Bar and BenchFeatured Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais: A judge’s judge, by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN BarandbenchJune 13, 2025June 13, 20250 THE SILENCE BEFORE THE GONGWhen a great Iroko falls, it does not do so quietly. It thunders in the forest.I… Read More
FeaturedPolitics Tinubu cancels June 12 presidential broadcast BarandbenchJune 12, 2025June 12, 20250 The national broadcast of President Bola Tinubu earlier scheduled for 7 am. in commemoration of Democracy Day on June 12… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Court jails three TikTokers for posting indecent contents BarandbenchJune 12, 2025June 12, 20250 A Kano Magistrate Court has sentenced three social media influencers to one year and one month in prison each for… Read More
FeaturedNews My whole story on airport drama with Air Peace– Oshiomole BarandbenchJune 12, 2025June 12, 20250 Senator Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday denied the allegation that he disrupted Air Peace flight at Lagos airport, early Wednesday morning…. Read More
FeaturedNews Uproar as UK University fires 71-year-old Nigerian woman over bracelet BarandbenchJune 8, 2025June 8, 20250 A 71-year-old Nigerian grandmother, Janet Olufunke Damiro, has been dismissed from her cleaning position at the London School of Economics… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured One-time super CJN, Muhammadu Uwais, dies at 88 BarandbenchJune 6, 2025June 7, 20250 Second longest-serving Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais, is dead. He died six days to his 89th… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured S’Court, NJC, Federal High Court pull out of June 2 industrial strike BarandbenchJune 1, 2025June 1, 20250 Workers of the Supreme Court of Nigeria have pulled out of the January 2 industrial strike called by the Judiciary… Read More
FeaturedNews Saudi Arabia stops Sheikh Gumi, from performing Hajj, deports him BarandbenchMay 26, 2025May 26, 20250 Saudi authorities have deported a prominent Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi to Nigeria. That was after barring him from… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Before Nuhu Ribadu rides off into fantasy-land, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchMay 25, 2025May 25, 20250 Marte, the headquarters of the eponymous Local Government Area (LGA) on the western floodplains of the Lake Chad in Borno… Read More
FeaturedNews Shadow Govt: Senior lawyer hails DSS for suing Prof Utomi BarandbenchMay 19, 2025May 19, 20250 A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Adeboro Adamson, has commended the Department of State Security (DSS) for challenging the legality… Read More