 2024May 25, 20240 For being, all his life, everyone’s idea of a gentleman, every young lawyer’s idea of a favourite uncle and every… Read More
FeaturedSpecial report Concern over FG’s challenge to recapture majority of fleeing Suleja inmates BarandbenchMay 25, 2024May 25, 20240 In this report, Ise-Oluwa Ige explores data on past jailbreaks in the last 15 years, with a particular focus on… Read More
CommentaryFeatured My Lord, the felon, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchMay 25, 2024May 25, 20240 Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya probably believed he was a commodities trader who happened also to moonlight as a Justice of the… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Emefiele to forfeit $4.7m, N830m, mansions, others BarandbenchMay 25, 2024May 25, 20240 A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several property linked to… Read More
CrimeFeatured Only court can decide Nnamdi Kanu’s fate on terrorism charges–AGF Fagbemi. BarandbenchMay 24, 2024May 24, 20240 The Attorney-General of the Federation ( AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Friday declared that the… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Court stops reinstatement of Emir Sanusi BarandbenchMay 24, 2024May 24, 20240 A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has stopped Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Binance executive, Gambaryan, collapses in court over alleged ill-health BarandbenchMay 23, 2024May 23, 20240 Detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, who is facing a money laundering charge, on Thursday slumped at the Federal high court… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured CJN’s repeated advice to judges to ignore public opinion in deciding cases worrying—Okutepa, SAN BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 Respected member of the inner bar, Chief Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, SAN has described as worrying the serial advice by the… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Low Budget: I was sometimes under temptation to shut some Appeal Courts down—Justice Dongban Mensem BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban- Mensem, on Monday disclosed that she had fallen into temptation… Read More