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
Bar and BenchFeatured Why judicial officers must not succumb to pressure in election cases–CJN BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has advised judicial officers never to succumb to either public opinion… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured 40 years after, BOSAN suffers major crack BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 Forty years after it was established to promote highest standard of professional ethics amongst its members, the Body of Senior… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Granting judges 800% salary increase without reviewing support staff pay ‘ll be counter-productive— Prof. Odinkalu BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240 Human rights activist, Prof Chidi Odinkalu has faulted the on-going move to review upward the salaries of judicial officers by… Read More
FeaturedLitigation SERAP sues 36 governors, Wike over failure to account for trillions of FAAC allocations BarandbenchMay 19, 2024May 19, 20240 Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal… Read More