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A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim. The case relates to a Moroccan woman and her child who fled her country after experiencing forced underage marriage and extreme violence, including rape. The woman claimed asylum on the basis of fears that she would be killed by her husband: a powerful, previously convicted criminal. The Home Office refused her case, citing evidence from a supposedly independent and authoritative document known as a country policy information note (CPIN), which they said confirmed that Morocco would be safe for her. But…

Olumuyiwa Akinboro, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and candidate in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, has petitioned the association’s leadership, alleging widespread irregularities in the conduct of the July 18 national officers’ election. In a 19-page petition dated July 27 and addressed to the chairman of the Body of Benchers, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), the General Council of the Bar, the NBA president, the electoral committee of the NBA (ECNBA), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinboro called for “urgent intervention and redress”. The senior lawyer alleged…

Former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission and legal practitioner, Festus Okoye, has raised concerns over the emergence of a new class of well-funded and well-connected professional “charge-and-bail” experts who earn a living by meeting increasingly difficult bail conditions imposed by security agencies and courts. Okoye said the development should worry members of the legal profession, human rights advocates and all Nigerians committed to the protection of personal liberty, warning that the modern operators are often not lawyers but possess the connections, documents and financial resources required to secure the release of high-profile suspects. According to him, there…

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received the President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, during a courtesy visit at the State House, Abuja. Badejo-Okusanya was accompanied by the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Caleb University, Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawanson; the President of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, Mrs Ezinwa Okoroafor; the FCT Lead of the NBA Women Forum, Princess Hadiza Afegbua; and the BBold Campaign Team Publicity Lead, Mrs Ramlat Ridhwan. The visit came ahead of Badejo-Okusanya’s assumption of office as the next president of the NBA. Badejo-Okusanya was recently elected as the 33rd President of…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s judgement deregistering five opposition political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections and other off-cycle polls coming up within the year. The five political parties affected by the earlier 15 June judgement of the Federal High Court include the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Accord Party. The remaining parties are the Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by Abba Mohammed unanimously declared the Federal High Court’s deregistration order null and void on Tuesday.…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended two judicial officers for one year without pay over misconduct, while issuing queries to 256 Judges over performance-related concerns, as part of measures aimed at strengthening accountability and efficiency within the Nigerian Judiciary. The decisions were reached at the Council’s 111th meeting chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, GCON. The Council also recommended the appointment of 12 new Justices of the Court of Appeal, to fill vacancies created by retirements and elevations across the appellate court. It further recommended one candidate for appointment as a Judge of the…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin Branch, has appealed to the Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, CON, to urgently intervene in the ongoing indefinite industrial action embarked upon by the Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN), Kwara State Chapter, warning that the strike poses a serious threat to the administration of justice in the state. In a letter dated 27th July 2026 and signed by the Chairman of the Branch, J. S. Muhammad, Esq., the Association expressed deep concern over the impact of the strike on the justice sector, urging the Governor to take immediate steps to resolve…

The Lagos state government has launched the Lagos Building Insurance Scheme (LAGBIS), a compliance and risk management programme aimed at protecting houseowners and occupants from financial losses. The scheme was launched in collaboration with VEDA Technology, which developed the digital platform, and the insurance cover extends beyond completed structures to any construction site for buildings above one storey. The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) is responsible for enforcing compliance with the scheme. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, who was represented at the launch by Sam Ebube, his deputy chief of staff, said the scheme is aimed at protecting building owners, occupiers…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has vacated the interim order freezing 124 bank accounts belonging to businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu and companies linked to her, ruling that allowing the ex parte order to remain in force for over 15 months amounted to an abuse of court process. In a unanimous judgment delivered on Wednesday, a three-member panel of the appellate court comprising Justices Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo, Ishaq Mohammed Sani and Eleojo Enenche discharged the interim freezing order granted by the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt on April 10, 2025. The appeal arose from a suit…

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has convicted Immaculata Nkiruka Ikenwankwor, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian medical professional employed as a Radiographer with the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and registered with the UK Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), of criminal contempt of court. Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice O. A. Musa, in a landmark Ruling delivered on 2nd July, 2026, sentenced the contemnor to 22 months of immediate imprisonment to be served at the Suleja Correctional Facility and issued and signed a Bench Warrant directing the Director-General of State…