Author: Lawbreed Limited

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday lamented the sudden disappearance of the casefile for the trial of former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswan who currently standing trial for N3.1 billion fraud. Suswan, alongside his commissioner for Finance, Omolachi Okolobia were supposed to commence their defense in their Prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) on amended 11-count charges for allegedly diverting N3.1bn, being part of proceeds from the sale of the Benue State shares, held on its behalf by the Benue Investment and Property Company Limited, through Elixir Securities Limited and Elixir Investment Partners Limited.…

The Ogun State Government has filed charges against two traditional rulers and other persons, with respect to acts of land grabbing across the State. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN According to the statement, the State Government filed charges of forceful takeover of land and forcible entry of land contrary to law against Oba Fatai Matanmi, the Onijoko of Ijoko Ota, as facts uncovered in investigation revealed that Oba Matanmi sold a parcel of land in 1976 for 22,000 to one Madam Irokosu, now late. The…

A 63-year-old Nigerian living with disability, Anthony Olubunmi George, has won his appeal to remain in the United Kingdom after almost four decades in the country. George, who arrived in the UK in 1986 at the age of 24, has never returned to Nigeria and has no criminal record. He suffered two strokes in 2019 that left him with speech and mobility challenges. He told the tribunal that he had endured years of homelessness and relied on friends for shelter. George had made several applications for leave to remain in the UK, all of which were rejected by the Home…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi on Monday sentenced a former legislative aide and banker, Mr Goni Yilkan, to eight years in prison for obtaining N120.58 million by false pretence. Justice F. E. Messiri found Yilkan guilty of a two-count employment scam charge, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed in a statement issued via its X handle on Tuesday. “Yilkan, who hails from Nguru, Yobe State, was found guilty on a two-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence, contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under…

The protracted legal battle between AIC Limited, founded by the late business mogul Harry Akande, and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has resurfaced as construction accelerates at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport. At the centre of the dispute is a parcel of land leased to AIC in 1998, now targeted for expansion under FAAN’s N712 billion airport refurbishment project. Court documents reveal that FAAN granted AIC a 50-year lease over the land via a Deed of Lease dated February 17, 1998. The lease stipulated that the land be used for a flight path hotel and resort complex, a…

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Olamide Shanu, is at risk of a 20-year jail term following his extradition to the United States over his indictment in a $2 million fraud. The US Department of Justice disclosed in a statement on its website on Thursday that 34-year-old Shanu was arraigned before a US Magistrate Court on Wednesday following his extradition. The DoJ noted that the Lagos State indigene was arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on “wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit interstate communications with intent to extort, and cyberstalking.” Others are “conspiracy to commit extortion, money laundering conspiracy,…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will on Monday, September 29, swear-in 57 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) as part of programmes lined up to formally herald the 2025/2026 legal year of the Court.A statement by the Court’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Dr Festus Akande, on Sunday in Abuja said, the swearing-in ceremony is billed to hold at the Main Courtroom of the apex court. The statement reads in part, “In line with our age-long tradition, during the special court session, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, will deliver a State-of the Judiciary address.“This is…

Idris K. Thany, Esq., the immediate past Chairman of the NBA Ikorodu Branch, Lagos State has been suspended from law practice for two years. In a direction delivered by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) on September 15, 2025, Idris Thany was suspended from legal practice for two years after being found guilty of infamous professional misconduct. His sister, Khadijah Abolanle Thany, Esq., was also found complicit in the scandal but escaped suspension after admitting she was misled, receiving only a formal admonition. The case arose from a long-running Ikorodu land dispute in which the Elepe family secured a consent…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has followed with grave concern the ongoing criminal and civil proceedings against the leadership of the Istanbul Bar Association before the courts of the Republic of Türkiye. We note that the proceedings stem from a public statement issued by the Istanbul Bar Association on 21 December 2024, in which it recalled international legal protections for journalists in conflict zones, called for an effective investigation into the deaths of two Kurdish journalists allegedly killed in a drone strike, and demanded the release of protesters and lawyers detained at a demonstration. The prosecution of the Istanbul Bar…

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is filing a 15 billion dollars defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. The president accused the newspaper of serving as a “virtual’mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democrat Party.” “The ‘Times’ has engaged in a decades long method of lying about your Favorite President (ME!), my family, business, the America First Movement, MAGA, and our Nation as a whole,” he said on his Truth Social platform. He also criticised the paper’s editorial board for endorsing his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, during the presidential campaign, calling it “the single largest illegal Campaign contribution, EVER.” “The…