Legal Nigeria - law news, articles and more

1.1billion Fraud: British Judge questions Jonathan’s integrity, stops Etete from getting N17 billion

Admin 1 9 years ago

A British Judge on Tuesday refused to release $85 million (N17 billion) to Malabu, a fraudulent company controlled by Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, Dan Etete. In refusing to release the money to Malabu, Justice Edis of the Southwark Crown Court […]

News

Court Convicts Nine Foreigners For Crude Oil Theft

Admin 1 9 years ago

The vessel, MT Asteris, and its crew were intercepted by the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft during a routine patrol in Lagos on March 26, while trying to export the stolen product. Upon interrogation, the Captain or any of the crew members […]

News

Court strikes out Stanbic IBTC suit against FRC

Admin 1 9 years ago

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the suit filed by Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc challenging the sanctions imposed on it by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC). In striking out the suit, Justice Ibrahim Buba […]

News

Court sacks PDP Acting Chairman, Secondus

Admin 1 9 years ago

ABUJA —This is not the best of times for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday, sacked its Acting National Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus. In a judgement, yesterday, Justice Hussein Baba ordered […]

News

Appeal court affirms Senator Adokwe’s victory

Admin 1 9 years ago

The Court of Appeal, Makurdi Division, has affirmed the electoral victory of Senator Suleiman Adokwe which was earlier nullified by the National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The election tribunal had, on October 12, […]

News

DPO jailed 10 years over fuel subsidy protester’s death

Admin 1 9 years ago

Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere on Monday sentenced a former Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr. Segun Fabunmi , to 10 years in prison for manslaughter following the death of one Ademola Aderintola Daramola […]

News

PLEA BARGAINING IN NIGERIA: ANY LEGAL FOUNDATION?

Admin 1 9 years ago

PLEA BARGAINING IN NIGERIA: ANY LEGAL FOUNDATION? By Kehinde Adegbite, Esq The Nigerian criminal justice system is set in motion the moment a crime is committed. Once this happens, arrest is made, investigation commenced and prosecution of whoever is responsible […]

News

Women Lawyers Laud Tribunal Ruling on Aisha Alhassan

Admin 1 9 years ago

Chairperson of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), in Ekiti State, Barrister Rita Ilevbare, has described the ruling of the Taraba governorship tribunal as a morale booster. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti, she said the success recorded so far by APC […]

News

Court orders Nwankwo Kanu’s account to be frozen over unpaid N924m

Admin 1 9 years ago

In a bid to recover a debt of N924,788,754.56, a Federal high court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, has ordered that all accounts belonging to former captain of the Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu and his company, The Hardley Apartments anywhere […]

News

British court convicts couple for keeping Nigerian as slave for 24 years

Admin 1 9 years ago

The Harrow Crown Court in northwest London, has convicted a British couple who were found guilty of keeping a Nigerian immigrant enslaved for more than two decades. Damaris Lakin, the Crown Prosecution Service, said on Wednesday in London that Emanuel […]