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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano State has filed an appeal against a Federal High Court judgment limiting its enforcement powers, saying the ruling does not stop its operations on federal highways in the state. In a statement issued on Saturday and signed by the Sector Public Education Officer, CRC Abdullahi Aliyu Labaran, the command said it was compelled to clarify the content of the judgment after lawyer Abba Hikima and several social media commentaries had misrepresented the scope of the ruling. Recall that on Thursday, Justice M. S. Shuaibu ruled in favour of lawyer Hikima, who sued…

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association has published the list of members who voted in the 2026 NBA National Elections, arranged according to branches. In a notice dated July 19, 2026, the ECNBA said the document contains the names of members who successfully exercised their franchise in the election, with certain personal details redacted in compliance with applicable data privacy laws and the Committee’s obligation to protect voter confidentiality. According to the Committee, the official document, titled “List of Members Who Voted — Sorted by Branch,” contains the names of members who successfully cast their votes in the…

The President-Elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, FCIArb (UK), has expressed gratitude to members of the Association following her election as the 33rd President of the NBA, pledging to lead with integrity, courage, humility, fairness and accountability. Badejo-Okusanya was declared winner of the 2026 NBA presidential election after polling 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 per cent of the votes cast for the office of President. Her closest challenger, Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN, secured 7,934 votes, representing 30.39 per cent, while Aare Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN, polled 5,855 votes, representing 22.43 per cent. The presidential election recorded 26,106 votes from…

The Nigerian government has filed 10 terrorism charges against three men over the 15 May abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The three suspects named as defendants in the charges filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday are Abdulrazak Umar (also known as Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (also known as Yunusa bin Musa) and Shamsu Adamu Sani (also known as Abu Itisar). The charges, filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, include terrorism, conspiracy, aiding kidnapping, and concealment of terrorist activities. The defendants’ other…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) once again received a boost in its anti corruption campaign as the Supreme Court on Friday restored the final forfeiture of several high-value properties and $2.045 million linked to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, setting aside the decision of the Court of Appeal which had ordered a fresh hearing of the case. In a unanimous judgment delivered on behalf of a panel led by Justice Ibrahim Mohammed Musa Saulawa, Justice Mohammed Idris upheld the 2024 judgment of Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Lagos, which…

The Hon. President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip, PhD, OFR has declared Monday, 28 July 2025 to Tuesday, 23 September 2025 as this year’s Annual vacation. Justice Kanyip made the declaration pursuant to Order 58 Rule 4(1) (c) of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (Civil Procedure) Rules 2017. According to the notice signed by the Hon. President, Justice Kanyip stated that there will be no Court sitting during the period of the vacation except urgent applications where the res of a case may be destroyed if not heard by a vacation…

The Corporate Affairs Commission has commenced another round of enforcement against non-compliant companies, placing about 100,000 firms at risk of being struck off Nigeria’s companies register for failing to meet statutory filing obligations. The commission announced the exercise in a public notice posted on its official Facebook page on Thursday, stating that the action was being undertaken under the provisions of Section 692(3) and (4) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020. The affected companies have been given 90 days to regularise their records by filing all outstanding annual returns and submitting information on Persons with Significant Control, also…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has sentenced Ekang Bassey to life imprisonment for the death of his friend, Emeka Nnonifu, following a disagreement at a birthday celebration in the Kubwa area of the FCT. This was disclosed in a statement released yesterday by the Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh. Adeh said the conviction followed a thorough investigation by the command into the incident which occurred on January 6, 2024. The statement said Bassey was initially charged with culpable homicide punishable with death, contrary to Section 220(a) and (b) of the Penal Code Law and punishable…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has struck down Sections 77(5), (6) and (7), as well as 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026, which regulate membership registers of political parties and the procedure for the nomination of candidates for the 2027 general elections. In a unanimous decision delivered on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court held that the Sections were inconsistent with provisions of Sections 221 and 222 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, which gave political parties the right to decide whom to sponsor in an election. The judgment followed an…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the final forfeiture of 48 properties linked to the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, who is facing money laundering charges. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, held that the properties, allegedly acquired with proceeds of crime, should be permanently seized by the federal government. It held that Malami, who served as Justice Minister from November 11, 2015, to May 29, 2023, under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, failed to rebut the reasonable suspicion that the properties were acquired through…