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Former Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Ladipo Abimbola, has joined the lecturing team of Bola Ajibola College of Law (BACOLAW), Crescent University, Abeokuta, after years of being behind the bench. Abimbola, who is now retired, according to the Dean of BACOLAW, Dr. Saliu Jimoh, bagged his “appointment as a senior lecturer in the College and seconded to the Department of Commercial and Property Law”. Jimoh, also added that he will be bringing his wealth of experience in Arbitration and Professional Ethics as well as Civil and Criminal Procedure to the College. Meanwhile, reports gathered revealed that Justice Munta…

The Council of Legal Education, through the Nigerian Law School, has issued an official public announcement dated February 4, 2026, outlining the procedure for eligible students to pay their Bar Part II tuition fees for the 2025/2026 academic session. The directive applies strictly to candidates who have received full admission into the Bar Part II programme, which commenced on February 2, 2026, at the Nigerian Law School headquarters in Abuja and campuses in Lagos, Enugu, Kano, Yenagoa, Yola, and Port Harcourt. According to the notice signed by the Secretary to the Council and Director of Administration, the approved tuition fee…

The Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN), Cross River State Chapter, has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over unresolved welfare and security concerns. The threat was disclosed during the association’s General Congress held on January 30, 2026, in Calabar. A communiqué issued after the congress and jointly signed by the state Chairman of MAN, Godwin Onah, and the General Secretary, Solomon Abuo, stated that magistrates would resume an indefinite strike from Monday, February 9, 2026, if their outstanding demands are not addressed by the state government. The communiqué recalled that the association had earlier resolved to commence an indefinite…

The appointments of five out of the six executive directors of the Nigerian Revenue Service (NRS) were done in breach of the provisions stipulated in Part IV Section 17 (1) of the Nigerian Revenue Service (Establishment) Act 2025 signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Daily Trust reports. The Nigerian Revenue Service Act is among the four tax reform laws that have faced scathing criticisms following allegations of alterations and insertions. What the law says on appointment of executive directors Section 17 (1) of Part IV of the NRS Act 2025 (Certified Act released by the National Assembly) stipulates…

Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti has received a major global honour nearly three decades after his death. The BBC reported on Friday that the Recording Academy will posthumously confer a Lifetime Achievement Award on the Nigerian music icon at the Grammy Awards, making him the first African to receive the honour. The award recognises Fela’s lasting impact on global music and culture, according to the BBC Reacting to the recognition, his son and Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, said, “Fela has been in the hearts of the people for such a long time. Now the Grammys have acknowledged it, and it’s…

President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons, and his family business sued the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department over alleged leaks of their confidential tax information, court records showed Thursday. The plaintiffs seek at least $10 billion in damages, according to the lawsuit in Miami federal court. The civil complaint alleges that the IRS and Treasury failed in their obligation to prevent the leak of those tax records by former IRS employee Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn in 2019 and 2020. In addition to Trump, the plaintiffs are his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump…

Rwanda has announced that it has filed a legal complaint at The Hague against the United Kingdom over unmet payments from a cancelled migration treaty. The Rwandan government filed a Notice of Arbitration in November 2025 to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, under Article 22 of the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Rwanda concerning the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP). In a statement, Rwanda’s government said it had decided to pursue claims in arbitration after facing the UK’s “intransigence on these issues.” The Rwandan government is making three claims in relation to the Migration and Economic Development Partnership,…

Covert meetings between separatist activists in the Canadian province of Alberta and members of Donald Trump’s administration amount to “treason”, the premier of British Columbia said on Thursday. “To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there’s an old-fashioned word for that – and that word is treason,” David Eby told reporters. “It is completely inappropriate to seek to weaken Canada, to go and ask for assistance, to break up this country from a foreign power and – with respect – a president who has not been particularly respectful of Canada’s sovereignty.” The…

Legal practitioners numbering over 500, acting on the platform of Concerned Lawyers for Probity and Justice, stormed the Federal Ministry of Finance to join the protest by indigenous contractors demanding the payment of an estimated ₦4 trillion for completed capital projects. The legal practitioners, who were also joined by other civil society groups such as the Enough is Enough Movement and the All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN), accused the ministry of favoritism in its dealings with contractors. The protesters equally demanded the resignation of Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, over her alleged mismanagement of the…

The swearing-in ceremony, held at the Niger State liaison office in Abuja, was presided over by the governor. According to him, “I took advantage of the presence of the Niger State Chief Judge, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, and other judiciary officials of the state in Abuja for the ongoing Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee meeting to conduct the swearing-in ceremony.” While congratulating the newly sworn-in High Court judges and Khadis on their elevation, he noted that the promotion is proof of their commitment and hard work in the state. Bago also reminded the judiciary officials of the seriousness of the task…