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Loan sharks have no right to criminalise defaulters – Lawyer

    An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has said that loan sharks have no right under the law to criminalise defaulting clients. The...

Lawyer, Funmi Falana Seeks N150 Million Compensation For Comedian, Mr Macaroni And Adenola, Detained, Harassed, Tortured By Nigerian Police Over Protest

    Nigerian legal practitioner and women’s rights activist, Funmi Falana is seeking the payment of N150 million as compensation for #occupylekkitollgate...

Lawyer Knocks Lagos Governor’s Aide, Joe Igbokwe, For Attacking Him Over Comments On Tinubu, 2023 Presidential Election

    Legal practitioner, Kayode Ajulo, has fired back at Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Drainage and Water Resources, Joe...

Posting sex tapes on social media attracts three-year jail – Lawyer

    An Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, says posting sex tapes on social media attracts up to three-year jail term and up to N7m fine. He made this...

Man tells court how his mother in-law wrecked his marriage

    A businessman, Mr Uchenna Okolie, on Thursday, prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi to grant him divorce on grounds that his marriage has been ruined by his...

Murder of OAU Student, Timothy Adegoke: Why police withdrew case against Ramon Adedoyin

    The Police at Force headquarters on Tuesday night disclosed the Murder case it instituted against the owner of Hotel and Resorts, Ile Ife, Ramon Adedoyin...

[BREAKING] OAU student: Police withdraw murder case against Adedoyin

    The Nigeria Police Force has withdrawn a case against the owner of Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Rahmon Adedoyin; and six others charged with the murder of...

Why Igboho’s detention was extended, by lawyer

    There were more facts on why the detention period of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo (popularly known as Sunday Igboho) was extended by six months....

Hanifa Abubakar Murder: Alleged Killer Of 5-year-old Kano Girl Begs For Lawyer To Represent Him

    Abdulmalik Tanko, the main suspect in the kidnap and murder case of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar has begged a Kano court on Monday to provide a lawyer to...

BREAKING: Falana Asks Police Inspector-General To Move Trial Of Adedoyin, Other Suspected Killers Of Murdered OAU Postgraduate Student, Adegoke, To Osun

    Femi Falana (SAN), the lawyer representing the family of the slain master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, has demanded...

BREAKING: Falana Accepts Invitation From Family Of Murdered OAU Student, Adegoke, To Take Over Case, Lawyer Vows To Pursue Justice Free Of Charge

    The family of Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who was murdered at Hilton Hotel and Resorts on...

Courtroom overcrowded as Ogun teenage killers arraigned, remanded

    An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting at Isabo, Ogun State, on Thursday, ordered that four teenagers who allegedly murdered a 20-year -old girl, Sofiat...

Traffic Offence: Court orders LGA to pay lawyer N1.2m

    A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the Oshodi/ Isolo Local Government Area to pay N1.2million as damage to a lawyer Iwowo Anthony for the...

Human Rights Lawyer, Falana Writes ECOWAS, Seeks Intervention Against Coups In West Africa

    Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has written to Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, who is also the Chairman of the Economic Community of West...

Olubadan: Lekan Balogun, others ask lawyer to withdraw case, give reasons

    Lekan Balogun and other members of the Olubadan-in-Council who were crowned Obas in 2017 have written to their lawyer, Kunle Sobaloju, to withdraw their...

Olashore International School Inaugurates Panel To Probe Ex-Student’s Claim

    The Trustees of Olashore International School Association, Proprietor of Olashore International School (OIS), a private co-educational boarding secondary...

Assault: Court frees suspect after one year in jail over complainant’s absence

    A man, Damilola Oloto, has been released from a custodial centre where he was remanded since January 2021 over charges of assault and threat to life. The...

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Phone Calls Expose How Serial Fraudster, Fred Ajudua, Connives With Police Authorities, Judges To Break Law, Keeps 30 AK-47 Rifles In Armoury

    Suspected serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, who is undergoing trial for defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, of $8.4million, has...

Seven Lawyers Face Tribunal Over Conflicting Court Orders Of Former PDP Chairman, Secondus

    A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and six other lawyers are to stand trial before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee over their alleged...

I don’t want to see Nnamdi Kanu in this attire again — Judge to DSS

    Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services to allow the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,...