FeaturedLitigation Falana queries coroner’s verdict on death of Sylvester Oromoni BarandbenchApril 16, 2024April 16, 20240 Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has queried the ruling of Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, the coroner who investigated the controversial… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured NBA President sets up Election Appeal Committee for 2024 polls BarandbenchApril 15, 2024April 15, 20240 The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN, has constituted a seven-member National Officers’ Election Appeal… Read More
FeaturedNews Iran’s Attack on Israel: Nigeria takes stand, sues for peace BarandbenchApril 15, 2024April 15, 20240 The Nigerian Government has reacted to the attack on Israel by Iran, escalating the hostility in the Middle East. Iran,… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Confessional Statement: EFCC back-stabbed me over N109b fraud trial—Ex-AGF BarandbenchApril 15, 2024April 15, 20240 The immediate past Accountant General of the Federation (AG-F), Ahmed Idris, is fighting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Between business registration and trademark: Law and misconception, by Miriam Seember Atser BarandbenchApril 14, 2024April 14, 20240 it is wiser to register a name as a trademark first before proceeding to register with CAC as a legal… Read More
CrimeFeatured Alleged N585m Fraud: We’ve not cleared Edu, others—EFCC BarandbenchApril 14, 2024April 14, 20240 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has not cleared anyone allegedly involved in the ongoing probe of… Read More
FeaturedLaw Icon Prof Mike Agbedo Emoepo Abu Ozekhome, SAN, is our icon for the week BarandbenchApril 14, 2024April 21, 20240 For rising from empty background to stardom in the legal practice and the academia earning 15 PhD degrees (one by… Read More
CrimeFeatured How we arrested 20 suspected Yoruba nation agitators in Ibadan–Police BarandbenchApril 14, 2024April 14, 20240 Police in Oyo State have arrested 20 suspected Yoruba nation agitators over Saturday’s alleged invasion of the state’s House of… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Are dollar payments in Nigeria illegal, asks Abubakar D. Sani BarandbenchApril 13, 2024April 13, 20240 I humbly submit that to suggest (as the EFCC Chair has clearly done) that it is illegal to make payments… Read More
CrimeFeatured Why Bobrisky ‘ll be held in male facility—Correctional Service BarandbenchApril 13, 2024April 13, 20240 The Nigerian Correctional Service on Friday declared that jailed controversial crossdresser, Idris ‘Bobrisky’ Okuneye, will be kept in the male… Read More